Re: invoking Lilypond from a script
Thanks for the input, guys. The dirname and basename were exactly what I needed, working with cd in the shell. I had some trouble getting AppleScript to interface properly with Bash in executing these, so I reverted to perl (where I'm much more comfortable) to do the actual work. (I'm sure there's a way to get AppleScript to do it, but I knew how to do it in perl, and the AppleScript documentation I've found is terrible--though it's easy to make a simple graphical app) So the end result: A droplet in the Finder which uses AppleScript to call perl to call the shell to call Lilypond! But it works! The result is a very simple app. If you want to take a look, it is at www.shaffermusic.com/apps.html. Thanks again for your help. Kris Shaffer On 4/8/05, Erik Sandberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 08 April 2005 19.29, Kris Shaffer wrote: Thanks for making such a great product. I love using Lilypond. I am currently working on an applescript app for Mac OS X that will allow a .ly file to be dragged to a Lilypond icon to create the PDF score without using the command line. My hopes is that it will help make Lilypond more accesible to traditional Mac users. However, when I call Lilypond (v. 2.2.5) from the appescript (i.e. do shell script /sw/bin/lilypond [filename.ly]), it outputs the score to / instead of the directory the source file is in. I'm wondering if there is a reason why it would not automatically export to the originating folder, as it does when I invoke it in the terminal. Perhaps the Applescript calling the shell script is the problem? Let me know if you know of a reason this may be behaving unexpectedly, or if you need more information from me. Otherwise, I will add some extra code and variables to get around the issue. Thanks. lilypond writes files to the current working directory. If you are in a console, and you cd to e.g. /tmp/foo, and write lilypond /bar/blah/x.ly then the output will be located in /tmp/foo/. This is simply the convention most Unix-style software use. You could either run lilypond with a different working directory, or you could specify the output by passing -o to lilypond. You may be interested in looking at the commands dirname and basename. Erik ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: invoking Lilypond from a script
Just to rule out things, I take it you looked at the convert - DVI to Postscript.scpt that comes with the folder actions (or a similar one)? My guess is that you need to use the --output=FILE option of Lilypond. This option is in 2.4.2. I haven't checked with 2.2.5 due to lack of availability on my system. It is something which I tried myself, but could not get working after trying for roughly 10 minutes. It might need some POSIX keyword on your path. Otherwise you could just tell finder to move the document, couldn't you? HTH On 8 apr 2005, at 19:29, Kris Shaffer wrote: Thanks for making such a great product. I love using Lilypond. I am currently working on an applescript app for Mac OS X that will allow a .ly file to be dragged to a Lilypond icon to create the PDF score without using the command line. My hopes is that it will help make Lilypond more accesible to traditional Mac users. However, when I call Lilypond (v. 2.2.5) from the appescript (i.e. do shell script /sw/bin/lilypond [filename.ly]), it outputs the score to / instead of the directory the source file is in. I'm wondering if there is a reason why it would not automatically export to the originating folder, as it does when I invoke it in the terminal. Perhaps the Applescript calling the shell script is the problem? Let me know if you know of a reason this may be behaving unexpectedly, or if you need more information from me. Otherwise, I will add some extra code and variables to get around the issue. Thanks. Sincerely, Kris Shaffer ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user --- A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores. -- (Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant) --- It was funny how people were people everywhere you went, even if the people concerned weren't the people the people who made up the phrase people are people everywhere had traditionally thought of as people. And even if you weren't virtuous, as you had been brought up to understand the term, you did like to see virtue in other people, provided it didn't cost you anything. -- (Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant) ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
invoking Lilypond from a script
Thanks for making such a great product. I love using Lilypond. I am currently working on an applescript app for Mac OS X that will allow a .ly file to be dragged to a Lilypond icon to create the PDF score without using the command line. My hopes is that it will help make Lilypond more accesible to traditional Mac users. However, when I call Lilypond (v. 2.2.5) from the appescript (i.e. do shell script /sw/bin/lilypond [filename.ly]), it outputs the score to / instead of the directory the source file is in. I'm wondering if there is a reason why it would not automatically export to the originating folder, as it does when I invoke it in the terminal. Perhaps the Applescript calling the shell script is the problem? Let me know if you know of a reason this may be behaving unexpectedly, or if you need more information from me. Otherwise, I will add some extra code and variables to get around the issue. Thanks. Sincerely, Kris Shaffer ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: invoking Lilypond from a script
Kris Shaffer wrote: ...I'm wondering if there is a reason why it would not automatically export to the originating folder, as it does when I invoke it in the terminal. Perhaps the Applescript calling the shell script is the problem? Let me know if you know of a reason this may be behaving unexpectedly, or if you need more information from me. Otherwise, I will add some extra code and variables to get around the issue. Can you make the shell script cd to the directory the file is in, first? David ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: invoking Lilypond from a script
On Friday 08 April 2005 19.29, Kris Shaffer wrote: Thanks for making such a great product. I love using Lilypond. I am currently working on an applescript app for Mac OS X that will allow a .ly file to be dragged to a Lilypond icon to create the PDF score without using the command line. My hopes is that it will help make Lilypond more accesible to traditional Mac users. However, when I call Lilypond (v. 2.2.5) from the appescript (i.e. do shell script /sw/bin/lilypond [filename.ly]), it outputs the score to / instead of the directory the source file is in. I'm wondering if there is a reason why it would not automatically export to the originating folder, as it does when I invoke it in the terminal. Perhaps the Applescript calling the shell script is the problem? Let me know if you know of a reason this may be behaving unexpectedly, or if you need more information from me. Otherwise, I will add some extra code and variables to get around the issue. Thanks. lilypond writes files to the current working directory. If you are in a console, and you cd to e.g. /tmp/foo, and write lilypond /bar/blah/x.ly then the output will be located in /tmp/foo/. This is simply the convention most Unix-style software use. You could either run lilypond with a different working directory, or you could specify the output by passing -o to lilypond. You may be interested in looking at the commands dirname and basename. Erik ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
