Hi Alasdair, Just in case, Sumatra PDF viewer does not cause such issue. Cheers, Pierre
Le dim. 24 mai 2020 à 17:11, Alasdair McAndrew <[email protected]> a écrit : > Many thanks - yes, that's what it was. I'm using VSCode and its Lilypond > extension, and I had installed the vscode-pdf viewer, which clashed with my > LaTeX-Workshop extension, which has its own PDF viewer in it. Anyway, > after a bit of fiddling and a few VSCode restarts I was able to use the > LaTeX pdf viewer for the Lilypond output. All good now! > > As it's now 1am, and I have been wrestling with some 17th century music > (full of huge leaps and multiple changes of clef), time for whisky... and > sleep! > > Thank you again, > Alasdair > > On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 11:56 PM Phil Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You get this sort of error if the PDF from the previous compilation is >> still open in many PDF viewers - they lock the file. Try closing your PDF >> viewer and trying again. >> >> -- >> Phil Holmes >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Alasdair McAndrew <[email protected]> >> *To:* lilypond-user Mailinglist <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Sunday, May 24, 2020 1:43 PM >> *Subject:* A fatal error with a new installation >> >> I have just installed Lilypond on Windows 10, following the instructions >> to basically download, install, and add its path to the environment >> variable. >> >> However, it won't compile; on a simple file; the log finishes with: >> >> warning: `(gs -q -dNOSAFER -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=595.28 >> -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=841.89 -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 >> >> -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -r1200 -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dAutoRotatePages=/None -dPrinted= >> false -sOutputFile=/Users/amca/Lilypond/Butler_divisions_D_major.pdf >> -c.setpdfwrite -f./tmp-lilypond-c5ihri)' failed (1) >> >> fatal error: failed files: >> "C:\\Users\\amca\\Lilypond\\Butler_divisions_D_major.ly" >> >> >> When I changed the name of the file it compiled once, and then wouldn't >> compile again - it threw the same error message. >> >> As I say, this is a new installation - just installed this afternoon, and >> there were no previous versions of Lilypond on this system. I've checked a >> few times, and the only way I can get a new compilation is to rename the >> file. >> >> What's going on here and how can I fix it? >> >> Thanks, >> Alasdair >> >> -- >> https://numbersandshapes.net >> >> > > -- > https://numbersandshapes.net >
