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3 @settitle FAQ - GNU LilyPond Frequently Asked Questions
7 @chapter FAQ - GNU LilyPond Frequently Asked Questions
11 * General:: General questions
12 * Installation:: Installation questions
19 @subsection I'm stuck, HELP!
22 @uref{http://appel.lilypond.org/wiki?LilyPondFaqs, full online
23 FAQs}. Also, please look in the searchable mailinglist archives:
27 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/help-gnu-music@@gnu.org,help-gnu-music}
29 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-gnu-music@@gnu.org,bug-gnu-music}
31 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/gnu-music-discuss@@gnu.org,gnu-music-discuss}
34 If you are still at loss, send your questions to the @strong{mailing
35 list}, and not to authors directly.
37 @subsection My symbols are all messed up!
39 After I upgraded, I get the wrong symbols and dvi-checksum errors!
41 We obviously mucked with the fonts in the upgrade. Remove @strong{all}
42 previous fonts, including the @file{.pk} and @file{.tfm} fonts in
43 @file{/var/lib/texmf} and your current directory. A script automating
44 this has been included, see @file{buildscripts/clean-fonts.sh}.
49 @subsection Where is guile, libguileX, guile-config?
51 RedHat users need to install guile-1.4 and guile-devel-1.4, Debian
52 users need to get guile1.4, libguile9 and libguile9-dev.
54 If you're building from source, you need guile 1.3.4 or newer. Verify
55 that the correct guile, guile-config, and libguile* in your PATH and
56 LD_LIBRARY_PATH (or @file{/etc/ld.so.conf}).
58 @subsection I upgraded by applying a patch, and now my configure/build breaks.
60 Patches don't include automatically generated files, i.e.
61 @file{configure} and files generated by @file{configure}. Regenerate them
70 @subsection Is there an emacs mode?
72 Yes. It is included with the source archive as
73 @file{lilypond-mode.el} and @file{lilypond-font-lock.el}. If you have
74 an RPM or .deb it is in @file{/usr/share/doc/lilypond-X/}. You have
75 to install it yourself.
77 Add this to your .emacs.el:
79 (load-library "lilypond-mode.el")
81 (append '(("\\.ly$" . LilyPond-mode) auto-mode-alist)))
85 @subsection I downloaded the windows32 port, and it doesn't match the website!
87 The website is usually made from the latest snapshots. Binary releases,
88 in particular the windows32 binaries, are only made every once in a while.
89 They may lag several versions behind the latest version.