Re: LilyPond processing mode

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

J L wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I remember reading some time ago that someone said that the part of 
> running lilypond that takes the most time is when lilypond loads guile. 
> That seems to be quite true, as lilypond can process heaps of little 
> music fragments (when using lily-book) quite quickly.
>
> So, would it be possible to add a mode to lilypond, where you load 
> lilypond, and keep it sitting there on standby. Then, when you want a 
> score typeset, you tell lilypond the file to use (or drag it into the 
> window). Lilypond then processes the file as normal, but stays 'alive' 
> after that. This might be a useful feature to have, especially when 
> doing tweaks.

This is quite easy to add, since the LilyPond mainloop is also coded in 
Scheme, but why do you need it? It would only save 1 second or so on a 
run, typically much less than the time you spend dragging the file.


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