Re: One-page PDF cut off after a certain height?

2024-05-22 Thread Christ van Willegen
Hello Jean, On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 11:54 AM Jean Abou Samra wrote: (Lots of helpful stuff) > HTH > Jean > Yes, that was exactly what was wrong, thanks! Christ van Willegen

Re: One-page PDF cut off after a certain height?

2024-05-20 Thread Jean Abou Samra
> I run into a problem when I create a (very high) single-page PDF file from a > Lilypond score. 'After a certain time', the rest of the page is rendered in > white. > > In my use case, I wanted to make a large system staff, and white-on-black > music, because of r

One-page PDF cut off after a certain height?

2024-05-20 Thread Christ van Willegen
Hi, I run into a problem when I create a (very high) single-page PDF file from a Lilypond score. 'After a certain time', the rest of the page is rendered in white. In my use case, I wanted to make a large system staff, and white-on-black music, because of readability-reasons. Specifically

Re: PDF Bookmarks

2024-01-30 Thread Jean Abou Samra
There is a known bug when combining `\tocItem` and `\bookpart`. See [issue #6355](https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/6355). I've just posted a workaround on the issue. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

PDF Bookmarks

2024-01-30 Thread Mariya Kireva
Hello all, I have many \tocItem-s inside different bookparts wich i compile to one PDF document. I expected, that the \tocItem-s will create automatically bookmarks in my PDF document and they will appear in my PDF viewer, but is not the case. Can anybody help with this issue? Best regards

Re: Output PDF to stdout

2024-01-21 Thread Valentin Petzel
Hello Vlad, You will not avoid intermediate files in any case, as Lilypond with gs output will generate ps code, which is then turned into a pdf. If you want to pipe PDFs for convenience you might create a wrapper say plilypond in the search path doing something like this: #!/bin/bash t

Re: Output PDF to stdout

2024-01-13 Thread Hans Aikema
On 13 Jan 2024, at 02:05, Curt McDowell wrote:Have you actually tried this? LilyPond appends ".pdf" to the output filename (and ".midi"). If you try to make the fifo ending in ".pdf", you find lilypond removes the fifo before writing a new file. For the same r

Re: Output PDF to stdout

2024-01-12 Thread Curt McDowell
Have you actually tried this? LilyPond appends ".pdf" to the output filename (and ".midi"). If you try to make the fifo ending in ".pdf", you find lilypond removes the fifo before writing a new file. For the same reasons, the output file cannot be /dev/stdout. Ma

Re: Output PDF to stdout

2024-01-07 Thread Raphael Mankin
On 05/01/2024 03:46, David Wright wrote: On Thu 04 Jan 2024 at 23:34:28 (+0100), Volodymyr Prokopyuk wrote: I know that lilypond can receive a source.ly file from the stdin by using lilypond -. Is it possible for lilypond to output PDF to the stdout? My motivation behind using lilypond

Re: Output PDF to stdout

2024-01-05 Thread Volodymyr Prokopyuk
Thank you very much for your thoughts! I expected that the PDF output to stdout would be difficult to implement due to multiple Lilypond backends, and, probably, is not a real bottleneck in PDF generation. It is nice to know that intermediary files are already handled by a FS cache, and can

Re: Output PDF to stdout

2024-01-04 Thread David Wright
On Thu 04 Jan 2024 at 23:34:28 (+0100), Volodymyr Prokopyuk wrote: > > I know that lilypond can receive a source.ly file from the stdin by > using lilypond > -. Is it possible for lilypond to output PDF to the stdout? > > My motivation behind using lilypond in a pipeline

Re: Output PDF to stdout

2024-01-04 Thread mskala
On Fri, 5 Jan 2024, Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide wrote: > > intermediate "files" will be written to and read from the buffer cache at > > RAM speed and only later go to the disk in the background. > > That depends on the file system and its synchronization model. I once > sped up a script to control

Re: Output PDF to stdout

2024-01-04 Thread Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca writes: > On Thu, 4 Jan 2024, Volodymyr Prokopyuk wrote: > >> My motivation behind using lilypond in a pipeline is to speed up PDF >> generation by avoiding storing intermediary files on disk. The pipeline I'd > > Is that issue real? In Linux

