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diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2db7792cfb --- /dev/null +++ b/HACKING @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +* How to run lilypond from the development tree? + +If you want to contribute and can build LilyPond yourself, there's no +need to install that development version; you can run it from the +build tree. + +Use the scripts below to configure and select to use the +lilypond from the local build tree like this: + + $ clily && make + $ . here-lily + + +clily: +#!/bin/bash + +[ -x configure ] || ./autogen.sh --noconf +rm -f config.cache +./configure --prefix=$(pwd) --infodir=$(pwd)/share/info --disable-optimising +--enable-gui "$@" + +here-lily: +# source me + +export PATH=$(pwd)/lily/out:$(pwd)/scripts/out:$PATH + +unset LILYPONDPREFIX +unset TEXMF + +# ugh: must fool-proof other TeX environment variables +TEXINPUTS=: +MFINPUTS=: +TFMFONTS=: + +datadir=$(pwd)/share/lilypond +export TEXMF="{$datadir,"`kpsexpand \\$TEXMF`"}" + +export +GS_FONTPATH="$datadir/fonts/type1:/usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm:/usr/share/texmf/fonts/ty +pe1/public/ec-fonts-mftraced" +export GS_LIB="$datadir/ps:$GS_FONTPATH" + |