Re: exporting just a single bar in a png file?

[Patrick McCarty]

On 2009-10-27, Patrick McCarty wrote:
> On 2009-10-26, Mark Freeman wrote:
> > Hi everyone. I'm new to lilypond, so please bare with me.  I've
> > written a simple python script which takes a very particular
> > percussion notation and converts it to lilypond format. My script pops
> > this into a template and calls the lilypond command to create the
> > export.  Currently this produces a full pdf and I know I can turn on
> > png export with --png. I tried setting the template to clip only one
> > measure, but I still get a full page of output, even though the score
> > only consist of a single measure. I'm looking to produce a simple
> > image file that is only the single measure, with no extra score text,
> > etc... Is this possible?
> 
> Does the following command accomplish what you need?
> 
>   $ lilypond --dpreview file.ly

Sorry, this should be

  $ lilypond -dpreview file.ly


-Patrick