lyx usage [WAS: Re: lilypond-book download]

[Federico Bruni]

Il 30/08/2011 23:42, Pablo Zumarán ha scritto:
> Thank you very much for that tip. Following your advice, I've installed Lyx
> in my Ubuntu. In the included documentation, I've found only one reference
> to Lilypond (to use Insert>File>External Material>Lilypond file). When I do
> this (ie, insert a .ly file) all I get is a field saying "Lilypond typeset
> music". Then, when I do Insert>Custom Insets>Lilypond, I get an inset where
> I can type in lilypond code. BUT I haven't been able to see the actual
> music, nor to export the LyX file as a pdf. If it's not asking too much, how
> do you do that?

Click on the first icon in the icon bar (the two eyes) or type "Ctrl + R".
You should see the PDF file in your external pdf viewer.

Otherwise you can see the output inside Lyx, if you enable the instant 
preview:
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview

HTH,
Federico

PS (just a memo for me)
The custom insets for Lilypond must be enabled in 
Document>Settings>Modules (add lilypond book).
The instant preview doesn't show the image generated by the code in the 
inset, you can see it only in the external pdf.