Re: Lilypond not generating PDF

2022-07-04 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2022-07-04 8:03 pm, Andrew Bernard wrote: We are getting to the nub of it. When you save the test.ly file you have to save it to C:\Users\\Desktop not the default which is C:\Users\Public\Desktop. And make the start directory in the link C:\Users\\Desktop [...] Nothing should ever be default

Re: Lilypond not generating PDF

2022-07-04 Thread Andrew Bernard
We are getting to the nub of it. When you save the test.ly file you have to save it to C:\Users\\Desktop not the default which is C:\Users\Public\Desktop. And make the start directory in the link C:\Users\\Desktop (making it blank did not work for me). Andrew

Re: Lilypond not generating PDF

2022-07-04 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2022-07-04 5:49 pm, Aaron Hill wrote: On 2022-07-04 5:07 pm, Andrew Bernard wrote: I'm sorry, I don't understand this. Dragging test.ly on the desktop to the LilyPond icon on the desktop fails to produce the PDF output. Both on Windows 10 and 11. That is a different issue than the UAC drag-

Re: Lilypond not generating PDF

2022-07-04 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2022-07-04 5:07 pm, Andrew Bernard wrote: I'm sorry, I don't understand this. Dragging test.ly on the desktop to the LilyPond icon on the desktop fails to produce the PDF output. Both on Windows 10 and 11. That is a different issue than the UAC drag-and-drop limitation that was mentioned.

Re: Lilypond not generating PDF

2022-07-04 Thread Andrew Bernard
The question, when will 2.22 be replaced? Not soon? I have volunteered to update the instructions, if I am allowed. I run XYplorer. It's a great file explorer program, (paid). Running that as administrator drag and drop works. But in the process I found out that some links do not show up. I

Re: Lilypond not generating PDF

2022-07-04 Thread Ben Eisenstein
I was finally able to get a PDF. I had to run command shell in administrative mode. Then switch to the directory the test file was in. I was then able to run test.ly. Thank you for the clue that it was a permissions issue. I would suggest changing the Windows instructions or at least indicate

Re: Lilypond not generating PDF

2022-07-04 Thread Andrew Bernard
I'm sorry, I don't understand this. Dragging test.ly on the desktop to the LilyPond icon on the desktop fails to produce the PDF output. Both on Windows 10 and 11. What I also completely fail to understand is given that this has apparently never worked, why the instructions for 2.22 stable rel

Re: error handling

2022-07-04 Thread Jean Abou Samra
On 7/5/22 01:10, Thomas Morley wrote: Am Di., 5. Juli 2022 um 00:34 Uhr schrieb Jean Abou Samra : I just detected I can't compile my code with 2.22. any more, due to the internal changes in \repeat volta. Ofcourse it could have been any other change as well. Should I code for both lily-versions,

Re: error handling

2022-07-04 Thread Thomas Morley
Am Di., 5. Juli 2022 um 00:34 Uhr schrieb Jean Abou Samra : I just detected I can't compile my code with 2.22. any more, due to the internal changes in \repeat volta. Ofcourse it could have been any other change as well. Should I code for both lily-versions, just to get helpful error messages? Wel

Re: Lilypond not generating PDF

2022-07-04 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2022-07-04 3:03 pm, Paul Hodges wrote: Blocking dropping onto elevated targets from a non-elevated desktop has been a security feature of UAC since it was introduced a decade and a half ago. You can remove the restriction by running with UAC turned off, which the security-minded will of cours

Re: error handling

2022-07-04 Thread Jean Abou Samra
On 7/5/22 00:22, Thomas Morley wrote: Currently I'm doing some huge scheme-coding. Again and again I get error messages like: $ lilydevel event-chords.ly GNU LilyPond 2.23.9 (running Guile 2.2) [...] Processing `event-chords.ly' Parsing...srfi/srfi-1.scm:432:2: In procedure last: In procedure c

error handling

2022-07-04 Thread Thomas Morley
Currently I'm doing some huge scheme-coding. Again and again I get error messages like: $ lilydevel event-chords.ly GNU LilyPond 2.23.9 (running Guile 2.2) [...] Processing `event-chords.ly' Parsing...srfi/srfi-1.scm:432:2: In procedure last: In procedure car: Wrong type argument in position 1 (e

Re: Lilypond not generating PDF

2022-07-04 Thread David Wright
On Mon 04 Jul 2022 at 23:03:14 (+0100), Paul Hodges wrote: > From: Aaron Hill > > On 2022-07-04 1:50 am, Andrew Bernard wrote: > > > I see from searching that the issue is with elevated and non elevated > > > permissions. > > > > Where do you see this?  Drag-and-drop is a simple feature o

