Newbie trying to get Frescobaldi 3.0 to work

[William Zeitler]

I'm starting with the equivalent of 'hello world' just to make sure my install is working.

I've installed Lilypond 2.18.2 and Frescobaldi 3.0 on my Win7 machine.

I copied a simple example from the 'net:

\header {

  \version "2.18.2"

  title = ""

  composer = ""

  tagline = \markup {

    Engraved at

    \simple #(strftime "%Y-%m-%d" (localtime (current-time)))

    with \with-url #"http://lilypond.org/"

    \line { LilyPond \simple #(lilypond-version) (http://lilypond.org/) }

  }

}

upper = \relative c'' {

  \clef treble

  \key c \major

  \time 4/4

  a4 b c d

}

lower = \relative c {

  \clef bass

  \key c \major

  \time 4/4

  a2 c

}

\score {

  \new PianoStaff <<

    \set PianoStaff.instrumentName = #"Piano  "

    \new Staff = "upper" \upper

    \new Staff = "lower" \lower

  >>

  \layout { }

}

When I compile it I get:

Starting lilypond-windows.exe 2.18.2 [Untitled.ly]...

Processing `C:/Users/william/Documents/Untitled.ly'

Parsing...

Interpreting music...

Preprocessing graphical objects...

Finding the ideal number of pages...

Fitting music on 1 page...

Drawing systems...

Layout output to `Untitled.ps'...

Converting to `./Untitled.pdf'...

warning: `(gs -q -dNOSAFER -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=595.28 -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=841.89 -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -r1200 -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=./Untitled.pdf -c.setpdfwrite -fUntitled.ps)' failed (1)

fatal error: failed files: "C:/Users/william/Documents/Untitled.ly"

Exited with return code 1.

The 'gs' (ghostscript?) looks suspicious, but I'm not finding any such prerequisites for Frescobaldi when I RTFM. What am I missing?

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!

[Knute Snortum]

It's definitely not Frescobaldi.  It's probably something in the way LilyPond is set up.  I would first try uninstalling and reinstalling LilyPond.  If that doesn't work, try posting to the LilyPond users mailing list.  (http://lilypond.org/contact.html)

Something else to consider:  The mailing list likes you to post tiny examples, that is, an example that has the error but is as small as possible.  This could be a good exercise in debugging LilyPond.  You also could start with a truly tiny input file and see if that compiles:

\version "2.18.2"

{ c' c' c' c' }

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Knute Snortum

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[Urs Liska]

Am 16.05.2017 um 16:34 schrieb Knute Snortum:

It's definitely not Frescobaldi. 

I wouldn't say this is 100% sure.
The error message comes from LilyPond, yes, and it indicates a version mismatch regarding Ghostscript.

On Linux this could happen because Frescobaldi called the lilypond executable directly and not through the wrapper script that is created during installation.
When I investigated for a patch feedback suggested that this issue couldn't occur on Windows.

It's probably something in the way LilyPond is set up.  I would first try uninstalling and reinstalling LilyPond.  If that doesn't work, try posting to the LilyPond users mailing list.  (http://lilypond.org/contact.html)

I would *first* try to compile a file directly with LilyPond and not through Frescobaldi. This may narrow down the culprit.

Urs

[William Zeitler]

Trying the suggested super-simple example instead (namely)

\version "2.18.2"

{ c' c' c' c' }

I also uninstalled/reinstalled the latest LilyPond (2.18.2-1). 

I still get the same error, including from the command line. so my next step is to post on the LilyPond user group. Thanks for the help! 

[g...@ursliska.de]

Am 19. Mai 2017 21:32:11 MESZ schrieb William Zeitler <wwze...@gmail.com>:
>
>>
>> Trying the suggested super-simple example instead (namely)
>>
>
>\version "2.18.2"
>{ c' c' c' c' }
>
>I also uninstalled/reinstalled the latest LilyPond (2.18.2-1).
>
>I still get the same error, including from the command line.

How is LilyPond registered in Frescobaldi? (Did ask that already?)

Urs

> so my next
>
>step is to post on the LilyPond user group. Thanks for the help!

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[SoundsFromSound]

I have seen that sort of error before and I believe it has to do with the PDF step of the process. I can't remember how I resolved it, but I'm 99% sure it's related to the PDF portion of the engraving process. Something was needed to be tweaked or installed I think to make the PDF step work.

I'll see if I can find out what I fixed it with.