Re: Output PDF to stdout

2024-01-04 Thread Jean Abou Samra
This doesn't exist, sorry. It wouldn't be *that* straightforward to implement, because there are multiple code paths for output (GhostScript via API, GhostScript via subprocess, SVG backend and Cairo). I'm not even sure that direct PDF output in GhostScript's PS → PDF conversion is not going

Re: Output PDF to stdout

2024-01-04 Thread mskala
On Thu, 4 Jan 2024, Volodymyr Prokopyuk wrote: > My motivation behind using lilypond in a pipeline is to speed up PDF > generation by avoiding storing intermediary files on disk. The pipeline I'd Is that issue real? In Linux and most other operating systems, intermediate "files"

Output PDF to stdout

2024-01-04 Thread Volodymyr Prokopyuk
Hi, I know that lilypond can receive a source.ly file from the stdin by using lilypond -. Is it possible for lilypond to output PDF to the stdout? My motivation behind using lilypond in a pipeline is to speed up PDF generation by avoiding storing intermediary files on disk. The pipeline I'd like

Re: 2.25.10 *-1.pdf

2023-11-24 Thread Paul Scott
On 11/24/23 10:49 AM, Jean Abou Samra wrote: I only have one \book block in my case as I think I always do. As I mentioned the file-1.pdf usually is accompanied by error messages leading to a fix which eliminates the file-1.pdf but not in this case. At this point it's just a nuisance not worth

Re: 2.25.10 *-1.pdf

2023-11-24 Thread Jean Abou Samra
> I only have one \book block in my case as I think I always do. As I > mentioned the file-1.pdf usually is accompanied by error messages > leading to a fix which eliminates the file-1.pdf but not in this case. > At this point it's just a nuisance not worth creating a MWE. The

Re: 2.25.10 *-1.pdf

2023-11-24 Thread Paul Scott
On 11/24/23 2:15 AM, Jean Abou Samra wrote: This typically happens when you have several \book blocks, which requests separate output files. For example \book { { c' } } % => file.pdf \book { { c' } } % => file-1.pdf Jean, Thank you for your reply. I only have one \book block in my cas

Re: 2.25.10 *-1.pdf

2023-11-24 Thread Jean Abou Samra
This typically happens when you have several \book blocks, which requests separate output files. For example \book { { c' } } % => file.pdf \book { { c' } } % => file-1.pdf Best, Jean signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

2.25.10 *-1.pdf

2023-11-23 Thread Paul Scott
What kind of errors generate a PDF with -1 added?  i.e. file.ly generates file-1.pdf . No errors appear when Lily generates the PDF.  Usually when I get file-1.pdf there are error message(s) and I fix the problem and don't get another file-1.pdf .  Now I have a case where I continually get

Re: lilypond does not generate pdf - new install on mac os sonoma

2023-11-19 Thread Xavier Scheuer
On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 at 05:15, Abe Raher wrote: > > p.s. This story ended oddly. > > I uninstalled ghostscript and then installed ghostscript 10.02.0. > > I pinned that version. > > Still got the error ... > > Uninstalled lilypond. > > Reinstalled lilypond – this required unpinning ghostscript. >

Re: lilypond does not generate pdf - new install on mac os sonoma

2023-11-19 Thread Hans Aikema
On 20 Nov 2023, at 04:02, Abe Raher wrote:p.s. This story ended oddly.I uninstalled ghostscript and then installed ghostscript 10.02.0.I pinned that version.Still got the error ...Uninstalled lilypond.Reinstalled lilypond – this required unpinning ghostscript.Now it's all working. Odd because

Re: lilypond does not generate pdf - new install on mac os sonoma

2023-11-19 Thread Abe Raher
3/ps/lilyponddefs.ps] Paper_outputter elapsed time: 0.02 seconds Converting to `template-notes-only.pdf'... Preparing Ghostscript command to `/var/folders/fc/k1101v7s4vd830chswfjssdhgn/T//lilypond-tmp-7181336': << /OutputFile (./lilypond-tmp-4496227.pdf) /CompatibilityLevel 1.4 /PageSize [59

