Re: Updating a score from version 1.4

[Larry Kent]

Thanks for the suggestion.  I can't find version 2.8 to download either, but that's quite a ways from 1.4, so I'm not sure if it would work.  I think I'll let this thread hang out there for another day or so, and then start from scratch.  Thanks again!

Best,
LK

On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Colin Campbell <address@hidden> wrote:

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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