Quoting mark oilcan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > --- Carrick Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Quoting mark oilcan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > > > > --- Orm Finnendahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > A couple of days ago I posted a modified lilypond-mode.el which takes > > > > advantage of xpdf's -remote option which does what you're asking for. > > > > > > > > It only works if you use emacs, though... > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the suggestion. Right now I can get a pdf viewer pointing to > > the > > > final pdf, and it refreshes automatically. The problem on the Mac is that > > > when I do command-R it compiles then pops Preview to the front. If I > > could > > > make it just do the compiling, without launching Preview (or shifting > > focus > > > to it) then that would be sufficient. I took a look at lilycall.py in > > > /Applications/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources but the changes I made > > there > > > didn't seem to have an effect. I don't really know python, so I'm not > > sure if > > > that's a limitation of mine or whether lilycall.py is used at all. So, is > > > there a way to customize the behavior of Lilypond to just do the > > compiling > > > without launching a pdf viewer? I don't have any problem with altering > > > scripts, if that's necessary, but I'll need some pointers on which ones. > > > > > > Mark A > > > > > > > > > > > Why don't you just put at the top of your file: > > > > \set Score.skipTypesetting = ##t > > > > There seems some confusion. It's not that I want to stop the typesetting, I > just don't want the Mac Lilypond.app application to launch Preview.app (and > in particular shift the focus away from Lilypond) after typesetting has been > completed. So, I (1) do some editing in a .ly file, (2) hit command-R to > typeset and create a pdf file, (3) do more editing. After I do step (2) and > perhaps simultaneous to doing step (3) the pdf is displayed in my pdf viewer > so I can see what it all looks like. Important here is that between (2) and > (3) I don't have to manually switch back to Lilypond from the pdf viewer (ie > Preview). Yes, I could do this all easily enough in emacs, but I'm trying to > set this up for someone who would find that route far to complicated. The Mac > Lilypond.app is great for someone who doesn't want a complicated set-up, but > the pushing Preview to the front all the time is actually an annoyance. > > Thanks for the suggestions. I do appreciate others trying to help out. Is > this something that would be better asked on the devel list? > > Mark A > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >
You do know you can just press "COMMAND TAB" on the Mac to switch applications, right? -- Carrick Patterson Little Rock AR _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
