Re: Lilypond not creating .pdf file

[Mats Bengtsson]

So, I guess you have a \midi{...} in your score but no
\paper{...}. By default, LilyPond will produce paper output,
but if you ask for a MIDI output, you will also have to
explicitly ask for paper output. Just add a \paper{} field:
\score{
  ...
  \midi{...}
  \paper{}
}

   /Mats

Lyle Raymond wrote:
> On Monday 22 March 2004 3:06 am, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
>
> > Run lilypond --verbose to get more information on what goes
> > wrong. If you can't solve it yourself, send a copy of the
> > printouts to the mailing list.
>
>
> I ran "lilypond -V st1.ly" and the output hasn't really helped me figure out 
> the problem.  Attached is a copy of the messages.
>
>
>
> >   /Mats
> >
> > Lyle Raymond wrote:
> >
> > > On Saturday 20 March 2004 9:51 am, David Raleigh Arnold wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Saturday 20 March 2004 03:21, Lyle Raymond wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I've discovered that while in one directory, "lilypond <file.ly>"
> > > > > automatically creates a pdf file; but while in another, it only
> > > > > creates a latex file and doesn't go any further.  What's happening?
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm using version 2.1.0, by the way.
> > > >
> > > > This is just a guess, but you're not giving much.  :-)
> > >
> > > Here's a little more:
> > >
> > > All of my LP files are stored in ~/Documents/Lilypond.  In that
> > > directory, there is a subdirectory for each piece I work on.  My current
> > > piece, Four Brief Statements for Solo Guitar, is thus contained in the
> > > directory: ~/Documents/Lilypond/Statements, and contains st1.ly.  This is
> > > only the second piece I've begun working on w/ LP.  The first piece
> > > worked fine;  all invocations of lilypond produced a .dvi and .pdf file. 
> > > But while working on Statements, LP only spits out a latex file.  What
> > > has changed?
> > >
> > >
> > > > Do you have any of your output in a separate directory?  If so,
> > > > it might be safer to use an output directory above the current,
> > > > by using ./out/ or something like that, rather than using a
> > > > fixed directory like /temp/out or something like that.
> > >
> > > If you are suggesting that there is a default directory for output, I'd
> > > love to find out how to set it.
> > >
> > >
> > > > I would like to know if this is a really stupid answer.  daveA
> > >
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> > >
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > address@hidden Statements]$ lilypond -V st1.ly
> > > lilypond (GNU LilyPond) 2.1.0
> > > Opening pipe `/usr/bin/lilypond-bin --version '
> > > Opening pipe `kpsexpand \$TEXMF'
> > > Opening pipe `kpsewhich -expand-path=\$T1FONTS'
> > > Invoking `/usr/bin/lilypond-bin  -I /home/lyle/Documents/Lilypond/Statements -I 
> > > /home/lyle/Documents/Lilypond/Statements -I 
> > > /home/lyle/Documents/Lilypond/Statements -H dedication -H title -H subtitle -H 
> > > subsubtitle -H footer -H head -H composer -H arranger -H instrument -H opus -H 
> > > piece -H metre -H meter -H poet -H texttranslator -H textheight -H orientation 
> > > -H language -H latexpackages -H papersize -H pagenumber -H latexheaders -H 
> > > latexoptions -H linewidth -H unit --verbose st1'
> > > lilypond_datadir: `/usr/share/lilypond'
> > > local_lilypond_datadir: `/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0'
> > > localedir: `/usr/share/locale'
> > > LILYPONDPREFIX: `'
> > >
> > > [/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/define-music-types.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/output-lib.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/c++.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/chord-ignatzek-names.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/chord-entry.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/chord-generic-names.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/molecule.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/new-markup.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/bass-figure.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/music-functions.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/define-music-properties.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/auto-beam.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/chord-name.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/define-translator-properties.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/translation-functions.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/script.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/drums.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/midi.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/beam.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/clef.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/s
cm/slur.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/font.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/define-grob-properties.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/define-grobs.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/scm/define-grob-interfaces.scm]
> > > Now processing: `st1.ly'
> > > Parsing...[/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/ly/init.ly[/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/ly/declarations-init.ly[/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/ly/nederlands.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/ly/chord-modifiers-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/ly/script-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/ly/scale-definitions-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/ly/engraver-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/ly/grace-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/ly/midi-init.ly[/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/ly/performer-init.ly]][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/ly/generic-paper-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/ly/paper20-init.ly[/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/ly/params-init.ly[/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/ly/a4-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/ly/paper-init.ly]]][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/ly/dynamic-scripts-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/ly/spanners-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/ly/property-init.ly]][/home/lyle/Documents/Lilypond/Statements/st1.ly]]
> > > [/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/fonts/afm/feta20.afm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/fonts/tfm/feta20.tfm]Interpreting
> > >  music...[1]elapsed time: 0.51 seconds
> > > Element count 60 (spanners 6) Preprocessing graphical objects... Grob count 86 
> > > [/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/fonts/afm/parmesan20.afm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/fonts/tfm/parmesan20.tfm]
> > > Calculating line breaks... 
> > > [/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/fonts/afm/feta-nummer10.afm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.1.0/fonts/tfm/feta-nummer10.tfm]Global
> > >  shortest duration is 1/8
> > > [2]
> > > Optimal demerits: 14.760346
> > > paper output to `st1.tex'...
> > > writing header field `title' to `st1.title'...
> > > writing header field `composer' to `st1.composer'...
> > > writing header field `pagenumber' to `st1.pagenumber'...
> > > Element count 40.[0]
> > > ((gc-time-taken . 87) (cells-allocated . 363290) (cell-heap-size . 884736) 
> > > (bytes-malloced . 892340) (gc-malloc-threshold . 1507812) (gc-times . 4) 
> > > (gc-mark-time-taken . 19) (gc-sweep-time-taken . 68) (cells-marked . 399350) 
> > > (cells-swept . 3519488) (cell-heap-segments (136921088 . 136904704) (1081726976 
> > > . 1077532672) (1084598272 . 1081731072)))Interpreting music...elapsed time: 
> > > 0.02 seconds
> > > MIDI output to `st1.midi'...
> > > Track ... [0]
> > >
> > > Analyzing st1.tex...
> > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > >  File "/usr//bin/lilypond", line 875, in ?
> > >    run_latex (files, outbase, extra_init)
> > >  File "/usr//bin/lilypond", line 496, in run_latex
> > >    s = global_latex_definition (wfs, extra)
> > >  File "/usr//bin/lilypond", line 468, in global_latex_definition
> > >    s = global_latex_preamble (extra) + '\\begin{document}\n'
> > >  File "/usr//bin/lilypond", line 454, in global_latex_preamble
> > >    s = s + '\setcounter{page}{%d}\n' % (extra['pagenumber'][-1])
> > > TypeError: int argument required
> > > lilypond: warning: can't find  `st1.latex'
> > > MIDI output to `st1.midi'...
> > > TEX output to `st1.tex'...
> > > lilypond: warning: can't find  `st1.pdf'
> > > Cleaning /home/lyle/tmp/tmpg1Efnililypond...

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        Mats Bengtsson
        Signal Processing
        Signals, Sensors and Systems
        Royal Institute of Technology
        SE-100 44  STOCKHOLM
        Sweden
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