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Re: 2.6 autopackage on Debian sid!!
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Jan Nieuwenhuizen |
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Re: 2.6 autopackage on Debian sid!! |
Date: |
Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:57:06 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
Paul Scott writes:
> After sending this I found that I could also easily install the MS
> Windows version (on W98). (I don't intend to actually use it there).
> I see that there is a LilyPond menu folder with 7 items.
Yes.
> I was just able to find a single menu item pointing to
> /usr/bin/lilypond under "Multimedia/Jack and More."
Was this created by the autopackage installer?
> Even if this pointed to lilypond-2.6.0 what sense does it make to
> point to the executable without providing a way to enter the
> necessary parameters?
Gui people (windows, macos, gnome, kde) will want to have a menu entry
after installation of a software. Running it pops up an editor with a
welcome message.
> The same thing seems to be true of the MS Windows LilyPond menu entry
> except there it starts a never ending task.
Does lilypad not start, can you investigate?
> I can do that either now or when we finish this discussion. Since
> this autopackage is completely new to me where and what is autopackage
> development?
That's autopackage.org.
> Will there be or should I just take Mats' suggestion?
There might be, but not real soon.
Jan.
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