Reply to Knute Snortum at the end...
On 2024-09-15 12:48, Knute Snortum wrote:
On Sun, Sep 15, 2024 at 11:59 AM Stu McKenzie via LilyPond User List
<swwlilyu...@stoozsoftware.com> 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 (frescoba...@googlegroups.com)
but I don't know how closely that's watched.
--
Knute Snortum
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.
