Re: .ly file partially compiles, then LP crashes

[Guy Stalnaker]

Simon,

That was my tack -- the dirty way was to slowly comment out sections and 
see what happened. It's the oddest thing. I'm writing a piano reduction 
mostly from string parts, so I'm doing this:

<lilypond>
pianoRH = {
<< { ViolinI } \\ { ViolinII } >>
}
pianoLH = {
<< { Violo } \\ { Cello } >>
}
</lilypond>

As shown, did not compile. Comment out ViolinI, compiles. Add it back, 
compile fails. Comment out ViolinII, compiles, add ViolinII back, 
compile fails. WTH? So, I think you're right, it's some sort of 
memory/resource something.

But ...

I replaced the ViolinI code with the original code (from the composer) 
AND IT NOW COMPILES in its entirety.

That is maddening. But, I've no time to waste on it now, and thankfully 
I've little hair to pull out over it.

Thanks for your reply, MUCH appreciated.

Guy

On 7/27/2017 6:06 PM, Simon Albrecht wrote:
> On 28.07.2017 00:55, Guy Stalnaker wrote:
> > I'm not trying to figure out how to do something here. This is a code 
> > file that compiled to midi/pdf output a few hours ago (last 
> > successful pdf output at 4:31p CDT).
>
> Can you restore the file version that compiled successfully? Or is 
> there any other chance of narrowing down the part of the code that’s 
> problematic? There have been problems with memory that are triggered 
> by the size of the score, but IIRC those had three-digit page numbers.
>
> Best, Simon

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