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List:       lilypond-user
Subject:    Re: Engraving chord names in Linux
From:       Jogchum Reitsma <j.reitsma () hccnet ! nl>
Date:       2021-06-19 19:16:28
Message-ID: 301ce63c-3dd8-d6d7-65d0-fe75fbfd1496 () hccnet ! nl
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Op 23-12-2018 om 11:57 schreef Thomas Morley:
> Am Fr., 21. Dez. 2018 um 17:54 Uhr schrieb Jogchum Reitsma
> <j.reitsma@hccnet.nl>:
> > Hi list,
> > 
> > I use lilypond 2.18 on OpenSuse Tumbleweed (the rolling distro from Suse). On \
> > that combination, displaying chord names in .pdf-form gives error messages grom \
> > ghostscript (gs) in the transition from a .ps-file to a .pdf-file. When for \
> > example the snippet from \
> > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/learning/notes-and-chords.nl.html is \
> > fed to lilypond, with logging set to its maximum,, the last messages are: 
> > Opmaakuitvoer naar `Akkoorden.ps'...
> > [/usr/share/fonts/truetype/CenturySchL-Roma.otf]
> > [/usr/share/fonts/truetype/Roboto-Regular.ttf]
> > [/usr/share/lilypond/2.18.2/ps/music-drawing-routines.ps]
> > [/usr/share/lilypond/2.18.2/ps/lilyponddefs.ps]
> > Converting to `./Akkoorden.pdf'...
> > Aanroepen van 'gs -dSAFER -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=595.28 -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=841.89 \
> > -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -r1200 -sDEVICE=pdfwrite \
> > -sOutputFile=./Akkoorden.pdf -c.setpdfwrite -fAkkoorden.ps'... 
> > GPL Ghostscript 9.26 (2018-11-20)
> > Copyright (C) 2018 Artifex Software, Inc.  All rights reserved.
> > This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
> > Error: /invalidfont in --glyphshow--
> > Operand stack:
> > 1.7072   43.7677   -7.0809   D
> > Execution stack:
> > %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   \
> > 2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   \
> > 1   %stopped_push   2029   1   3   %oparray_pop   2028   1   3   %oparray_pop   \
> > 2009   1   3   %oparray_pop   1868   1   3   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--   \
> > %errorexec_pop   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--  \
> > 2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   0   --nostringval--   %repeat_continue   \
> > --nostringval-- Dictionary stack:
> > --dict:960/1684(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:114/200(L)--
> > Current allocation mode is local
> > Current file position is 946206
> > GPL Ghostscript 9.26: Warning: 'loca' length 13 is greater than numGlyphs 1 in \
> > the font Roboto-Regular. GPL Ghostscript 9.26: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
> > 
> > Generating the .ps-file goes withjout warning, but if one opens that .ps in a \
> > viewer, one does ee the triangle above  the fist bar (between the last 2 quarter \
> > notes), but no chord names. 
> > The .pdf-file is not generated by gs.
> > 
> > The snippet reads as follows:
> > 
> > \version "2.18.2"
> > 
> > melody = \relative c' {
> > \clef treble
> > \key c \major
> > \time 4/4
> > 
> > f4 e8[ c] d4 g
> > a2 ~ a
> > }
> > 
> > harmonies = \chordmode {
> > c4:m f:min7 g:maj c:aug
> > d2:dim b:sus
> > }
> > 
> > \score {
> > <<
> > \new ChordNames {
> > \set chordChanges = ##t
> > \harmonies
> > }
> > \new Staff \melody
> > > > 
> > \layout{ }
> > \midi { }
> > }
> > 
> > When I comment out the two lines in the chormode section, everything is OK.
> > 
> > What can be/can I do to display chord names?
> > 
> > regards, Jogchum Reitsma
> Hi,
> 
> how comes you're using 2.18.2 with Ghostscript 9.26?
> This ly-version is released with Ghostscript 8.70.
> 
> You're problem sounds like missing fonts (the triangle is drawn, not
> from a font).
> 
> I was not able to reproduce your problem, although I've build 2.18.2
> from the stable/2.18-branch with Ghostscript 9.27.
> 
> 
> 
> Sorry to be of not more help,
> Harm
> 
Hmm, it's two-an-a-half years later that I see this - swift - answer om 
my question. No idea how I missed it, but of course that's very 
unpolite. My apologies, Harm!

The combination of the Lilypond-Ghostscript versions came from 
Tumbleweed,  I suppose.

Now, with Lilypond om 1.19.82,  and Ghostscript 9.54.0, the problem is gone.

cheers, Jogchum


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