Re: [Denemo-devel] pdf Files out of sync on mac

[Jeremiah Benham]

On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 07:20:30PM +0000, Richard Shann wrote:
> Well, it seems that somehow the cycling between A and B is getting out
> of step. You could try turning that off by not compiling in these two
> lines (in print.c:78 and 79)
> 
> get_print_status()->cycle = !get_print_status()->cycle;
>   /*gint success =*/ g_unlink 
> (get_print_status()->printname_pdf[get_print_status()->cycle]);
> 
> I think these lines are only needed for Windows (which locks files so
> that they can't be overwritten).
> I just tested out deleting them, and there is no obvious problem on
> Debian. (It may be that in some case of bad LilyPond you get some old
> typeset rather than a blank ...)

Well this improved the situation but it is not completely fixed. The files are 
no longer going out of sync but the progressbar window needs closing before 
Evince can refresh. Its strange that it works properly with exportpdf.

Jeremiah

> 
> Richard
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2013-12-20 at 11:32 -0600, Jeremiah Benham wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 05:20:35PM +0000, Richard Shann wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2013-12-20 at 11:10 -0600, Jeremiah Benham wrote:
> > > > I created a darwin-x86 build using gub with gtk3 and rubberband. There 
> > > > is a problem that existed in previous mac versions (using gtk2) as 
> > > > well. I upgraded glib thinging that it would fix itself. Here is what I 
> > > > see in denemo:
> > > > I launch denemo
> > > > I see the progress bar pop-up on top of an evince window
> > > > The progress bar seems to be stuck in an infinant loop.
> > > 
> > > There is a possible problem here: when LilyPond is first run it caches
> > > its fonts first. On Windows I have seen this take so many minutes that
> > > the launch of Denemo appears to have failed.
> > > It might be an idea to create a denemorc file to put in
> > > the .denemo-1.1.0 directory that contains the preference to not do
> > > automatic typesetting (or alter the sources so that it is not the
> > > default)
> > > 
> > >     <manualtypeset>1</manualtypeset>
> > > 
> > > is the line for this in denemorc.
> > > 
> > > Then at least Denemo should launch and you could start investigating
> > > whether it will run LilyPond successfully.
> > 
> > Oh yes. I failed to mention that it does produce pdfs using export pdf. It 
> > does this without any problem at all. The progress bar comes up, the 
> > progress bar closes on its own, then a pop dialog tells me my pdf has been 
> > created. Then I can open the pdf fine using Preview (the default pdf viewer 
> > on mac osx). 
> > 
> > Jeremiah 
> > > 
> > > Richard
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > I kill the progress bar window
> > > > Then the evince window refreshes with a blank score
> > > > after entering some notes in denemo I focus on the evince window
> > > > nothing happens. 
> > > > I hit refresh in evince...
> > > > 
> > > > Then I get this error:
> > > > 
> > > > alphabeticalizing the commandsVersion 1_1_0
> > > > starting to generate LilyPond
> > > > 
> > > > ** (denemo:181): WARNING **: Trying to read the pdf file 
> > > > file:///tmp/Denemo5qMqZo/denemoprintA.pdf gave an error: Error opening 
> > > > file: No such file or directory
> > > > 
> > > > ** (denemo:181): WARNING **: Trying to read the pdf file 
> > > > file:///tmp/Denemo5qMqZo/denemoprintA.pdf gave an error: Error opening 
> > > > file: No such file or directory
> > > > 
> > > > starting to generate LilyPond
> > > > This is called when hitting the refresh button while in continuous 
> > > > re-typeset
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > <><><<><><><<><><
> > > > Then when I see whats being created in tmp:
> > > > 
> > > > Jeremiah-Benhams-Mac:~ jeremiahbenham$ ls /tmp/Denemo5qMqZo/
> > > > denemoprintA.ly         denemoprintB.pdf
> > > > denemoprintB.ly         denemoprintB.ps
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Jeremiah
> > > > 
> > > > 
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