Re: init.ly Error Making PDF

2023-11-15 Thread Ernie Braganza
Thank you! On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 1:46 AM William Rehwinkel < will...@williamrehwinkel.net> wrote: > yes, it is a known bug due to a ghostscript security patch. Try using > the pre-built binary for lilypond instead of homebrew. > > -William > > On 11/15/23 01:13, Ernie Braganza wrote: > > I

Re: init.ly Error Making PDF

2023-11-14 Thread William Rehwinkel via LilyPond user discussion
yes, it is a known bug due to a ghostscript security patch. Try using the pre-built binary for lilypond instead of homebrew. -William On 11/15/23 01:13, Ernie Braganza wrote: I just updated my Mac using Homebrew and I now get this error when I run lilypond. It compiles fine if I create a

init.ly Error Making PDF

2023-11-14 Thread Ernie Braganza
I just updated my Mac using Homebrew and I now get this error when I run lilypond. It compiles fine if I create a PostScript file using the --ps option. My ghostscript was updated to version 10.02.1 Is there a known bug? I get this when I run lilypond with the -V switch: GPL Ghostscript

Re: lilypond does not generate pdf - new install on mac os sonoma

2023-11-12 Thread Abe Raher
cript (the software used by LilyPond > to convert its PostScript output to PDF) had a “security fix release”, > version 10.02.1, which removed a function that was used by LilyPond > (apparently because it was somehow found to be insecure). See issue 6675 > <https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilyp

Re: lilypond does not generate pdf - new install on mac os sonoma

2023-11-12 Thread Jean Abou Samra
pt, but I > couldn't make it to work. That thread is not about the same problem as this thread. Your specific Ghostscript error is ``` Error: /undefined in finddevice ``` The problem is that recently, Ghostscript (the software used by LilyPond to convert its PostScript output to PDF) had a “

Re: lilypond does not generate pdf - new install on mac os sonoma

2023-11-12 Thread Abe Raher
>>> Processing `template-notes-only.ly' >>> Parsing...[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.2/share/lilypond/2.24.2/ly/ >>> init.ly >>> Using `nederlands' note names...[template-notes-only.ly] >>> template-notes-only.ly:1: warning: no \version stateme

Re: lilypond does not generate pdf - new install on mac os sonoma

2023-11-11 Thread Ben Bradshaw
r/lilypond/2.24.2/share/lilypond/2.24.2/fonts/otf/emmentaler-11.otf >> CFF name for font Emmentaler-11 is the same.] >> >> [/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.2/share/lilypond/2.24.2/fonts/otf/emmentaler-13.otf >> CFF name for font Emmentaler-13 is the same.] >> >> [/usr/l

Re: lilypond does not generate pdf - new install on mac os sonoma

2023-11-11 Thread Leonardo van der Laat
/fonts/otf/emmentaler-23.otf > CFF name for font Emmentaler-23 is the same.] > Interpreting music... > elapsed time: 0.00 seconds > MIDI output to `template-notes-only.midi'...Track... > [0] > [1] > Finding the ideal number of pages... > [lilypond_serif_3.8662109375]

lilypond does not generate pdf - new install on mac os sonoma

2023-11-11 Thread Abe Raher
ly.pdf'... Preparing Ghostscript command to `/var/folders/fc/k1101v7s4vd830chswfjssdhgn/T//lilypond-tmp-5075810': mark /OutputFile (./lilypond-tmp-2864435.pdf) /CompatibilityLevel 1.4 /PageSize [595.28 841.89] (pdfwrite) finddevice putdeviceprops pop (pdfwrite) selectdevice newpath f

Re: How to "guarantee" Lilypond pdf (letter) output with sufficient margins for 3-hole punch?

2023-10-23 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
: > > > On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 11:09 AM Kenneth Wolcott > wrote: >> >> Hi; >> >> How to "guarantee" Lilypond pdf (letter) output with sufficient >> margins for 3-hole punch? > > > It's no guarantee, but I put the following in m

Re: How to "guarantee" Lilypond pdf (letter) output with sufficient margins for 3-hole punch?

