Re: 2.6 autopackage on Debian sid!!

[Paul Scott]

Paul Scott wrote:

> Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
>
> > > 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?
> >  
> Probably not.
>
> >  
> >
> > > 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?
> >  
> The Start menu item points to LilyPond.exe instead of LilyPad.exe.  So 
> does the shortcut which the install puts on the desktop.  I presume 
> these should point to LilyPad.exe.
> Also the registry has correct (AFAICT) entries under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT 
> for .ly and LilyPond.  These do point to LilyPad so double-click works 
> correctly.  Right-clicking shows Generate PDF as the default action.  
> Right now I only get a .ps but I may have a problem with the 
> Ghostscript on that machine which I am running on.
>
> A very small problem is that "Explorer/Tools/Folder Options/File 
> Types" doesn't show an entry for LilyPond which could imply that one 
> of the registry keys is not quite complete.
>
> > > development?
> > >   
> >
> >
> > That's autopackage.org.
> >  
> Ok.  I file these.

I thought you meant that the MS Windows native version was an 
autopackage so I reported the wrong problem to them.  I  have now 
reported the missing Debian KDE menu items to them.

Paul