----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sacha Standen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <lilypond-user@gnu.org> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 9:11 PM Subject: Re: pdf files
> Sacha Standen wrote: > > > Hello > > > > Please would somebody respond with some advice, as I can't use > > Lilypond at all without being able to view the PDF files. I'm using > > version 2.6 on Windows ME and have managed, through trial and error, > > to generate pdf files, but cannot open them. When I double click the > > PDF file icon, it loads Adobe Acrobat, but an alert then appears, > > telling me that Acrobat can't open the file. I can however open my old > > files, and the only visible difference is that the icons for the old > > files have PDF superimposed on the symbol, whereas the new ones don't. > > What version of Acrobat (Reader?) are you using. I have heard that > Adobe Reader 7 will not read some files that were not written by Acrobat. > > I was trying to check that out but my MS Windows 98SE installation of > LilyPond 2.6.0 is not generating PDF's or even workable PS's at the moment. > > Paul Scott > > Hi Thanks to Paul Scott for responding. I'm using Acrobat Reader 5.0, but have just downloaded Adobe reader 6.0 and am still unable to open the files. Can I be really thick and ask what the difference between PDF and PS is? That may be the key, as it seems the PS files are the ones I can't open. Regards Sacha _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
