Re: large files

[Michael David Crawford]

Stefan Thomas wrote:
> I have an rather old machine and when lilypond is processing a ps-file 
> from a larger file, it can happen, that it takes about 10-15 Minutes to 
> calculate. Is there any possibility to make the process of calculating 
> faster?

If you're just wanting to check your progress, break your score up into 
sections, each being the definition of a symbol.  The score itself will 
just be a sequence of these symbols.

Then to check your work, comment off all but the current section, then 
run Lilypond:

SectionOne = relative c' { ... your section goes in here ... }

SectionTwo = relative c' { ... and so on ... }

\score {
        \relative c' {
        \new PianoStaff <<
                \new Staff { \clef treble
                        \SectionOne
                        \SectionTwo
 .... and so on...

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Michael David Crawford
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