Re: lilypond-book

[Mats Bengtsson]

Unfortunately, there are some problems with lilypond-book, convert-ly,
midi2ly and some other utilities on Windows, since they are implemented
using a scripting language called Python and the version of Python which
is included in the LilyPond package is broken.

A workaround is described in 
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2006-04/msg00363.html

However, with lilypond-book there are a couple of additional problem in 
Windows:

- The python version included with LilyPond will still interfere, so you 
have to
 run lilypond-book using the following command
python "C:\Program Files\LilyPond\usr\bin\lilypond-book.py" -o out 
--psfonts myfile.lytex

- You have to run it twice. The first time you run it, it will end with 
an error
 message but if you just run the same command another time, it will 
work fine.

  /Mats


bubba wrote:

> I've having trouble using lilypond-book.  I'm a brand new lilypond user - I just
> installed it two days ago for the first time.  I can use lilypond just fine, but
> I haven't been able to figure out how to use lilypond-book.  I'm running Windows
> XP and lilypond 2.8.0.1.  I've read through the tutorial section on
> lilypond-book and the user manual section on it (although I didn't see any
> difference between them).  I've tried different options.  I've read through the
> mailing list archive - not much help for a complete newbie.  And, I still
> haven't been able to get it to work.
>
> Overall, I think lilypond is awesome.  My brother is a musician getting his
> masters/doctorate.  He's home for the summer and I fully intend on getting him
> hooked on this program.  But, I want to get lilypond-book to work first.  I
> would appreciate any pointers anyone can give me.
>
> ~bubba
>
>
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