On 30 Nov 99, at 17:23, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
> On Tuesday, 30 November 1999, "Ulrich Windl" writes:
>
> > lilypond-1.2.16-4 (as from SuSE Linux 6.3)
>
> Yes, it appears that SuSE has some problems with the C++ development
> platform, esp 6.2 and 6.3, but maybe LilyPond is too demanding.
> Karl Eichwalder from suse is lookin into this matter.
>
> > I wonder: Version 1.0.17 worked more or less a little bit. Version 1.2
> > seems completely broken. See yourself: -- Regards Ulrich
>
> That only seems, all is fine here :-)
>
> > windl@elf:~/MUDELA > ly2dvi a
> > \partial 4; [d8( )g] | g2 [\times 2/3 b8( a )g] |
> > b2 [b8( )a] | g2 e4
> + |
>
> You already guessed, this syntax has changed to: \times 2/3 { [ ... ] }
What makes things really hard for the user is that SuSE did not pack
the info files with the RPM package. So all I had was the rules from
convert-mudela...
>
> > windl@elf:~/MUDELA > ly2dvi /usr/doc/packages/lilypond/input/twinkle-pop.ly
> > Interpreting music...[8][16][24]ly2dvi: Lilypond failed: lilypond
> > /usr/doc/packages/lilypond/input/twinkle-pop.ly 2>&1
>
> Yep, suse problem, it seems. Unless you're familiar with (C++) development
> there's not much that you can do except wait for an update from suse.
What you could probably do: "Lilypond failed" is quite generic. Is
there any specific error? That's what's puzzling me.
> You could try a redhat rpm from (hope there's a 1.2.17 somewhere there?):
I think Karl will have to resurrect his honour very soon ;-)
>
> ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/RedHat/RPMS/
> ftp://ftp.freshmeat.net/pub/rpms/lilypond/
>
> > windl@elf:~/MUDELA > convert-mudela AmazingGrace.ly
> > convert-mudela (GNU LilyPond) 1.2.16
>
> Hmm. You really have some bad luck. convert-mudela was fixed in 1.2.17,
> you can grab that from the .17 tarball at
> ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/LilyPond/v1.2
OK, I'll wait and retry.
Thanks
Ulrich
