Re: lyp

[Urs Liska]

Am Dienstag, den 17.03.2020, 13:02 +0100 schrieb Francisco Vila:
> Hello Sami,
> 
> El 16/3/20 a las 18:39, Sami Amiris escribió:
> > At first I had a system version, 2.19.84, which ran fine. I
> > installed lyp,
> > and wanting to take advantage of all the great stuff it allows us
> > to have, I
> > uninstalled my system lilypond and re-installed it in lyp, along
> > the all-new
> > stable version.
> 
> Let's clarify, correct me if I'm wrong
> 
> I guess you have a Linux OS.
> 
> By "System version" do you mean standard package for your
> distribution?
> 
> "In lyp" means in a folder with that name?

"In lyp" means that he uses the "lyp" packaging tool: 
http://lyp.noteflakes.com/#/

I assume this will clarify your subsequent misunderstandings of Sami's
original descriptions.

Sorry I'm not able to dive into that right now, but I wanted to clarify
that.

Urs

> 
> > I installed all packages as well. To my dismay, it did not
> > print at all.
> 
> Here you should tell exactly which stage of the whole printing
> process 
> you reached. "Printing" is sometimes used in the manuals for
> "rendering" 
> but there are intermediate PS files which could be correct even if 
> latest Ghostscript command fails.
> 
> > Searching the list, I found a similar problem in a thread
> > about an issue with postscript. I tried to remedy according to what
> > I read,
> > it did not work.
> 
> Please specify the issue with accompanying links and it will be
> easier 
> for everyone to help.
> 
> > So I uninstalled the lyp-2.19.84 and reinstalled the system
> > 2.19.84. Suddenly it can print, just like before. Of course, the
> > lyp-installed 2.20 still cannot.
> > 
> > Also, both the lyp version and the system version understand all
> > lyp
> > commands ("require" etc).
> 
> Requisites are dependant packages? Our binary is not a package, it
> does 
> not perform automatic installation of any other packages like your 
> package manager does.
> 
> > The system version which at the moment is the only
> > one to print, understands them but doesn't render them.
> 
> How do you know it understands them?
> 
> > It probably ignores
> > them for some reason.
> 
> Do you get any messages that suggest so?
> 
> > For example, I instruct it to print with the bravura
> > font, but it doesn't follow through.
> 
> Trying to render a file with an alternative font is the last thing I 
> would ever try before having made a simple file to work.
> 
> > Any ideas?
> 
> Strip the problem, use { b } or any other simple input. Tell me the 
> console output from command line run.
>