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List:       lilypond-bug
Subject:    Re: Issue 1429 in lilypond: Microsoft Windows version should not show Ghostscript window
From:       lilypond () googlecode ! com
Date:       2010-11-30 15:23:22
Message-ID: 3-9567054385019064696-15955260831486016409-lilypond=googlecode.com () googlecode ! com
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Comment #3 on issue 1429 by PhilEHolmes: Microsoft Windows version should  
not show Ghostscript window
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1429

I agree with you to some extent.  The pop-up is useful, but only to  
indicate that Ghostscript is running and therefore the compile is about to  
complete. It gives no further information about the success or failure of  
thew compile - on Windows you still need to open the log file.

To get over this limitation, I wrote my own "Lilypond monitor".  It  
receives the ly file as the command line string and runs LilyPond.  It  
monitors the process and says when the process has completed, displaying  
the log file result.

It would actually be much better if we could deliver something of that sort  
with the Windows install.  Failing that, the accidental pop-up is probably  
better than nothing.



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