Re: invoking Lilypond from a script

[Arjan Bos]

Just to rule out things, I take it you looked at the "convert - DVI to 
Postscript.scpt" that comes with the folder actions (or a similar one)?

My guess is that you need to use the --output=FILE option of Lilypond. 
This option is in 2.4.2. I haven't checked with 2.2.5 due to lack of 
availability on my system. It is something which I tried myself, but 
could not  get working after trying for roughly 10 minutes. It might 
need some POSIX keyword on your path. Otherwise you could just tell 
finder to move the document, couldn't you?

HTH

On 8 apr 2005, at 19:29, Kris Shaffer wrote:

> Thanks for making such a great product.  I love using Lilypond.  I am
> currently working on an applescript app for Mac OS X that will allow a
> .ly file to be dragged to a Lilypond icon to create the PDF score
> without using the command line.  My hopes is that it will help make
> Lilypond more accesible to traditional Mac users.  However, when I
> call Lilypond (v. 2.2.5) from the appescript (i.e. do shell script
> "/sw/bin/lilypond [filename.ly]"), it outputs the score to / instead
> of the directory the source file is in.  I'm wondering if there is a
> reason why it would not automatically export to the originating
> folder, as it does when I invoke it in the terminal.  Perhaps the
> Applescript calling the shell script is the problem?  Let me know if
> you know of a reason this may be behaving unexpectedly, or if you need
> more information from me.  Otherwise, I will add some extra code and
> variables to get around the issue.  Thanks.
>
> Sincerely,
> Kris Shaffer
>
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