Hi Torquil! Thanks for the reply. Please find my replies to your comments in-line:
On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 19:08 +0200, Torquil Macdonald Sørensen wrote: > Do you want to write Lilypond code directly in LyX, and have LyX > automatically > run the necessary 'lilypond-book' script in order to generate LaTeX code that > can be compiled to PDF? That would actually be a great addition. How complicated do you think that would be? > Or do you just want to include/link an external Lilypond file? > I successfully did the latter as follows: > > Go to the menu item: Insert -> File -> External Material > > Then select Lilypond on the Template drop-down menu on the File tab. Select > the > *.ly file in the File: field. The other tabs allow you to adjust e.g. size > and > rotation. > > Within LyX I then see a grey box with the text "Lilypond typeset music". The > music is of course present in PDF files produced with LyX. These steps are fine. However, when I wish to preview the PDF output, get the following error message: "No information for converting lilypond format files to pdf. Define a converter in the preferences." If I go to the preferences dialogue box, I am too confused and too computer-literate to figure out what's wrong. Any reply would be great! Thanks Etienne
