Re: note entry suddenly stops

[Robin Bannister]

Michae Phillips wrote:
> Is there a reason why entering notes in a score is suddenly stopped? 


Well, I had a hunch and followed it up. 
Lilypad handles up to 30000 bytes and no more. [1] 
Maybe you are using Lilypad and your file has become too large for it. 


By way of explanation: 
When you give the Lilypond program a text file that it understands, 
it produces sheet music in a pdf file. 
For example, to get sheet music of a Bach concerto in the file "bach.pdf", 
you have to 
- type it up for Lilypond in a text file called "bach.ly", 
- then give this text file to Lilypond for processing. 

When you download the Lilypond software package you get, among other things,
- the Lilypond program (for generating "bach.pdf")
- a text editor program called Lilypad (for preparing "bach.ly"). 

When you replied
> Version 2.6.5 
you seemed to be talking about the Lilypond program, 
not about the text editor program which you are using. 
But maybe you meant that you are using the Lilypad program
which came with the 2.6.5 download. 

If you had this input problem while using Lilypad, you will see the size 
of your "bach.ly" file listed as something like 29KB or 30KB. 
If so, try one of the following: 

A. 
Maybe you can delete an unimportant part of your text file. 
Then you can reach the end of the concerto without needing 30000 bytes. 

B. 
Split your single text file into several text files. 
See "Including LilyPond files" in the Notation Reference [2]

C.
Continue with a different text editor. 
(You don't *have* to use Lilypad. Lilypond will still work.) 
For example, Windows comes with Notepad, which is similar to Lilypad 
but can handle bigger files. 
Consult the mailing list for other suggestions.



[1] as seen with 2.10.33's Lilypad on WinXP SP3. 
[2] http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index


Cheers,
Robin