Re: Updating a score from version 1.4

[Colin Campbell]

On 14-07-17 10:52 AM, Larry Kent wrote:
> Thanks, James, David, and Hwaen.  Convert-ly doesn't handle version 
> 1.4 very well, not surprising.  The current project I'm working on is 
> a very short piece, so I may just start over with this one.  
> Long-term, however, it would be nice to find somewhere that a user can 
> grab an old version, install it in a separate folder and work on an 
> old edition.


Would it work if you were to install an intermediate version of 
LilyPond, perhaps 2.8.0  and use the convert-ly from that version to get 
you part way, then run convert-ly from your current version to finish 
the job?  This is untested, but may be a more general solution than 
simply recoding from scratch. In principle, it's nearly always worth the 
effort to bring an old score up to current levels when you are revising 
it, although as you imply, it may not be useful for a minor revision or two.

Cheers,
Colin

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