Re: Using lilypond examples in an essay or text document

[Colin Campbell]

On 2015-04-04 02:20 PM, Michael Hendry wrote:
> > On 4 Apr 2015, at 21:10, Urs Liska <address@hidden> wrote:
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> > Am 4. April 2015 21:41:17 MESZ, schrieb Daniel Contreras <address@hidden>:
> > > subject line says it all, I want to use Lily Pond in a text document.
> > > Can someone point me in the right direction to achieve this? Thanks a
> > > bunch I am using version 2.18.
> > Ehm, and what program to produce the text document?
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> There is a plugin for OpenOffice called OOoLilypond which I used a couple of 
> years ago. I can’t remember all the details of installation, etc, but 
> essentially you create an ordinary OpenOffice Document, type in your text, and 
> then switch over to the plugin and key in (or copy-and-paste) a fragment of 
> lilypond code.
>
> It does a very nice job of mixing text and engraved music.

Also, Lyx is quite easy to use, providing a good GUI to LaTex with a 
well-developed LilyPond environment.

Cheers,
Colin

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