Re: Call for help from Mac OS X users (was Re: PNG output not working (Mac OS X Lion))

[Hans Aberg]

On 25 May 2012, at 01:28, Colin Hall wrote:

> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 08:53:59PM +0200, Marek Klein wrote:
>> 2012/5/23 Raphael Frey <address@hidden>
>>> unfortunately PNG output doesn't work on Mac OS X Lion & LilyPond
>>> 2.15.38
>>> 
>>> PS: Other question: Why does LilyPond speak German with me although my
>>> system's language is set to British English (Formats is set to Switzerland
>>> (German) but this shouldn't affect the language) ...
>>> 
>> 
>> Could someone with Mac OS X confirm or explain this?
>> 
>> Marek
> 
> I'm sending this on those Mac users who helped out with testing
> Lilypond dev releases on Mac earlier this year.
> 
> See Raphael's original post for details:
> 
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2012-05/msg00157.html
> 
> Or, in brief, please check the following:
> 
> 1. Can you use the --png option using Lilypond 2.15.38? Reports from
>   Mac OS X Lion would be particularly useful.

[Personal cc's removed.]

On Mac OS X 10.7.4, using English, I tried LilyPond 2.15.37-9 on a small test 
file (attached), and they all produce a PNG. They all produced the same 
warning, though.

Hans


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$ lilypond --png 3a0.ly 
GNU LilyPond 2.15.37
Processing `3a0.ly'
Parsing...
3a0.ly:0: warning: no \version statement found, please add

\version "2.15.37"

for future compatibility
Interpreting music... 
Preprocessing graphical objects...
Finding the ideal number of pages...
Fitting music on 1 page...
Drawing systems...
Layout output to `3a0.ps'...
Converting to PNG...
*** Warning: GenericResourceDir doesn't point to a valid resource directory.
               the -sGenericResourceDir=... option can be used to set this.


Success: compilation successfully completed
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$ lilypond --png 3a0.ly 
GNU LilyPond 2.15.38
Processing `3a0.ly'
Parsing...
3a0.ly:0: warning: no \version statement found, please add

\version "2.15.38"

for future compatibility
Interpreting music... 
Preprocessing graphical objects...
Finding the ideal number of pages...
Fitting music on 1 page...
Drawing systems...
Layout output to `3a0.ps'...
Converting to PNG...
*** Warning: GenericResourceDir doesn't point to a valid resource directory.
               the -sGenericResourceDir=... option can be used to set this.


Success: compilation successfully completed
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$ lilypond --png 3a0.ly 
GNU LilyPond 2.15.39
Processing `3a0.ly'
Parsing...
3a0.ly:0: warning: no \version statement found, please add

\version "2.15.39"

for future compatibility
Interpreting music... 
Preprocessing graphical objects...
Finding the ideal number of pages...
Fitting music on 1 page...
Drawing systems...
Layout output to `3a0.ps'...
Converting to PNG...
*** Warning: GenericResourceDir doesn't point to a valid resource directory.
               the -sGenericResourceDir=... option can be used to set this.


Success: compilation successfully completed
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3a0.ly
Description: Binary data