Problems with pdf output using Lilypond Version 2.20.0

[Ian West]

Dear Colleagues,

I have greatly enjoyed using Lilypond on Apple laptops for many years; first Lilypond 2.12.3 on a 2008 Apple Mac., then Lilypond 2.18.2. on Apple Mac 2008 and Apple MacPro 2012. Finally I bought AppleMacPro M2,2022 running Monterey 12.4.

I understood that the 64-bit M2 chip required a later version of Lilypond and on 12 August 2022 I downloaded Lilypond Version 2.20.0 (Build from 11-03-2020 16:32). After a few initial problems (I think having to change the default ' or " marks.) I used it successfully, following a manual 2.22.2.

I was urged to use Frescobaldi to enter the text, and I got as far as downloading MacPorts-2.7.2-12-Monterey. But [a] I like entering text with the straightforward text editor as I have been doing for 10 years, and [b] I do not want to bother with MacPorts, Frescobaldi, Ghostscript or any command line entry. I do not think I have any use for Lilypond if I cannot go on as before; at 80 I am too old to change. 

Fortunately, I have, back at home the old white 2008 Apple MacBook running Lilypond 2.12.3. But I am in Mexico for 3 months with the AppleMacPro M2,2022. I wish I could edit my library of tunes, but it now jams at the end of compiling and there is no pdf, but a rotating wheel; and, occasionally the 'log' message:

" Processing `/Users/ianwest/Documents/Music/LilyPond/PianoViVaVC/GrünewaldViVa/Grünewald2.ly'

Parsing...

Interpreting music...[8][16][24][32][40][48][56][64][72]

Preprocessing graphical objects...

Interpreting music...

MIDI output to `Grünewald2.midi'...

Finding the ideal number of pages...

Fitting music on 1 or 2 pages...

Drawing systems...

Layout output to `/var/folders/hc/zvm7xyqn22n2xwbvxhpz_vr40000gn/T//lilypond-GPJrDg'...

Converting to `Grünewald2.pdf'...

warning: `(gs -q -dSAFER -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=595.28 -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=841.89 -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -r1200 -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dAutoRotatePages=/None -dPrinted=false -sOutputFile=Grünewald2.pdf -c.setpdfwrite -f/var/folders/hc/zvm7xyqn22n2xwbvxhpz_vr40000gn/T//lilypond-GPJrDg)' failed (256)"

I suspect it is a late stage and trivial problem of writing the pdf. Perhaps installing Adobe (or another pdf writer) would cure this. Has anyone any ideas.

Ian

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Ian West
9 Thenford Road, Middleton Cheney,
BANBURY, OX17 2NB,
Tel: 01295 713 889; (Mobile: 07474 572 588)

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