Re: winxp - delay and filenames

[Russ Lenth]

David Griffel <d.griffel <at> bristol.ac.uk> writes:

> 
> I've just started to use lilypond 2.8.5 installed on WinXP (not using
> cygwin).  I have a couple of simple questions about running under windows.
> 
> 1.  Even with a very small input file, I find a delay of 4-5 seconds 
> after  invoking lilypond before I see anything happening.  Is this 
> normal, or am I doing something wrong?  It's the same whether I type 
> "lilypond filename" in a console window, or invoke lilypond through an 
> editor interface.  I've used Latex a lot, which seems to work much 
> faster - but then music processing is more complicated than text.
> 
> 2.  It seems that lilypond can read files with long names, but it writes
> .ps and .pdf files in 8+4 format.  So if I use a filename with more than 
> 8 characters, the output files have apparently different names.  Is 
> there any way to get it to output .ps files with the same name as the 
> input file?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any answers
> David Griffel
> 


It doesn't show anything until it gets to the step where it converts from PS to
PDF.  I find this frustrating too.  What's more, the command-line version
(lilypond.exe) seems to be set up as a Windows rather than DOS program.  I
suggest downloading the development version, which in this case seems more
stable than the "stable" release.

Russ