2023-10-23 Thread Knute Snortum
On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 11:09 AM Kenneth Wolcott wrote: > Hi; > > How to "guarantee" Lilypond pdf (letter) output with sufficient > margins for 3-hole punch? > It's no guarantee, but I put the following in my paper block: two-sided = ##t inner-margin = 12

How to "guarantee" Lilypond pdf (letter) output with sufficient margins for 3-hole punch?

2023-10-23 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; How to "guarantee" Lilypond pdf (letter) output with sufficient margins for 3-hole punch? I'm looking forward to having a method of "guaranteeing" Lilypond pdf output for letter (not a4) of my engravings such that the resulting printout can be three-hole pu

Re: PDF file gets "-1" appended

2023-07-01 Thread Knute Snortum
as to how to move forward. Although the Scheme code is amazing, I don't want to have to maintain it from version to version, mainly because I lack the knowledge of how to do so. I cannot go back to using a book for the MIDI score because of the problem of "-1" being appended to the PDF file name. What's a stable way of naming the MIDI score files? -- Knute Snortum

Re: PDF file gets "-1" appended

2023-07-01 Thread Valentin Petzel
Yes, of course it is :). But I think there are reasonable cases to do so. The issue here is of course stability: If we wanted to issue some code which is supposed to remain functional for years to come, this is ill suited, as it does not solely rely on the interface Lilypond provides. So if you

Re: PDF file gets "-1" appended

2023-06-30 Thread Knute Snortum
On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 1:16 PM Jean Abou Samra wrote: > Le mardi 27 juin 2023 à 21:17 +0200, Valentin Petzel a écrit : > > Hello Knute, > > so you are using books to allow specification of the midi filename. This > is > probably a fine usecase, but it still seems like a bit of an abuse of the >

Re: PDF file gets "-1" appended

2023-06-30 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le mardi 27 juin 2023 à 21:17 +0200, Valentin Petzel a écrit : > Hello Knute, > > so you are using books to allow specification of the midi filename. This is > probably a fine usecase, but it still seems like a bit of an abuse of the book > mechanic to me. Rather I’d adapt the midi output name

Re: PDF file gets "-1" appended

2023-06-27 Thread Knute Snortum
On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 12:19 PM Valentin Petzel wrote: > Hello Knute, > > so you are using books to allow specification of the midi filename. This > is > probably a fine usecase, but it still seems like a bit of an abuse of the > book > mechanic to me. Rather I’d adapt the midi output name

Re: PDF file gets "-1" appended

2023-06-27 Thread Valentin Petzel
ng collections of pieces, such as Bach's 15 two-part > inventions. I want to be able to create a "book" with all the pieces in > one PDF, but also to be able to print each piece individually. And I want > to be able to tweak the MIDI output, so I use \keepWithTag to do that. So

Re: PDF file gets "-1" appended

2023-06-27 Thread Knute Snortum
ing collections of pieces, such as Bach's 15 two-part inventions. I want to be able to create a "book" with all the pieces in one PDF, but also to be able to print each piece individually. And I want to be able to tweak the MIDI output, so I use \keepWithTag to do that. So I have an &quo

Re: PDF file gets "-1" appended

2023-06-27 Thread Valentin Petzel
Hello Knute, I do not think this behaviour is particularly weird, rather the input is weird. Using \book is telling Lilypond you want to generate a new PDF. So there should be no reason to enclose scores that only produce MIDI into a \book clause. And if you do I think it should

Re: PDF file gets "-1" appended

2023-06-27 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le lundi 26 juin 2023 à 16:39 -0700, Knute Snortum a écrit : > I've run into some odd behavior in LilyPond.  If your PDF-only is a score but > your MIDI-only is a separate  book, the PDF file gets "-1" appended to the > file name.  So for instance, with this code: >

PDF file gets "-1" appended

2023-06-26 Thread Knute Snortum
I've run into some odd behavior in LilyPond. If your PDF-only is a score but your MIDI-only is a separate book, the PDF file gets "-1" appended to the file name. So for instance, with this code: File name: test.ly %%% \version "2.25.6" theNotes = { c'4 4 4 4 } \

Re: Embed files other than source code in PDF file?

