Re: Can Lilypond export separate pdfs?

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

2007/5/3, Joe Neeman <address@hidden>:
> > I'm having trouble following this discussion of lilypond-book being
> > slow -- I've just been putting together a 110 page book of Dowland
> > parts (so about 80 individual 1-2 page "pieces" from lilypond's point
> > of view), and I was pleasantly surprised at how fast lilypond-book
> > would recreate all the .ly files.  I'm not saying I didn't go get a
> > cup of coffee when I had to redo all 80, but I certainly didn't need
> > to do it overnight or anything. 2.10 is definitely a lot faster than
> > 2.0 was.
>
> That's funny. Have you been using system-count or restricting where the line
> and page breaks occur?

I think you misread. These are 80 1-2 page pieces, with no combined
page breaking, inside a lilypond-book document.

Jan did complete rewrite of lp-book in lilypond around version 2.1.20,
with improved speed as a result.

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