Reply to Knute Snortum at the end...
On 2024-09-15 12:48, Knute Snortum wrote:
I've encountered an issue whereby I can make a PDF
output to a different
file or folder using Command Prompt on Windows,
e.g.:
"C:/Program Files
(x86)/LilyPond2p24p0/lilypond-2.24.0/bin/lilypond.exe"
-o "<PathToOutputFileOrFolder"
"<PathToSource>.ly"
with the result: "Success: compilation successfully
completed".
In Frescobaldi menu
"Edit">"Preferences...">"LilyPond
Preferences">"LilyPond versions to use"
group>"Edit...", I've tried to
add an output "-o" directive.
I've tried various strings appended after the
"...\lilypond.exe" and the
result is always a "No Entry" icon next to the entry
that was edited.
I couldn't find any reference to adding directives
to the LilyPond
command line for Frescobaldi.
Have
you tried custom engraving? (LilyPond menu ->
Engrave (custom)).
Is there a separate community for Frescobaldi, or is
this the community
for all things LilyPond?
A
lot of people post about Frescobaldi here and I
think that's okay. There is a Google Group for
Frescobaldi (
frescobaldi@googlegroups.com)
but I don't know how closely that's watched.
Well, thank you Knute! I never found anything online for
combinations of the search terms "Frescobaldi", "Lilypond",
"output".
For others wishing to do this, here's what I found:
In the Frescobaldi menu: LilyPond>"Engrave(custom)..."
There's a field for "Additional Command Line Options".
Enter the options into that field.
NOTE: Frescobaldi errors if the option filename is enclosed
in double-quotes.
Otherwise, the following are acceptable:
-o <OutputPDF_FilenameWithoutExtn>
-o <Folder\OutputPDF_FilenameWithoutExtn> (the
folder must exist)
-o <FullPathOfOutputPDF_FilenameWithoutExtn>
etc.
Also, (I expect that) other LilyPond command line options
may be added into this field as required.