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Re: Fwd: using Feta outside Lilypond [SOLVED, MOSTLY]


From: Graham Percival
Subject: Re: Fwd: using Feta outside Lilypond [SOLVED, MOSTLY]
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 20:38:21 -0800

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:38:39 -0500
Kieren Richard MacMillan <address@hidden> wrote:
> For those interested, the following shell command (Mac OS X 10.2.8) 
> works wonderfully:
> 
> lilypond -P \!:1.ly ; ps2ps \!:1.ps \!:1_.ps ; rm \!:1.ps ; rm -rf 
> \!:1.dvi ; open -a /Applications/Preview.app \!:1.pdf
> 
> This can be put into an alias (which I call "lilymake"), and does the 
> following:
>      1. Invokes the lilypond binary on the filename provided;
>      2. Opens the (PDF) output with Preview.app;
>      3. Invokes the ps2ps binary ("forcing" the font embedding), with 
> output to filename_.ps;
>      4. Removes the .dvi file and original .ps file.

I don't think the "-rf" on the "rm -rf \!:1.dvi" is necessary.  I
suppose it's safe enough, but seeing a "rm -rf" gave me a twinge or two.
:)

I've found it nicer to work entirely in X11, due to the way it handles
window focus issues.  Here's my script (creatively named "ly"):
#!/bin/sh
lilypond $1ly
gv $1ps &
~/tim/timidity -c ~/tim/timidity.cfg -Ow $1midi
esdplay $1wav

This displays the postscript output in gv (which IMO has better keyboard control
than Preview) and plays the midi file.

Cheers,
- Graham




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