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Re: anyone got lilypond 2.16.2 to work on Windows Vista?


From: Phil Holmes
Subject: Re: anyone got lilypond 2.16.2 to work on Windows Vista?
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 18:41:08 +0100



----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Honore" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Cc: "Urs Liska" <address@hidden>; "David Nalesnik" <address@hidden>; "lilypond-user" <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2013 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: anyone got lilypond 2.16.2 to work on Windows Vista?


On 02/08/2013 18:34, Federico Bruni wrote:

2013/8/2 Robert Honoré <address@hidden
<mailto:address@hidden>>

    Please find attached lilypond_debug_log.txt and craptastic-1.ly
    <http://craptastic-1.ly>.


I can compile it on linux using version 2.16.2
I get a warning about encoding of file:

craptastic-1.ly <0>: warning: non-UTF-8 input

composer = "Robert Honor

�"



In fact it's:


$ file craptastic-1.ly <http://craptastic-1.ly>

craptastic-1.ly <http://craptastic-1.ly>: ISO-8859 text, with CRLF line
terminators


The other warning is:

warning: cannot find or create new `staff'

[8]


you should write

\new Staff

(instead of \new staff)


Finally, you should insert \global inside themeOne.


Can you compile the attached file?


In short, no.  I reverted my system to the state it was in on 25 July,
2013.  That is, before my first attempt to install the new version of
LilyPond.  The version that was installed at the time was LilyPond
Version 2.12.3.  It still didn't work.

The two files I have attached give a reasonable impression of the story
as it was since I attempted the upgrade.  Basically, whatever problems
LilyPond encounters on my computer does not allow it to get past the
part where it prints out the line, "Building font database."  After
that, the longer I leave LilyPond running, the more unresponsive the
system becomes, until the entire user interface becomes so unresponsive
as to force me to stop everything either with Task Manager if I can get
it to respond, or by restarting the system, or power-cycling the system.

Despite restoring the system from a restore point from 25 July, 2013,
LilyPond (even my previous version) does not work any more, and does not
even seem to attempt to open whatever file you specify on the command
line.  Also, it seems like only LilyPond is affected by whatever problem
exists on my system.  All the other applications I use don't appear to
have any problems I could detect.

Thanks again, Federico.

Yours sincerely,
Robert Honore.

OK - this is what I get part way through my lilypond verbose output:

Initializing FontConfig...
Adding font directory: C:/Program Files (x86)/LilyPondV2.16.2/usr/share/lilypond/current/fonts/otf
Building font database...

Processing `craptastic-1.ly'
Parsing...

And it then completes successfully.

Could you repeat telling the sequence of events that got you to this situation? I think you had 2.12.3 working OK, but then tried to upgrade to 2.16.2 and have never been able to get it to work since? Could you have made any other changes? (Added fonts, etc.)?

If it was my machine, I think I'd a) undelete all versions of LilyPond, b) get rid of the lilypond entry you have in path, c) delete any lilypond directories in C:/Program Files/ and then try a fresh install, and try a run from the command line with the current working directory as /LilyDir/usr/bin.

I'm also slightly suspicious of where Lily is installed. By default, a 64 bit install should place it with the 32 bit files in C:/Program Files (x86)/

--
Phil Holmes



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