Re: 2.12.1 is slow compared to 2.10.33 on Windows XP SP2

[Patrick McCarty]

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Frédéric Bron <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Are the compile times different if you compile your score with the
>> following option set?
>>
>> \layout {
>>  \context {
>>    \Score
>>    skipTypesetting = ##t
>>  }
>> }
>
> much quicker! ... but did not work:
>
> Processing `conducteur.ly'
> Parsing...
> Interpreting music...
> Preprocessing graphical objects...
> Finding the ideal number of pages...
> Fitting music on 1 page...
> Drawing systems...
> programming error: system with empty extent
> programming error: Improbable offset for stencil: Infinity staff space
> Setting to zero.
> continuing, cross fingers
> Layout output to `conducteur.ps'...
> Converting to `./conducteur.pdf'...

Okay, that's a good thing!  When you set this option, the typesetting
part is skipped, so your PDF won't contain any music.

I should have asked a better question:

When you compile your score with skipTypesetting = ##t, are there any
noticeable compile time differences with 2.10.33 versus 2.12.1?

This setting isn't meant to make LilyPond faster, it's meant to aid in
debugging the compile process.

-Patrick