Re: OOoLilyPond question

[David Bobroff]

Samuel Hartmann wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> David Bobroff wrote:
> [...]
>
> > Now, to the real question: I put in a short musical example as a 
> > test.  It was more than one line long.  This was intentional.  It was 
> > a nine measure snippet.  It came out on three lines.  Four measures 
> > on the first line, four on the second, and one on the last.  
> > Additionally, the two four-measure lines were not the same width.  
> > Why is this?  Is OOoLilyPond limited to one-liners?  I hope not.  
> > This would be a show-stopper.  Is it because the Lily code is not 
> > contained within a \score {} block?  OOoLilyPond chokes on \score {} 
> > blocks (at least on my machine).
> Could you please post the example code?

Um, I just tried placing my code in a \score {} block and now it's not 
objecting.  Ah, but that's because I was using 'nofragment20.0y'.  I 
changed to default16 and it gave me an error box:

*****
programming error: Cannot find file for FontConfig cache.
continuing, cross fingers
Processing `tmpfile.ly'
tmpfile.ly:32:0: error: syntax error, unexpected \score

\score{
tmpfile.ly:28:0: error: errors found, ignoring music expression

{
error: failed files: "tmpfile.ly"
*****

So this error occurs in "fragment mode" if a \score {} block is 
included.  Feature or bug?  Now that I understand the behavior it's not 
a problem for me.  I'll be using mostly 'nofragment' anyway.

> I think a can create a template for that all the lines have the same 
> width. This should correspond to the fragment/nofragment option in 
> lilypond-book code.

Well, I started poking around and found a 'nofragment20.ly' template.  
That seems to be what I was after.  It also appears simple enough to 
create my own templates for different sizes.  So, my question about 
multi-line music in OOoLilyPond is answered.
> > Also, I added a symlink to the templates etc. but this is not 
> > remembered by OOoLilyPond when I start it OpenOffice again (or 
> > perhaps it's after a new login or reboot).
> Please explain this in more detail, I don't understand where you put a 
> symlink to which files.

The OOoLilyPond files I put in a user's (mine) home directory.  When 
running as root, rather than copying the scripts/templates etc. to 
root's home I created a symlink to the directory.  When I start of 
OpenOffice, though, it doesn't find the templates.  The 'config' box 
shows the path to /root/OOoLilyPond/...and so on, rather than to 
/home/david/OOoLilyPond/....  But, /root/OOoLilyPond is a symlink to 
/home/david/OOoLilyPond.  OOoLilyPond does not appear to be convinced 
that the symlink works.  I have tried simply changing the template and 
script paths and saving them, but that doesn't work either.  The next 
time I start OpenOffice it has reverted back to the old path.  I can get 
around this by copying the files to the path it wants to search, but 
that seems a bit clumsy.

-David