Trying to process old .lys, I got the following error. Here are the .ly and the LOG file. This was the most I could isolate. The error seems to happen on RH. Last successful processing: 1.3.105 (Not sure however). Regards, Paulo da Silva
\header { composer = "Paul Zilcher"; title = "Promenade"; subtitle = "(SPAZIERGANG)"; % arranger = ""; enteredby = "Paulo da Silva"; tagline = ""; } %{ Entered by Paulo da Silva, 2000 %} \version "1.3.102"; papersize = "a4" \include "paper20.ly" % \include "paper16.ly" \include "catalan.ly" global = \notes { \key fa \major; \time 2/4; % \tempo 4=100; OBSOLETO % \bar "|."; % s2.* 80 } LHInstr = "Piano ME" RHInstr = "Piano MD" RH = \notes \sequential { \context Voice \sequential { <{<fa'4^1^3 la'> fa'8^1_. fa'^2_.} {s4 \> \! s16 s16 \< s8}> | % ERRO <\! mi'4^1^5 do''> sol'8_. sol'_. | } \bar "|."; } LH = \notes \sequential { \context Voice \sequential { <{\stemDown [la8 do la do] \stemBoth} {s4_" "_" "\sustaindown s8. s32 s32\sustainup}> | % ERRO <{\stemDown [sib8 do sib do] \stemBoth} {s4_" "_" "\sustaindown s8. s32 s32\sustainup}> | } \bar "|."; } \score { \context PianoStaff < \context Staff = treble < \global \property Staff.instrument = \RHInstr \property Staff.instr = " " % \property Staff.timeSignatureStyle = "C" \property Grace.verticalDirection = #1 \RH > \context Staff = bass < \global \clef "F"; \property Staff.instrument = \LHInstr \property Staff.instr = " " \property Staff.noVoltaBraces = ##t % \property Staff.timeSignatureStyle = "C" \property Grace.verticalDirection = #1 \LH > > \paper { linewidth = 17.0\cm; \translator { \OrchestralScoreContext minVerticalAlign = 2.5*\staffheight; } \translator { \StaffContext \consists Instrument_name_engraver; } } \midi { \tempo 4 = 100; } }
ly2dvi (GNU LilyPond) 1.3.108 executing: lilypond Bug6.ly 2>&1 GNU LilyPond 1.3.108. Now processing: `Bug6.ly' Parsing... Interpreting music...[3] Preprocessing elements... Calculating column positions... paper output to Bug6.tex...programming error: Improbable offset for translation: setting to zero (Continuing; cross thumbs) warning: can't find ascii character 127 ERROR: In procedure ly-number->string in expression (map ly-number->string l): ERROR: Wrong type argument in position 1: +#.# ly2dvi: LilyPond failed: lilypond Bug6.ly 2>&1 This is dvips(k) 5.86 Copyright 1999 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com) dvips: ! DVI file can't be opened. Bug6.ps: No such file or directory