Hi Richard.

I have fixed it (?) by loading the stable 2.6 version from denemo.org
I still get this message on opening a previous file that implies tha the version of Lilypond included in denemo (which I am now using) is a bit out of date. Is this normal. DOes denemo use an olde (stable?) version of Lilypond.
I can obviously ignore the message!

Best wishes

Joe


On 08/02/2026 16:26, Joe wrote:
Thanks.

Joe

On 8 Feb 2026 15:36, Richard Shann <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Sun, 2026-02-08 at 12:55 +0000, Joe wrote:
    > Hi Richard,
    > When I enter text into a multi-line text item, a heading, or a
    lyric,
    > Denemo is accepting it very slowly.
    > A black window, presumably a cmd window, opens ad shuts before each
    > letter appears in the box.
    What is happening is that Denemo is typesetting it at each keystroke,
    which involves invoking lilypond as an external program. There are
    two
    ways of compiling lilypond for windows, one which starts a terminal
    ("cmd window") and one not. It used to be the case that
    LilyPond created both versions, calling one lilypond-windows.exe or
    some such, but looking at their latest version there is only one:
    lilypond.exe
    I don't know if you are using a version of LilyPond bundled in with
    Denemo or whether you have it separately downloaded (and pointed
    to in
    your preferences), but if neither of these has a version of LilyPond
    that does not create a terminal then you will need to workaround by
    writing your text separately (in a text editor) and pasting it in to
    Denemo. I don't have a windows box to test, but I'll ask around...

    >  It is very tiresome.
    > Have I put in an incorrect setting?

    no, there is nothing to turn it off :(

    Richard




    >
    > Joe

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