Re: "Well, here's another nice mess I've gotten myself into!" Previously Please test new lilypond installers

[Michael Hendry]

> On 31 Jan 2019, at 19:32, Abraham Lee <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Hi, Michael!
> 
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 10:28 AM Michael Hendry <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On 29 Jan 2019, at 19:00, Urs Liska <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 
> > If you use alternative notation fonts you have to "install" them for every 
> > new LilyPond installation.
> 
> [With apologies to Laurel & Hardy].
> 
> Having successfully installed 2.21.0, I’ve tried to install Lilyjazz 
> according to the instructions here:
> 
> https://github.com/lyp-packages/lilyjazz
> 
> <snipped>
>  
> I’m probably missing something obvious - can anyone help, please?
> 
> I don't use LYP for personal reasons, but it seems nice. The errors suggest 
> that some of the core functions (e.g., \require, \pinclude, etc.) are not 
> being found, which further suggests that whatever files define those are not 
> in LilyPond's include-path. You'll have to forgive me for not knowing how to 
> fix it since, again, I don't use it, but that should at least point you in 
> the right direction.
> 
> The alternative would be to download the lilyjazz files directly from that 
> repo and include them yourself.
> 
> HTH,
> Abraham

Thanks, Abraham.

I’ve obviously found a way of installing the lilyjazz fonts in the past, but 
Googling failed to find a blow-by-blow account of how it should be done, and 
LYP looked like a good direction to follow.

I’ve tried simply copying the lilyjazz files from 
Contents/Resources/share/lilypond/current/fonts/svg and …/otf across from my 
copy of 2.18.2 (which works with jazz fonts) across to the corresponding 
locations in 2.21.0, and compiling the same file via Frescobaldi, but I get no 
staves, only chords and markup.

I’ve decided to abandon LYP - too many aspects I don’t quite understand!

Can you direct me to an idiot’s guide to installing fonts in general, and 
lilyjazz in particular?

Michael