On 10 Apr 2023, at 23:13, Jean Abou Samra <j...@abou-samra.fr> wrote: > > Le lundi 10 avril 2023 à 22:59 +0100, Michael Hendry a écrit : > >> Thanks, Jean, >> >> This is what’s in ~.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf: >> >> > That definitely does not look like a valid config file. It has a duplicate > XML declaration, and the <dir> element should not be empty. Not sure what > software left this borked config file on this computer. > > I would just remove it, it's not doing anything apart from triggering errors > AFAICS. >
I’ve deleted this file, with no apparent consequences. >>>> The lead-sheets deliver the same “Fontconfig…” error messages, but also >>>> include the following warnings: interpreting music... >>>> warning: cannot find property type-check for `markFormatter' >>>> (translation-type?). perhaps a typing error? >>>> warning: skipping assignment >>>> >>> You should always (yes, always) run convert-ly before trying old scores on >>> new versions. It will automatically fix the syntax of your file to be >>> compatible with the new version of LilyPond. Developers (like me) put awful >>> amounts of efforts into making it work well. It's a pity not to use that. >>> In Frescobaldi, that's in Tools > Update with convert-ly. >>> >> I’ve tried that on these old files, but it doesn’t resolve the problem. >> > Are you sure that the 2.23.5 → 2.23.6 conversion step was run properly? > > My guess is that you updated the \version number before running convert-ly. > It detects the version to upgrade from using the version statement, so you > should not do that, but instead let convert-ly change the version for you. > > In the log from convert-ly that Frescobaldi shows you, you should see > "2.23.6" among the list of conversions that were run. > > Another possibility is that you have a use of “markFormatter” in an include > file and you forgot to convert that one. > That was the problem - I hadn’t run convert-ly on all of the include files. I’m left with only one error when trying to compile my leadsheets: fatal error: cannot find font: `lilyjazz-11’ I’ll obviously have to reinstall the jazz fonts. Thanks again for your help, Michael
