Dirck Nagy <[email protected]> writes:

> Hello again, all
>
> Forgive me for being naive, but I am having real problems integrating 
> Lilypond with LaTeX.
>
> (Mac Monterey, TeXShop 5.57, Lilypond 2.24.4)
>
> I am not an experienced LaTeX user. I have worked through some tutorials (at 
> learnlatex.org) and am able to do basic formatting, import images, etc, but 
> thats about all.
>
> I thought it was possible to embed a lilypond file, or run Lilypond in LaTex.
>
> Does anyone know of a GOOD TUTORIAL, including ALL the obvious instructions, 
> for making a book with Lilypond / LaTeX?
>
> I'm hoping to find something like:
>
>   *
> Open TeXShop and type "\documentclass{book}"
>   *
> Save your Lilypond piece in "...this directory with this prefix..."
>   *
> in TeXShop, type the following lines of command:
>      *
> \ whatever command
>      *
> \ another command
>      *
> \ etc commands
>      *
> drag your lilypond file here (or type in the name and path of the file here: 
> ".....")
>      *
> click "Typeset"
>      *
> Voila, here is your pdf !
>
> Unfortunately, I get bogged down with instructions such as "invoke 
> lilypond-book" (what does that mean?) or "move this from the inactive 
> directory to the active directory" ...? and "run this from the command 
> line".... again, i dont know how to do these things.
>
> Just being able to make a simple book, 3 or 4 pages with 2 very short sample 
> scores would be very helpful; once i have the bare bones, then i could use it 
> as a template and experiment with formatting, etc.
>
> If I need to get rid of TeXShop and use some other editor, let me know what 
> works.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Internet searches are worthless, of course.
>
> thanks in advance!

Worthless or not, try starting from
<https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.27/Documentation/usage/an-example-of-a-musicological-document>

and then explain where and how you get stuck with those instructions.

-- 
David Kastrup


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