2012/1/8 Nils <address@hidden>:
Hello list,
what is the fastest way to create a lilypond preview of your file?
I expect to trade quality and correctnes for speed.
If you have a long piece and want to see only a range eg. the
beginning or the end, use
showLastLength = R1*5
\score { ... }
and also consider showFirstLength or \set Score.skipTypesetting = ##t
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/skipping-corrected-music
One example, which is even in the manual I think, is to deactivate the links in a pdf
#(ly:set-option 'point-and-click #f)
What about the non-pdf backends? Is it faster to generate a raster image?
In theory, the ps backend is faster because pdf is converted from ps.
Raster images are converted from ps as well.