Re: ubuntu lyx lilypond latex

[Julien Rioux]

On 13/09/2011 10:38 PM, Pablo Zumarán wrote:
> Thank you! I've got it running now!
>
> There's only a little snag, though. Some times, the preview doesn't work; it
> just shows the code in the default document font (not the code font).
> However, all I have to do is select Tools>Reconfigure again and restart.
> It's not much bother, and I wouldn't have mention it if you hadn't asked for
> feedback some time ago.
>
> Thanks again!
>
>
> Julien Rioux-2 wrote:
> > On 13/09/2011 7:43 PM, Josiah Boothby wrote:
> > > When I experimented with this, it seemed that LyX required a
> > > sufficiently recent minimum version of Lilypond. If the version of
> > > Ubuntu you're using has an outdated version of Lilypond, LyX won't use
> > > it.
> > >
> > > Make sure you have lilypond version 2.14.x or greater as well as Lyx
> > > 2.0.x.
> > >
> > > --Josiah
> >
> > That's right, you will need version 2.14 of lilypond. Once you have it
> > installed, run LyX and select the menu Tools>  Reconfigure, then restart
> > LyX.
> >
> > Also have a look at the example file lilypond.lyx in the menu File>
> > Open, click the Examples button, and you will see the file lilypond.lyx
> > among other example files. Open it and see. Do File>  Save as... and
> > then do some modifications if you would like.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Julien
> >
> >
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You won't need to do Tools>Reconfigure each time. This is only when you 
install a new external tool, and you want LyX to detect it. As in: after 
installing a newer version of lilypond.

When playing around with lilypond in LyX, I also sometimes got previews 
showing the code in the document font. This occurred each time I had 
made a mistake in the lilypond code. The bad code is then not replaced 
by an image, since lilypond failed to produce any image. Instead the 
code is interpreted as text by latex. I hope it is not too much of a 
bother. I though we were already catching lilypond errors and 
interrupting the preview process in such case, but it seems not.

Anyway, good luck with your book project.

Cheers,
Julien