Hi Joram, > would you mind describing the workflow in a bit more details?
Here’s what I do: 1. Using Frescobaldi (or, of course, just Lilypond by itself), generate the music score as a PDF. 2. Using TeXShop, compile the following template (n.b. this is slightly simplified, and does not include the title page and endmatter \input files/templates, which are common/similar/shared across all my scores): %!TEX TS-program = xelatex \documentclass[9pt]{extarticle} \usepackage[letterpaper, margin=1.25in, tmargin=1in, bmargin=1in]{geometry} \usepackage{pdfpages} \pagestyle{empty} \usepackage{multicol} \setlength{\columnsep}{36pt} \setlength{\parskip}{0pt} \usepackage{fontspec} \setmainfont{Crimson Text} \usepackage{import} \begin{document} \baselineskip = 1.33em %%%% TITLE PAGE %: Title Page \def\pieceTitle{Berceuse\\[0.15em] for Benjamin} \def\pieceInstrumentation{piano solo} \def\pieceYear{2008} \input{../../_include/shared/files/titlepage_letter} %%%% SCORE %: Score \newpage \includepdf[pages={1-},scale=1]{Berceuse_piano_letter} %%%% ENDMATTER %: Endmatter \def\pieceURL{http://www.kierenmacmillan.info/berceuse} \input{../../_include/shared/files/endmatter} \end{document} 3. Enjoy the fruits of the labours of many, many brilliant programmers. ;) > 1. Do you put something special in your .ly files like \include > lilypond-book-preamble? Or do you just set the tagline to false? Or > something else? Nothing fancy in the .ly files. > 2. What's the benefit of pdfcrop? When using the preamble, I see no > difference between cropped and original – probably because it is already > cropped as thight as possible. I don’t use pdfcrop — I simply have Lilypond output the PDF file at the desired final output size. > 3. Is it possible to write your workflow down in a way that is easy to > reproduce? Something like a ly-template and a list of commands. My current .ly template system is very [indeed, overly] complex, non-documented, etc., and so I wouldn’t inflict it on you. (I have the ongoing intention of simplifying all my templates and stylesheets, getting them into version control, and sharing them with the whole ‘Pond… but I seem to have the enviable obstacle that I’m constantly working on composing new commissions, so my “spare time” is very limited.) > In latex, I guess it is just a matter of \includegraphics{ ... } ? Precisely (cf. the template included above). If you have more questions, or want to see a sample final PDF, just let me know! Hope this helps, Kieren. ________________________________ Kieren MacMillan, composer ‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info ‣ email: i...@kierenmacmillan.info _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user