CGI interface to lilypond

[Ichiro Watanabe]

Hi there,

I am new to lilypond.
I am wondering if there exists an interface like mathtex, for lilypond.
For those who don't know mathtex, it's a way of embedding rendered TeX
images directly and easily in an HTML page (and therefore in wikis, in
blogs etc), through a relatively simple CGI service.
So, in your web page, you can just type your formula like this

   <img 
src="http://www.forkosh.dreamhost.com/mathtex.cgi?x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}";>

and voila, the image is rendered and embedded. (You would of course
prefer to build the service locally and use that, instead of using a
publicly available service, but that's the idea.)
I think it's quite clever and neat. You can read the whole story here

   http://www.forkosh.dreamhost.com/source_mathtex.html

My understanding is that it should not be difficult to implement
something like this for lilypond. Perhaps through lilypond-book and
latex, or maybe just via lilypond directly.
I am keen to develop this (or at least give it a try), but first I
would like to make sure that I wouldn't be reinventing the wheel.
Any other input from you guys would also be welcome, of course.

Thank you, and anyway thanks for this superlative tool.
Ichiro