It helps if you include the "=" in the -dbackend=eps option. You can see
from my previous message that I read the documentation correctly. We all
make mistakes. :-)
Is it possible to include more helpful error messages for the command line
options, when somebody gets a chance?
It appears that I have OOoLilyPond working now, but there are some issues:
1. The default templates with OOoLilyPond assume simple notes, you have to
modify the templates to delete the { and } before and after the snippet in
order to accept a \score {} block. Since the discussions on the list
indicate that the project is leaning toward requiring \score {} blocks in
the future, the default templates probably need to be updated.
2. The eps images paste into the swriter file transparent, you can't view
and proofread the music until you print -- I can't figure out how to change
this. It's really annoying. The documentation says the image is supposed to
be in low resolution, not invisible.
3. The temporary files are in the C:\WINDOWS\Temp directory, if you have
find the OOoLilypond.ly and OOoLilypond.out files to debug a problem.
Looking at the OOoLilypond.ly file is the only way to see how your music
snippet really looks to the LilyPond compiler.
Paul
_____
From: Paul Harouff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 2:07 PM
To: Graham Percival
Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org
Subject: Re: -b eps option (was RE: OOolilypond and openoffice 2.1)
Thanks, Graham.
I failed to mention that the -dbackend=eps option works outside of OOo. I
verified that before making the changes to Subs.xba.
I think this is some other script error inside OOoLilypond passing a bad
value to Lilypond, but I don't have a clue from the LilyPond error message
where to look.
Even thinking about using LaTeX and LilyPondBook gives me chills. And while
LilyPond is great at handling musical notation, it is horrible at handling
text outside of a score (which is completely understandable - because that's
not what it's designed for). OOoLilypond looks like it could be a real
production tool for laying out hymnbooks and worship services, etc., by
combining the strengths of LilyPond and OOoWriter. I'm really excited to see
if I can get it working and try it out.
Paul
On 3/4/07, Paul Harouff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Okay, I edited Subs.xba and replaced -b eps with -dbackend=eps in all four
places.
Then I deleted the macro in OOo and reinstalled it, so it would load the
changes.
Now, I get the following error:
GNU LilyPond 2.11.20
ERROR: In procedure symbol->string
ERROR: Wrong type argument in position 1 (expecting symbol): #t
The template file has the following:
\include " <http://lilypond-book-preamble.ly> lilypond-book-preamble.ly"
#(set-global-staff-size 20)
\paper {
#(define dump-extents #t)
ragged-right = ##t
line-width = 7.5\in
}
\layout {
indent = #0
}
{
% ly snippet contents follows:
c' d' e'
% end ly snippet
}
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: Graham Percival [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 6:05 PM
To: Paul Harouff
Cc: 'Johan Vromans'; lilypond-user@gnu.org
Subject: Re: -b eps option (was RE: OOolilypond and openoffice 2.1)
Paul Harouff wrote:
> My problem is Lilypond 2.11.20 is not recognizing either
> -b eps or --backend=eps so the code fragment won't compile.
Please see the NEWS for 2.11.
Cheers,
- Graham
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