Reply to Saul Tobin at the end...
On 2024-09-15 16:21, Saul Tobin wrote:
You might find it more convenient to define the output PDF filename
directly within Lilypond. See:
https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/output-file-names
or for 2.25
https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/notation/output-file-names.
On Sun, Sep 15, 2024 at 5:18 PM Stu McKenzie via LilyPond User List
<swwlilyu...@stoozsoftware.com> wrote:
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.
Reply to Saul Tobin:
I use \bookOutputName to generate different output files, but when I try
a full output path, or a folder path, in LilyPond, they are ignored.
My previous "acceptable" options within Frescobaldi, do allow those options.
