RE: Coexisting 2.8 with 2.4

[Fairchild]

Thomas, et. al. -

Successfully installed 2.8.5-1.  Some findings and questions:

1)  2.8 adds to the PATH at installation - doesn't seem necessary.

2)  2.8 changes the ly file association and icon - annoying.

3)  How to get the 2.4 default font in 2.8?

4)  Trying to set up a second jEdit doesn't seem possible.  Don't try it
naively - the result is confusing to unwind.

5)  Don't find a flavor switch in LilyTool 0.2.8.  Haven't upgraded to
0.2.9.

6)  Thanks for the suggestion to use the command line - awkward but
tolerable - it works sometimes - sometimes Lily crashes - haven't nailed a
discriminator.

7)  What's a correct command line to get dvi?  Using " . . .
usr/bin/lilypond-windows.exe -b=tex --dvi test" finds an error in init.ly.

8)  Why the move to 'native' from cygwin?  What is gained?  Seems
development talent would be more productive sweeping jEdit cobwebs.

9)  Your signature tag implies you juggle three LilyPond versions.  How?

TIA for any insights.

                            - Bruce

-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Scharkowski [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 4:15 AM
To: address@hidden
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: Coexisting 2.8 with 2.4


> I don't see how jEdit can handle both.  Two incarnations of jEdit? Can 
> one instantiation easily flip among multiple installed LilyPond 
> versions?  Alt-l now executes 2.4.  Is there a way to set another 
> shortcut, say Alt-y, to execute 2.8?  (Using jEdit 4.2 and LilyTool
> 0.2.8.)
...
>
>  - Bruce
I don't remember for Lilytool 0.2.8, but in 0.2.9 you can choose 
between "native" and "cygwin" flavours of LilyPond (Plugin Options).

You can use different windows native versions with jEdit if you 
specify the full path to lilypond each time you change. 
Or you could use the jEdit command window history and change the path 
there.

Hope this helps,

Thomas
--
Windows XP
jEdit 4.2
LilyTool 0.2.9
LilyPond 2.8.5 (native Windows)
LilyPond 2.9.10 (native Windows)
LilyPond 2.4.6 (cygwin)
:-)