Re: Lilypond not generating PDF

2022-07-04 Thread Paul Hodges
Blocking dropping onto elevated targets from a non-elevated desktop has been a security feature of UAC since it was introduced a decade and a half ago.  You can remove the restriction by running with UAC turned off, which the security-minded will of course advise you not to do, and many people h

Re: Lilypond not generating PDF

2022-07-04 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2022-07-04 1:50 am, Andrew Bernard wrote: I see from searching that the issue is with elevated and non elevated permissions. Where do you see this? Drag-and-drop is a simple feature of the Windows shell that should require no special permission. What are the details of the LilyPond short

Re: filter the nth note

2022-07-04 Thread Gilles Thibault
Le 2022-06-19 10:58, Stefan Thomas a écrit : allNotes= { c'8 g' e' g' d' g' f' g' c' g' e' g' } someNotes = { c' d' c' } In other words: I would like to filter out every 4th note of allNotes, so that I could do in combination with changePitch (see https://github.com/gilles-th/arranger.ly/blob

Re: Another midi issue

2022-07-04 Thread Knute Snortum
If you include the \midi {} block in your \score, you must also include a \layout {} to get a PDF. -- Knute Snortum On Mon, Jul 4, 2022 at 9:54 AM Omer Katzir wrote: > For some reason I can’t generate pdf and midi at the same time, I must % > the midi block or it won’t generate the pdf file.

Another midi issue

2022-07-04 Thread Omer Katzir
For some reason I can’t generate pdf and midi at the same time, I must % the midi block or it won’t generate the pdf file. I got it working on other file similar to this one, but I can’t find out why it won’t do the same with the current one. I know it’s a lame question but I looked into the doc

Re: question concerning arranger tool

2022-07-04 Thread Gilles Thibault
Le 2022-06-20 14:12, Stefan Thomas a écrit : Dear community, I try to understand more of the arranger tool, have a look at https://github.com/gilles-th/arranger.ly Could someone give an instructional example, what the functions copy-out can do and how it works? I generally think taht there shou

Re: Multimeasure rest shape and polymeter

2022-07-04 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le 04/07/2022 à 06:20, Adam M. Griggs a écrit : Hello list, \enablePolymeter seems to be messing with multimeasure rests. In particular, MM rests with the shape of a breve rest are being rendered as semibreve MM rests. Please see the following code: \version "2.23.10" music = { \time 2/2 R1

Re: Lilypond not generating PDF

2022-07-04 Thread Paul Hodges
From: Andrew Bernard I do know know how to _not_ install it with admin rights as the sole user, me, has admin permissions. Sorry, I expressed it loosely.  As you determined, the issue is specifically Extended Permissions - which, however, are selected in Windows with the menu item "Run a

Re: Lilypond not generating PDF

2022-07-04 Thread Paul Hodges
Still can't get it right!   s/Extended/Elevated/ Paul From: Paul Hodges To: lilypond-user Sent: 04/07/2022 14:13 Subject: Re: Lilypond not generating PDF From: Andrew Bernard I do know know how to _not_ install it with admin rights as the sole user, me, has admin pe

Re: Lilypond not generating PDF

2022-07-04 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le 04/07/2022 à 10:50, Andrew Bernard a écrit : I'm only doing this ion behalf of the OP. But I'm sure he'd agree with me that this is confusing, as one normally expects basic initial instructions to have been tested and work. Especially since this is the Stable Release. The LilyPad app was

Re: Lilypond not generating PDF

2022-07-04 Thread Andrew Bernard
I'm only doing this ion behalf of the OP. But I'm sure he'd agree with me that this is confusing, as one normally expects basic initial instructions to have been tested and work. Especially since this is the Stable Release. I see from searching that the issue is with elevated and non elevated

Re: Lilypond not generating PDF

2022-07-04 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le 04/07/2022 à 10:26, Andrew Bernard a écrit : I do know know how to _not_ install it with admin rights as the sole user, me, has admin permissions. I don't see that one should have to make a non admin user for LilyPond, and if so, why is it not in the basic instructions? It is not mentioned a

Re: Lilypond not generating PDF

2022-07-04 Thread Andrew Bernard
I do know know how to _not_ install it with admin rights as the sole user, me, has admin permissions. I don't see that one should have to make a non admin user for LilyPond, and if so, why is it not in the basic instructions? It is not mentioned as far as I can see. Andrew Paul Hodges wrote

Re: Lilypond not generating PDF

2022-07-04 Thread Paul Hodges
Is LilyPond installed with administrative rights?  That's a common reason for drag and drop not to work (it's forbidden in that case). Paul From: Ben Eisenstein To: Sent: 03/07/2022 23:48 Subject: Lilypond not generating PDF I installed Lilypond pn Windows 10. I follo