Re: Fastest way of generating a preview

[Francisco Vila]

2012/1/8 Nils <address@hidden>:
> Hello list,
>
> what is the fastest way to create a lilypond preview of your file?
>
> I expect to trade quality and correctnes for speed.

If you have a long piece and want to see only a range eg. the
beginning or the end, use

showLastLength = R1*5
\score { ... }

and also consider showFirstLength or \set Score.skipTypesetting = ##t

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/skipping-corrected-music


>
> One example, which is even in the manual I think, is to deactivate the links 
> in a pdf
> #(ly:set-option 'point-and-click #f)
>
> What about the non-pdf backends? Is it faster to generate a raster image?

In theory, the ps backend is faster because pdf is converted from ps.
Raster images are converted from ps as well.

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