Re: Music fonts in local directory

[David Bellows]

> Its relative path is "../share/lilypond/current/fonts/otf"
> Linux package maintainers may organize things differently, though.

So it sounds like, for now, at least, if I want to do this I would be
better off providing installation instructions for the fonts for the
various platforms (OSX, Windows, and Linux). Ugh. While I know where
to put the fonts in Linux, I'm not sure if I could come up with
general enough instructions for all Linux users and then Mac and
Windows users -- who knows?

Or does there already exist a set of instructions for this for all platforms?

Dave


On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 2:02 PM, Urs Liska <address@hidden> wrote:
> [CCing back to the list]
>
>
> Am 10.07.2017 um 22:02 schrieb David Bellows:
>>> If your software is able to determine the lilypond installation directory 
>>> it could create the appropriate symlinks.
>> Is there a Lilypond command for that?
>
> No.
>
>> I'm using OS system commands to
>> call Lilypond from inside my software so I could get that information
>> if that's the case.
>
> Well, that's what I would do. However, there are different ways how
> LilyPond is installed, depending on OS and method. With binary releases
> you can find the font directory from the executable. Its relative path
> is "../share/lilypond/current/fonts/otf"
> Linux package maintainers may organize things differently, though.
>
>>
>>> Apart from that I think I recall someone wrote you can add the font 
>>> directory to LilyPond's include path.
>> That would work nicely as well. Hopefully someone can give me a hint
>> about that as well.
>
> Hm, I just tested adding the folder to LilyPond's include path where the
> fonts are, and that did *not* work.
> So it seems my recollection was wrong ...
>
> Best
>
> Urs
>
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 9:53 PM, Urs Liska <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>> Am 10. Juli 2017 04:29:35 MESZ schrieb David Bellows <address@hidden>:
>>>> I fear I already know the answer to this question but I thought I'd try
>>>> anyway.
>>>>
>>>> I have a project that generates music and sheet music using Lilypond.
>>>> I want to allow the user to use any music font they want (the free
>>>> music fonts). But I want to keep things as simple as possible. So I
>>>> don't want for them to have to figure out how to install the music
>>>> fonts into the standard places that Lilypond looks for them.
>>>>
>>>> Instead I'd love for them to be able to download my software and keep
>>>> those music fonts in a subdirectory of my project and for Lilypond to
>>>> be able to find them.
>>>>
>>>> I've experimented a lot with this and cannot get anything to work. And
>>>> based on what I've read I don't think it is possible, but I'm hoping
>>>> this isn't the case. I really don't want to have to deal with making
>>>> people install these fonts when it feels like I can just include them
>>>> with my project.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Dave Bellows
>>> If your software is able to determine the lilypond installation directory 
>>> it could create the appropriate symlinks.
>>>
>>> Apart from that I think I recall someone wrote you can add the font 
>>> directory to LilyPond's include path.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>> Urs
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