Re: lilypond-book

[Mats Bengtsson]

Just follow the instructions in the manual on how to
run latex, dvips and ps2pdf (actually, to be able to run
ps2pdf, you also need to add
C:\Program Files\LilyPond\usr\share\ghostscript\8.50\lib\
to the path).

  /Mats

bubba wrote:

> Mats,
>
> You have definately helped me.  I've now gotten lilypond-book to work 
> - almost.  The good news is that it's now running and outputting 
> files.  The bad news is that it's not outputting a .dvi file.  It 
> seems like it's outputting everything else, though.  It even gives me 
> a .psfonts file.  As far as I know, I've done everything just as you 
> directed.  Is there something more I'm missing?
>
> ~bubba
>
> On 5/11/06, *Mats Bengtsson* < address@hidden 
> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
>
>     Unfortunately, there are some problems with lilypond-book, convert-ly,
>     midi2ly and some other utilities on Windows, since they are
>     implemented
>     using a scripting language called Python and the version of Python
>     which
>     is included in the LilyPond package is broken.
>
>     A workaround is described in
>     http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2006-04/msg00363.html
>     <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2006-04/msg00363.html>
>
>     However, with lilypond-book there are a couple of additional
>     problem in
>     Windows:
>
>     - The python version included with LilyPond will still interfere,
>     so you
>     have to
>       run lilypond-book using the following command
>     python "C:\Program Files\LilyPond\usr\bin\lilypond-book.py" -o out
>     --psfonts myfile.lytex
>
>     - You have to run it twice. The first time you run it, it will end
>     with
>     an error
>       message but if you just run the same command another time, it will
>     work fine.
>
>        /Mats
>
>
>     bubba wrote:
>
>     >I've having trouble using lilypond-book.  I'm a brand new
>     lilypond user - I just
>     >installed it two days ago for the first time.  I can use lilypond
>     just fine, but
>     >I haven't been able to figure out how to use lilypond-book.  I'm
>     running Windows
>     >XP and lilypond 2.8.0.1 <http://2.8.0.1>.  I've read through the
>     tutorial section on
>     >lilypond-book and the user manual section on it (although I
>     didn't see any
>     >difference between them).  I've tried different options.  I've
>     read through the
>     >mailing list archive - not much help for a complete newbie.  And,
>     I still
>     >haven't been able to get it to work.
>     >
>     >Overall, I think lilypond is awesome.  My brother is a musician
>     getting his
>     >masters/doctorate.  He's home for the summer and I fully intend
>     on getting him
>     >hooked on this program.  But, I want to get lilypond-book to work
>     first.  I
>     >would appreciate any pointers anyone can give me.
>     >
>     >~bubba
>     >
>     >
>     >
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        Mats Bengtsson
        Signal Processing
        Signals, Sensors and Systems
        Royal Institute of Technology
        SE-100 44  STOCKHOLM
        Sweden
        Phone: (+46) 8 790 8463                         
       Fax:   (+46) 8 790 7260
        Email: address@hidden
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