Lilypond now working on Cygwin on Windows XP

2005-05-19 Thread Charles Web
I got Lilypond working by reinstalling Cygwin completely. I cant start X11 (see end of this message), but LilyPond is working! My LilyPond workds after I did a fresh install of Cygwin. I discovered that my directory of packages contained two different versions of various packages, due to previ

Re: Lilypond now working on Cygwin on Windows XP

2005-05-19 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Why don't you follow the instructions at http://lilypond.org/web/install/windows and simply double-click on an .ly file to process it? If you email was intended as an help for other newcomers, you forgot the most tricky aspect for a Cygwin beginner, namely the folder structure and what folder you s

Re: Lilypond now working on Cygwin on Windows XP

2005-05-21 Thread Charles Web
Mats, > Why don't you follow the instructions at > http://lilypond.org/web/install/windows and simply > double-click on an .ly file to process it? I thought I was following the instructions, and never noticed the relevance of saving the test file on the desktop. I did try that test and I observ