Re: XML to .ly and Lilypond, again

[Robert Blackstone]

Hi David,

Ref.: "What's the role of TeXShop? What process did it carry out? "

TeXShop, by means of its LilyPond Engine, processed the file containing the 
code copied from Frescobaldi. I processed the file with two LilyPond versions, 
2.18.2 and 2.19.58.1, and as far I could see the results were identical. 
I always use TeXShop to edit LilyPond-files because it allows me to use some 
tricks and shortcuts that Frescobaldi does not like, or does not allow. As 
TeXShop always saves files with the extension .tex I rename the copies 
(_ly.tex). So the pdf in the package I uploaded was made with TeXShop. 
Incidentally, It is not really necessary to make a copy of the code generated 
by Frescobaldi from the xml-file. I can open and process the .ly -file with 
TeXShop just as well. But for most of the scores I make I have to do quite a 
lot of editing for which I always use TeXShop. 

Ref.: "The 2.19 files might be of more interest as 2.18.2 doesn't have the 
problem."

There is no separate and/or different 2.19 file. The .ly -file generated from 
the downloaded -xml-file produced the same result with  2.18.2 and 2.19.58.1.

Best regards,

Robert


On 14 May 2017, at 14:24 , David Wright <address@hidden> wrote:           

> On Sun 14 May 2017 at 12:42:03 (+0200), Robert Blackstone wrote:
>> Hi Leszek, 
>> 
>> Out of curiosity I downloaded and processed the Kyrie.xml, from the link you 
>> attached to your post of 12-05-17. 
>> I was curious in particular because I mostly use the same procedure for 
>> engraving with LilyPond as you do, starting with Finale, except that I'm on 
>> a Mac (OSX 10.9.5 also known as Mavericks).
>> So I imported your file in Frescobaldi, and then copied and pasted it in 
>> TeXShop, my favourite editor, which processed your file without any problem 
>> (both with LilyPond version 2.18.2 and 2.19.58.1). 
> 
> So with Frescobaldi you import the XML (which uses the musicxml2ly
> program; you posted the .ly) and then produce the PDF (posted).
> What's the role of TeXShop? What process did it carry out?
> 
>> You can find the results here: 
>> 
>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/512573/FileChute/LilyPond-test_Kyrie_from_xml-file.zip
> 
> The 2.19 files might be of more interest as 2.18.2 doesn't have the problem.
> 
>> So apparently for a Mac there is nothing wrong, neither with your xml-file 
>> nor with recent musicxml2ly.
>> It may be of litte help to you (as  long as you stay on Windows ;-)) but it 
>> could perhaps help you in narrowing down the search for the source of 
>> trouble in your system.
> 
>> On 12 May 2017, at 13:42 , Leszek Wroński <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> […] Anyway, since one and the same XML file stopped
>>> converting correctly, it indeed seems that in the meantime some
>>> encoding issues have been introduced to musicxml2ly (I'm using 2.19.48
>>> now).
> 
> Cheers,
> David.