Re: Exited with return code -1073741819

[Bruce Daniel]

Thanks David and Harm.

Before troubling you more I will try 2.19.81. In fact I am already using 2.18.1.

The .ly file was 24 KB.

The problem only occurs when I take a song already (successfully) scored as a volta of 3 to 5 verses and split it into two back-to-back voltas to make for easier sight reading. 

Cheers, Bruce

On 5 April 2018 at 12:35, David Wright <address@hidden> wrote:

On Sun 01 Apr 2018 at 07:13:10 (+1000), Bruce Daniel wrote:
> Just a bit more information.
> The problem only occurs when I have two volta sections back to back.
> Cheers, Bruce
>
> On 31 March 2018 at 20:41, Bruce Daniel <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Hi Lilypond users,
> >
> > I've come across a recurring problem with strophic songs I'm working on.
> > It seems that beyond a certain level of complexity I get Exit. In the
> > current example it's return code -1073741819, but it can be other codes.

Googling 1073741819 is jaw-dropping. I don't think you'll find out
anything specific from that particular code.

> > If the engrave fails, I can delete some words from one verse which allows
> > me to add words to another verse. This suggests to me a limiting file size
> > or level of complexity. I've had this problem now with 2 or 3 songs in a
> > 20-song cycle I am working on.

Presumably you get these errors when you're compiling a single song?

> > The strophic songs are complex in that there
> > are lots of "splits" in the vocal line due to different scanning of the
> > words in different verses.

It might be worth knowing what you mean here, and how you're "splitting".

> > I am currently half a verse from the end of the last song and cannot
> > manage to finish it! I admit to having no clue as to where the fault is
> > coming from. Obviously a tiny example will not simulate it, so
> > unfortunately I can only attach the whole song.

How large is the source file? The image files that people post here
should easily exceed the size of LP source files. I plead guilty to
once posting 267KB.

> > You should find (I have
> > tried this on 2 computers, both Windows 10) that adding a word or two to
> > the last verse will cause the error. Then delete a word or two from the
> > previous verse and it will work again.

It would appear that any sort of nudge can be enough to "fix" things
(ie avoid whatever causes the error). For example, removing trailing
whitespace from the source is reported as fixing a "similar" problem
here:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2017-07/msg00308.html

> > Any help you can give would be much appreciated; the project has been a
> > lot of work and the finishing line is in sight!
> >
> > Lilypond version 2.16.0

I agree with Harm: upgrade. With an error like this, running the
source through convert-ly even only as far as 2.18.2 might be enough
to allow it to compile.

> > PS: the effort to learn Lilypond was absolutely worth the effort. The joy
> > of seeing these completed scores of Shubert's music I cannot describe; no
> > other software comes close! Congratulations to all the developers.

Seconded.

Cheers,
David.