Re: Output other than PDF

[David Fedoruk]

Rutgers, I see what you're trying to do. (and silly me for not seeing
this before to!)

  You are trying to type the contents of lilypond.sh into the command
line. You have failed because its meant to be run as a single command.
$INSTALL in that script is a variable which is set to /Applications
which is where Lilypond is. The rest of the script burrows into the
application bundle and calls lilypond. I tested it like this:

First I typed just 

lilpond.sh


------------------ terminal snip -----------

  LilyPond produces beautiful music notation.
For more information, see http://lilypond.org

Options:
  -b, --backend=BACK               use backend BACK (gnome, ps [default],
                                     scm, svg, tex, texstr)
  -d, --define-default=SYM=VAL     set a Scheme program option. Uses
#t if VAL is not specified
                                     Try -dhelp for help.
  -e, --evaluate=EXPR              evaluate scheme code
  -f, --formats=FORMATs            dump FORMAT,...  Also as separate options:
      --dvi                        generate DVI (tex backend only)
      --pdf                        generate PDF (default)
      --png                        generate PNG
      --ps                         generate PostScript
      --tex                        generate TeX (tex backend only)
  -h, --help                       print this help
  -H, --header=FIELD               dump a header field to file BASENAME.FIELD
  -I, --include=DIR                add DIR to search path
  -i, --init=FILE                  use FILE as init file
  -o, --output=FILE                write output to FILE (suffix will be added)
  -j, --jail=USER,GROUP,JAIL,DIR   chroot to JAIL, become USER:GROUP
                                     and cd into DIR
      --no-print                   do not generate printed output
  -p, --preview                    generate a preview of the first system
  -s, --safe-mode                  run in safe mode
  -v, --version                    print version number
  -V, --verbose                    be verbose
  -w, --warranty                   show warranty and copyright

Report bugs to address@hidden

------------------- end teminal snip --------------

That told me the right flag to use to get lilypond to produce png
files instead of pdf.

I tested it on a Bach Invention i had just finished typsetting:

lilypond.sh   -f png invention.ly

After rendering I was left with this list of files:

invention-page1.png
invention-page2.png
invention-page3.png
invention.ly
invention.midi
invention.ps

If you type this:

lilypond.sh  -f png <yourDocument.ly> the output will be similar.
There is yoru PNG and its way easier than I thouught

The out put will be (assuming there are no errors) your typset music
as  post script file, a midi file and you will find PNG files for each
page of music manuscript you produced.


I hope this makes things WAY easier! Let me know if there are any
other questions.


-- 
David Fedoruk
B.Mus. UBC,1986
Certificate in Internet Systems Administration, UBC, 2003

"Music is enough for one's life time, but one life time is not enough
for music" Sergei Rachmaninov