Ok. Fixed the paper problem. Now I have another issue. I use a makefile to generate my scores and in 1.6.8, ly2dvi seemed to correctly exit with an error code if lilypond (or some other sub-process) failed. It is now exiting with a status of 0 when lilypond fails. It looks like it means to do the right thing.
Simon -----cut here ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] lily]$ ly2dvi --pdf --verbose trio-guitarI-solo.simple ly2dvi (GNU LilyPond) 1.7.27 Opening pipe `kpsexpand \$TEXMF' Opening pipe `kpsewhich -expand-path=\$T1FONTS' Invoking `/usr/bin/lilypond -I /cygdrive/h/3cvs/lily -I /cygdrive/h/3cvs/lily - I /cygdrive/h/3cvs/lily -H dedication -H title -H subtitle -H subsubtitle -H foo ter -H head -H composer -H arranger -H instrument -H opus -H piece -H metre -H m eter -H poet -H texttranslator -H papersize -H textheight -H pagenumber -H langu age -H latexheaders -H latexoptions -H linewidth -H latexpackages -H unit -H ori entation --verbose trio-guitarI-solo.simple'GNU LilyPond 1.7.27 lilypond_datadir: `/usr/share/lilypond' local_lilypond_datadir: `/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27' localedir: `/usr/share/locale' LILYPONDPREFIX: `' [/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/scm/define-music-types.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7. 27/scm/output-lib.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/scm/c++.scm][/usr/share/lilypo nd/1.7.27/scm/chord-ignatzek-names.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/scm/chord-ent ry.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/scm/chord-generic-names.scm][/usr/share/lilyp ond/1.7.27/scm/molecule.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/scm/new-markup.scm][/usr /share/lilypond/1.7.27/scm/bass-figure.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/scm/music -functions.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/scm/define-music-properties.scm][/usr /share/lilypond/1.7.27/scm/auto-beam.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/scm/chord-n ame.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/scm/define-translator-properties.scm][/usr/s hare/lilypond/1.7.27/scm/translation-functions.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/s cm/script.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/scm/drums.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7 .27/scm/midi.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/scm/beam.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/1 .7.27/scm/clef.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/scm/slur.scm][/usr/share/lilypond /1.7.27/scm/font.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/scm/define-grob-properties.scm] [/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/scm/define-grobs.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/scm /define-grob-interfaces.scm] Now processing: `trio-guitarI-solo.simple.ly' Parsing...[/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/ly/init.ly[/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/ly/d eclarations-init.ly[/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/ly/nederlands.ly][/usr/share/lily pond/1.7.27/ly/chord-modifiers-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/ly/script-ini t.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/ly/scale-definitions-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypo nd/1.7.27/ly/engraver-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/ly/grace-init.ly][/usr /share/lilypond/1.7.27/ly/midi-init.ly[/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/ly/performer-i nit.ly]][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/ly/generic-paper-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypon d/1.7.27/ly/paper20-init.ly[/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/ly/params-init.ly[/usr/sh are/lilypond/1.7.27/ly/a4-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/ly/paper-init.ly]] ][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/ly/dynamic-scripts-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7 .27/ly/spanners-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/ly/property-init.ly]][/cygdr ive/h/3cvs/lily/trio-guitarI-solo.simple.ly[/cygdrive/h/3cvs/lily/trio-common.ly [/cygdrive/h/3cvs/lily/guitar.ly[/cygdrive/h/3cvs/lily/standard.ly[/cygdrive/h/3 cvs/lily/vars.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/ly/paper23.ly[/usr/share/lilypond/1 .7.27/ly/paper23-init.ly[/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/ly/params-init.ly[/usr/share /lilypond/1.7.27/ly/a4-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/ly/paper-init.ly]]]]] ]][/cygdrive/h/3cvs/lily/trio-guitarI.ly /cygdrive/h/3cvs/lily/trio-guitarI.ly:39:4: error: syntax error, unexpected '.': b:m .4 /cygdrive/h/3cvs/lily/trio-guitarI.ly:53:4: error: syntax error, unexpected '.': b:m .11^9 ][/cygdrive/h/3cvs/lily/staff.ly[/cygdrive/h/3cvs/lily/context-staff.ly]]]] ly2dvi: warning: `/usr/bin/lilypond' failed (status 1) (ignored) ly2dvi: error: LilyPond failed on input file trio-guitarI-solo.simple (exit stat us 1) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/ly2dvi", line 832, in ? run_lilypond (files, dep_prefix) File "/usr/bin/ly2dvi", line 282, in run_lilypond ly.exit (status) File "/usr/share/lilypond/1.7.27/python/lilylib.py", line 134, in exit raise _ ('Exiting (%d)...') % i Exiting (256)... Cleaning /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/simon/LOCALS~[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] lily]$ echo $? 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] lily]$ _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user