2023-05-31 Thread Werner LEMBERG
>> I have been using the line >> >> #(ly:set-option 'embed-source-code #t) >> >> to embed the lilypond files I used in the PDF, but was wondering >> if there was a procedure I could call to embed some other file, >> such as a PDF of the s

Re: Embed files other than source code in PDF file?

2023-05-31 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le mercredi 31 mai 2023 à 17:23 -0400, William Rehwinkel via LilyPond user discussion a écrit : > Dear list, > > I have been using the line > > #(ly:set-option 'embed-source-code #t) > > to embed the lilypond files I used in the P

Embed files other than source code in PDF file?

2023-05-31 Thread William Rehwinkel via LilyPond user discussion
Dear list, I have been using the line #(ly:set-option 'embed-source-code #t) to embed the lilypond files I used in the PDF, but was wondering if there was a procedure I could call to embed some other file, such as a PDF of the source I used for the transcription? Sorry, looking through

pdf creation with \paper changed?

2023-04-16 Thread Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
/delfini-tune.ly - LaTeX/FilkTex: https://hg.sr.ht/~arnebab/draketos-songbook/browse/delfini.flk created with https://hg.sr.ht/~arnebab/draketos-songbook/browse/build.sh: for i in *.ly; do lilypond -dbackend=eps -dno-gs-load-fonts -dinclude-eps-fonts --pdf -o "$(basename "$i&q

Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

2023-03-19 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
+infinity On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 3:41 AM David Kastrup wrote: > > Andrew Bernard writes: > > >> On 18/03/2023 11:44 pm, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > Hi Werner, With NBN in Australia, the speeds are amazing. [...] > >>> Well, a great percentage of the world does not have such amazing > >>>

Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

2023-03-19 Thread David Kastrup
Valentin Petzel writes: > Am Sonntag, 19. März 2023, 11:40:49 CET schrieb David Kastrup: >> The political system in the U.S. considers bribes by lobbyists a First >> Amendment protected variant of free speech. > > This deserves to be printed on calendars, t-shirts and mugs ... I have my own

Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

2023-03-19 Thread Valentin Petzel
Am Sonntag, 19. März 2023, 11:40:49 CET schrieb David Kastrup: > The political system in the U.S. considers bribes by lobbyists a First > Amendment protected variant of free speech. This deserves to be printed on calendars, t-shirts and mugs ... signature.asc Description: This is a digitally

Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

2023-03-19 Thread David Kastrup
Andrew Bernard writes: >> On 18/03/2023 11:44 pm, Werner LEMBERG wrote: Hi Werner, With NBN in Australia, the speeds are amazing. [...] >>> Well, a great percentage of the world does not have such amazing >>> circumstances... > > Well as I said, I don't know. I thought America would be way

Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

2023-03-18 Thread Andrew Bernard
Well as I said, I don't know. I thought America would be way ahead. On 18/03/2023 11:44 pm, Werner LEMBERG wrote: Hi Werner, With NBN in Australia, the speeds are amazing. [...] Well, a great percentage of the world does not have such amazing circumstances... Werner

Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

2023-03-18 Thread Andrew Bernard
It's kinda sorta on by default in Frescobaldi. engrave -preview is Ctrl-M and engrave - publish -Ctrl-Shift-P. And the engrave icon, when you press it, without going through the dropdowns, is preview by default. |-dembed-source-code| is off by default.

Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

2023-03-18 Thread Jean Abou Samra
> Le 18 mars 2023 à 16:58, David Kastrup a écrit : > > Different mostly redundant font subsets for thousands of images add up. That is the problem that appears for LilyPond’s documentation PDFs, which embed lots of examples. We are talking about standalone scores here, not documentation.

Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

2023-03-18 Thread David Kastrup
Paul Hodges writes: > From: Andrew Bernard > > In this day of gigabyte this an terabyte that, does a large PDF matter > very much? What is the issue of concern? > > Unnecessary waste of resources is always a poor idea, especially if it > is unexplained. > > >

Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

2023-03-18 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le samedi 18 mars 2023 à 23:19 +1100, Andrew Bernard a écrit : > I don't have any quantitative data but I image turning off the embedding > of the source code would reduce file size in the PDF which may help. `-dembed-source-code` is off by default. signature.asc Descr

Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

2023-03-18 Thread kieren
Hi Andrew, In this day of gigabyte this an terabyte that, does a large PDF matter very much? What is the issue of concern? 1. For transferring/emailing, smaller is better for a number of reasons. 2. For those of us (e.g., Music Directors) who store and use multiple PDFs of complete musicals

Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

2023-03-18 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> Hi Werner, With NBN in Australia, the speeds are amazing. [...] Well, a great percentage of the world does not have such amazing circumstances... Werner

Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

2023-03-18 Thread Andrew Bernard
. Andrew On 18/03/2023 5:58 pm, Werner LEMBERG wrote: In this day of gigabyte this an terabyte that, does a large PDF matter very much? IMHO yes. Today, PDF files are loaded *and* displayed in a browser. The larger the file, the longer it takes until it gets displayed. Additionally, an optimized

Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

2023-03-18 Thread Andrew Bernard
I don't have any quantitative data but I image turning off the embedding of the source code would reduce file size in the PDF which may help. Andrew On 18/03/2023 10:38 pm, Volodymyr Prokopyuk wrote: I've tried the https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu with very good results:

Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

2023-03-18 Thread Volodymyr Prokopyuk
Hello, I've tried the https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu with very good results: - Lilypond with Ghostscript x1.5 => 5.3 MB PDF v1.5 - Lilypond with Cairo x4 => 15.0 MB PDF v1.5 - Lilypond with Cairo + pdfcpu x1 => 3.6 MB PDF v1.7 PDF outlines, hyperlinks and overall document a

Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

2023-03-18 Thread Paul Hodges
From: Andrew Bernard In this day of gigabyte this an terabyte that, does a large PDF matter very much? What is the issue of concern? Unnecessary waste of resources is always a poor idea, especially if it is unexplained. My concern is more wondering that if the ordinary PDF

Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

2023-03-18 Thread Volodymyr Prokopyuk
Good morning Jean and Werner, The alpha transparency and fonts embedded in SVG along with leaner code are important advantages of Cairo. Thank you for outlining this! I'll investigate ways to reduce PDF size and let you know the outcomes of my investigation. Thank you, Vlad On Sat, Mar 18

Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

2023-03-18 Thread Andrew Bernard
https://www.wikihow.com/Reduce-PDF-File-Size Was compressed to zero bytes. :-) On 18/03/2023 5:58 pm, Werner LEMBERG wrote: Link missing?

Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

2023-03-18 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> Here's some other compression solutions. This page points out that > the tradeoff for squishing is lower quality images and text. Link missing? > In this day of gigabyte this an terabyte that, does a large PDF > matter very much? IMHO yes. Today, PDF files are loaded *an

Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

2023-03-17 Thread Andrew Bernard
Here's some other compression solutions. This page points out that the tradeoff for squishing is lower quality images and text. In this day of gigabyte this an terabyte that, does a large PDF matter very much? What is the issue of concern? Andrew

Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

2023-03-17 Thread Andrew Bernard
Nice tool, but don't get your expectations too high. There are constraints in how much you can squash PDF's. Andrew On 18/03/2023 4:08 pm, Werner LEMBERG wrote: You might try `pdfsizeopt`. https://github.com/pts/pdfsizeopt

Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

2023-03-17 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> I can see that the size of the Cairo-generated PDF is around 3 times > bigger compared to the same document generated with Ghostscript? Is > there is way to reduce the size of the Cairo-generated PDF? You might try `pdfsizeopt`. https://github.com/pts/pdfsizeopt Werner

Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

2023-03-17 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le vendredi 17 mars 2023 à 22:57 +0100, Volodymyr Prokopyuk a écrit : > Hi, > > What are the benefits of using Cairo backend for PDF generation in Lilypond > compared to Ghostscript? It is very advantageous from the internal point of view (much less code and more reliable cod

Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

2023-03-17 Thread Volodymyr Prokopyuk
Hi, What are the benefits of using Cairo backend for PDF generation in Lilypond compared to Ghostscript? Will the Cairo backend become the recorrended default backend for PDF generation or will Ghostscript remain as the default backend for Lilypond? I can see that the size of the Cairo-generated

Re: Problems with pdf output using Lilypond Version 2.20.0

2022-10-29 Thread Jacques Menu
Hello Ian, You’re far better off moving to LilyPond 2.23.80 at once. Here is how I installed it on my Mac Mini M1 some days ago. HTH! JM — LilyPond devel from MacPorts for Apple silicon If not yet done, download MacPorts for your MacOS version from

Problems with pdf output using Lilypond Version 2.20.0

2022-10-29 Thread Ian West
brary of tunes, but it now jams at the end of compiling and there is no pdf, but a rotating wheel; and, occasionally the 'log' message: " Processing `/Users/ianwest/Documents/Music/LilyPond/PianoViVaVC/GrünewaldViVa/Grünewald2.ly' Parsing... Interpreting music...[8][16][24][32][40][48][

Re: pdf not created

2022-10-25 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le 25/10/2022 à 19:01, thedoctor81...@tutanota.com a écrit : Ok - so I need to relpy all instead of just reply? Yes. Cheers, Jean

Re: pdf not created

2022-10-25 Thread thedoctor81877--- via LilyPond user discussion
Ok - so I need to relpy all instead of just reply? Thank you so much! Michael Dykes -- Sent with Tutanota, enjoy secure & ad-free emails. Oct 25, 2022, 12:53 by j...@abou-samra.fr: > Hi, > > I am adding back the list in copy. Please always include the list in your > replies so that

Re: pdf not created

2022-10-25 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Hi, I am adding back the list in copy. Please always include the list in your replies so that everyone can participate and benefit from the answers. Le 25/10/2022 à 18:48, thedoctor81...@tutanota.com a écrit : Hi Jean, I am sorry to sound like I don't know what I'm doing, but this is what

Re: pdf not created

2022-10-25 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le 25/10/2022 à 18:15, thedoctor81877--- via LilyPond user discussion a écrit : Hi, sorry I thought I had replied to Abraham about my pdf not compiling, but didn't. The pdf wasn't in a seperated window, and when i tried re-comppiling the input file, the pdf still wasn't compiling

Re: pdf not created

2022-10-20 Thread Abraham Lee
Just guessing, but is the old PDF open in a separate viewer? Some viewers lock the file and Lilypond won't be able to overwrite the old one until the file is closed in the viewer. The other possible thing I can think of is saving the input file first, then compiling it. If you don't save, the PDF

pdf not created

2022-10-20 Thread thedoctor81877--- via LilyPond user discussion
I have a lilypond file, and I changed the title and subtitle and recompiled using Frescobaldi; however, I now am not getting a pdf file created. I am using: Frescobaldi 3.2 Lilypond 2.22.2 Pop OS 22.04 Thanks, Michael D -- Sent with Tutanota, enjoy secure & ad-free emails.

Re: How to enlarge the entire Lilypond output (pdf)

2022-09-16 Thread David Wright
On Fri 16 Sep 2022 at 08:02:35 (-0700), Knute Snortum wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 11:29 PM Eef Weenink wrote: > > > > I use the crop function to minimize the white around the music. > > If you want, you can do this inside LilyPond in a paper block: > > top-margin = 5\mm > bottom-margin

Re: How to enlarge the entire Lilypond output (pdf)

2022-09-16 Thread Paul McKay
Hi I have several devices to show the music on. Rather than try to adjust the size, I measure the visible area on the screen and tell LilyPond to use that as its paper size. I have a 27" screen, so for that, I set the paper size to half the width and get my PDF viewer to show two pages at

Re: How to enlarge the entire Lilypond output (pdf)

2022-09-16 Thread Knute Snortum
On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 11:29 PM Eef Weenink wrote: > > I use the crop function to minimize the white around the music. If you want, you can do this inside LilyPond in a paper block: top-margin = 5\mm bottom-margin = 6\mm left-margin = 10\mm right-margin = 10\mm -- Knute Snortum

Re: How to enlarge the entire Lilypond output (pdf)

