Re: lilypond stalls on windows every time

[Mats Bengtsson]

Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:

> Mats Bengtsson wrote:
>
> > I just tried it and it seems that fc-cache.exe doesn't seem to do 
> > anything when
> > I call it will full path. The command prompt returns directly and no
> > file is produced. Since the lilypond binaries are in %PATH%, I als
>
>
> Over here, it normally returns directly, because the FONTS\  directory 
> is write protected, and fc-cache doesn't do anything.

I'm logged in as an administrator and it seems that I have write access
in the directory, no matter how I set attrib. Still, fc-cache doesn't do
anything.

How future proof is the other solution you proposed, namely to download
your fonts.cache-1 and install it? I'm afraid this file might cause troubles
with future LilyPond versions unless I happen to remember to remove it
by hand.

> > tried calling fc-cache.exe without the full path. Then it at least did
> > something, but after a while it complained about not being able to find
> > Files\LilyPond\usr\share\guile\8.50, so there is some problem with
> > spaces in the search path.
>
>
> that looks a typo from you. it could be guile\1.8 or ghostscript\8.50

I did copy it by hand last time, the exact message is indeed:

C:\WINDOWS\Fonts>fc-cache
ERROR: In procedure open-file:
ERROR: No such file or directory: "Files\\LilyPond\\usr\\share\\guile\\8.50"

However, I realize now that it tries to run fc-cache.scm instead of 
fc-cache.exe.
When I call it with "fc-cache.exe" I will of course get the same result 
as when
I call it with full path, i.e. nothing seems to happen.

  /Mats

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