Re: PDF woes

[Tim McNamara]

> On Jan 17, 2018, at 10:46 PM, Travis Weller <address@hidden> wrote:

> I'm using the default editor which is included in the MacOS build of 
> lilypond. I'm not using Frescobaldi. 
> 
> And yes, I've checked that I'm using preview mode. The links are there. I can 
> see them when I mouse over, and they work in Acrobat. I've looked through all 
> the options I can find in the Preview app and haven't seen anything that 
> might be blocking the links. I'd use Acrobat if the PDF would update 
> properly, but there is a disclaimer in the documentation that says only the 
> Mac preview app will auto-update after you typeset the file.

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> On 18 January 2018 at 10:16, Travis Weller <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> The link feature from the "Preview" app pointing back to the editor isn't 
> working (it doesn't show an error message, just an audio alert sound instead 
> of opening the editor at the correct point)

This has in my experience never worked.  The Preview.app apparently has no way 
to communicate back to the editor.  It is an exceedingly basic little 
application and philosophically Apple does not particularly like apps 
interacting and communicating with each other.  If Acrobat works, then I would 
suggest using that.

Personally I switched to Frescobaldi several years ago and would never go back 
to dealing with the default Lilypond editor or Preview.app for engraving music. 
 With Frescobaldi my time spent putting charts together is easily cut in half.  
The somewhat crude screen display is of no concern to me, only the printed 
output is.  That is the domain of Lilypond and is no different with Frescobaldi 
or another editor.

If you don't want to use Frescobaldi, would wonder if you would have better 
luck using an XWindow setup and more Unix tools, as those are designed to 
communicate with each other (xpdf, etc.).  I’ve never tried that myself.  
Installing Lilypond via Homebrew or similar would result in that kind of system.