2022-09-16 Thread Eef Weenink
the white around the music. 3. If needed I export this pdf for printing on paper A4 or A3 sized. Best results in not too much time. Met vriendelijke groet, Eef H.E. Weenink MBA > Op 16 sep. 2022 om 02:59 heeft David Wright het > volgende geschreven: > > On Thu 15 Sep 2022

Re: How to enlarge the entire Lilypond output (pdf)

2022-09-15 Thread David Wright
Perhaps I have to modify the pdf itself? If so, does that decrease the > clarity/precision of the presentation? Yes, if you want to make the music larger on each page, with fewer measures/line and lines/page, and using more pages. #(set-global-staff-size 20.0) is the default. Increase or de

Re: How to enlarge the entire Lilypond output (pdf)

2022-09-15 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
t 4:50 PM Kenneth Wolcott > wrote: > > > > Hi; > > > > Perhaps I'm not searching the Lilypond documentation wisely, but I do > not see a way to enlarge the entire Lilypond output in scale (staff, notes, > text, everything). > > > > Perhaps I have to m

Re: How to enlarge the entire Lilypond output (pdf)

2022-09-15 Thread Knute Snortum
On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 4:50 PM Kenneth Wolcott wrote: > > Hi; > > Perhaps I'm not searching the Lilypond documentation wisely, but I do not > see a way to enlarge the entire Lilypond output in scale (staff, notes, text, > everything). > > Perhaps I have to modif

How to enlarge the entire Lilypond output (pdf)

2022-09-15 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; Perhaps I'm not searching the Lilypond documentation wisely, but I do not see a way to enlarge the entire Lilypond output in scale (staff, notes, text, everything). Perhaps I have to modify the pdf itself? If so, does that decrease the clarity/precision of the presentation? I'd like

Re: How to get .ly from .pdf

2022-09-07 Thread Paul Hodges
From: Aaron Hill There is certainly no shortage of good ideas from the many users on the mailing list.  Anytime someone is able to publish the source for a real-world score, there is hope of finding some new pattern or structure that can streamline your own work. I suspect that if I

Re: How to get .ly from .pdf

2022-09-07 Thread Knute Snortum
On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 4:25 AM Aaron Hill wrote: > > On 2022-09-07 4:04 am, Paul McKay wrote: > > Thanks very much, Aaron. I hadn't noticed that. It worked perfectly. > > Thanks to Knute for engraving them too. It will be *so *good to see how > > real .ly files look. I will do my best to steal

Re: How to get .ly from .pdf

2022-09-07 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2022-09-07 4:04 am, Paul McKay wrote: Thanks very much, Aaron. I hadn't noticed that. It worked perfectly. Thanks to Knute for engraving them too. It will be *so *good to see how real .ly files look. I will do my best to steal all the good ideas. There is certainly no shortage of good ideas

Re: How to get .ly from .pdf

2022-09-07 Thread Aaron Hill
that the .ly files are included. (I have spotted that exporting the lilypond source when making a PDF is an option in Frescobaldi.) All the searches I have done just talk about how LilyPond exports to PDF. Can someone please tell me how to retrieve such the .ly from the .pdf. There is a separate download

How to get .ly from .pdf

2022-09-07 Thread Paul McKay
that exporting the lilypond source when making a PDF is an option in Frescobaldi.) All the searches I have done just talk about how LilyPond exports to PDF. Can someone please tell me how to retrieve such the .ly from the .pdf. Many thanks in advance Paul

Re: Lilypond not generating PDF

2022-07-06 Thread Jean Abou Samra
On 7/4/22 11:06, Jean Abou Samra wrote: Do you volunteer to go update the installation instructions for the new binaries (https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/6310) and test them on Linux + macOS + Windows? That would be very welcome (no irony intended). Well, saying that actually

Re: Lilypond not generating PDF

2022-07-05 Thread Paul Hodges
From: Aaron Hill LilyPond does not require nor does it request elevation. I didn't think it did.  But sometimes people change the priority of programs for reasons we may not realise.  I merely pointed out that Windows has a way to prevent drag and drop working, in case this was

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

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

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