Re: Maximum ghostscript input filesize? Adjustable parameter?

[Trevor Baca]

Han-Wen wrote:

> > So I suppose the work-around is simply to have Lily bypass the call to
> > gs altogether and always use Apple's "open" utility to create the pdf,
> > at least for this large file ... but two questions:
> 
> That surprises me; Apple's PS to PDF convertor consistently crashes on
> Lily's PS files - which is also why MacOS version by default erases them.

My mistake -- you're completely correct. In the intervening week or so
since I wrote the original post I ran up against the fact that nearly
any amount of \markup in lily file will make Apple's pdf renderer
explode on the resulting .ps. If you have *no* \markup, then, by all
means, use Apple's pdf renderer; but for real work I'll definitely be
using ps2pdf's call to ghostscript.

So, please disregard my earlier observation about using Apple's pdf
renderer; bad suggestion.

On the other hand, the point about turning off point-and-click is
still a good one -- using -dno-point-and-click combined with lily's
default call to ghostscript works perfectly under OS X, including for
large, complex files with plenty of \markup.

Trevor.