Re: pdf not created

[Jean Abou Samra]

Le 25/10/2022 à 18:15, thedoctor81877--- via LilyPond user discussion a 
écrit :
> Hi, sorry I thought I had replied to Abraham about my pdf not 
> compiling, but didn't.
>
> The pdf wasn't in a seperated window, and when i tried re-comppiling 
> the input file, the pdf still wasn't compiling.
>
> This is all I get:
>
> Starting lilypond 2.22.2 [01troparion agk4.ly]...
>
> Processing `/home/thedoctor81877/Documents/liturgical music/02 
> octoechos/tone01/01troparion agk4.ly'
>
> Parsing...
>
> Interpreting music...
>
> MIDI output to `01troparion agk4.midi'...
>
> Success: compilation successfully completed
>
> Completed successfully in 0.4".
>
>
>
> I am not sure where to go from here.




This sounds like you have something like

\score {
  [music expression]
  \midi { ... }
}

The rule is:

a) no \midi or \layout block   →   PDF output
b) \layout block only          →   PDF output
c) \midi block only            →   MIDI output
d) \midi and \layout blocks    →   PDF and MIDI output

You are in case c). You seem to want case d).
So you just need to add an empty \layout block to
enable generation of a PDF.

\score {
  [music expression]
  \midi { ... }
  \layout { }
}

Cf. https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/notation/the-midi-block

Best,
Jean