While I had no problems installing 2.18.2, moving to 2.29.36 was repeatedly
challenging, on Win 7 and 8.1.
The installation itself appears fine, but the test.ly file which is offered
to confirm the install and initiate newcomers has been misleading me.
It fails to generate a pdf. The log file gets
Paul,
The very first time compiling any .ly file should take longer because LP
creates a font cache (note that this also applies whenever you change the
contents of the system font directory). After that you should notice
"normal" compilation speeds.
HTH,
Abraham
On Tuesday, February 2, 2016, Pa
