Re: Lilypond not creating .pdf file

[Lyle Raymond]

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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