Re: Strange Windows crash

[James Lowe]

Hello Mark,

On 30/05/16 23:59, Mark Green wrote:
> > I'm not top posting.
> I'm having a strange problem with the latest LilyPond in Frescobaldi
> crashing with a nonsense return code (-1073741819). Unfortunately it only
> happens on a rather large file and I haven't been able to produce a tiny
> example. Is there any way I can get more data on this?
>
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Well I would first try and rule out if the problem is with LilyPond or 
Frescobaldi.

I would, were I using Windows, open a cmd window and (assuming you are 
familiar with the command line) cd to the location of your LilyPond file 
and run the command

lilypond --pdf myfile.ly

and see if LilyPond, (without the Frescobaldi UI) throws an error while 
it is engraving.

It might be that Frescobaldi also displays this information as it calls 
the LilyPond.exe to run, but I don't use Frescobaldi so I am not sure 
where this would show up  in the UI, and the online help for Frescobaldi 
doesn't show me or tell me where the log file for LilyPond is kept (if 
there is one at all).

I would also ask on the LilyPond user lists if you get no other joy from 
here.

Go from there. If the file compiles just using the CLI then the problem 
likely to be with Frescobaldi and you can contact WIlbert directly (the 
author of Frescobaldi), although he does lurk on these lists occasionally.

If you do get an error when compiling with the CLI it might be more 
meaningful to us.

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James