[OS X TeX] TeXShop and Lilypond

[David Watson]

I think you should change

"set LILYPONDFOLDER = /Desktop"
to
"set LILYPONDFOLDER = /Users/michaelm/Desktop"

Otherwise it will look for a folder named "Desktop" at the root of  
your filesystem, which isn't there normally.

On Apr 21, 2007, at 9:24 PM, Michael Millett wrote:

> Howdy,
>>
>> You may have done this before but... can you give us the complete  
>> contents of the Lilypond-LaTeX.engine file. Are you sure you made  
>> it executable? (i.e., in Terminal
>>
>> cd ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/
>> chmod 755 Lilypond-LaTeX.engine
>
> Yes, I had done that, but I then did it again. :-)
> Sorry to say: same result :-(
>
>>
>> should do the job. I assume the .engine file is in ~/Library/ 
>> TexShop/Engines/; if it's not put it there.
>
> Yes, it's there.
>
> Here is the contents of the Engine file:
>
> #/bin/tcsh -f
> # Updated on 2006/10/17 - Thanks to Marc Schonbrun!
> #
> ##########################
> # HOW TO USE THIS FILE:  #
> ##########################
> #
> # 0) Set the variable LILYPONDFOLDER below to the absolute path
> #    of the folder containing the Lilypond application.
> #    For example, if you have put the Lilypond app in a folder
> #    called Music inside the Applications folder, the path
> #    is /Applications/Music and the line below must read
> #
> #       set LILYPONDFOLDER = /Applications/Music
> #
> #    If Lilypond is installed in the Applications folder,
> #    then just skip this step.
> #
> set LILYPONDFOLDER = /Desktop
> set path = ($path $LILYPONDFOLDER/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/ 
> bin/)
>
> #
> # 1) Rename this file by dropping the .txt suffix
> #    and put it into your Library/TeXShop/Engines folder.
> #
> # 2) Run the Terminal application (which you find in the Utilities  
> folder)
> #    and, in the Terminal window, type:
> #
> #       cd  ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines
> #
> #    then, press the Enter key and type:
> #
> #       chmod +x Lilypond-LaTeX.engine
> #
> #    and press Enter again. The above command makes this script  
> executable.
> #
> # 3) Switch to TeXShop, open a LaTeX file with Lilypond code,
> #    choose the Lilypond-LaTeX engine and typeset!
> #
> #######
> # HINT
> #######
> #
> # Write:
> #
> #    %!TEX TS-program = Lilypond-LaTeX
> #
> # at the very beginning of your document: this will let TeXShop
> # automatically switch to the right engine!
> #
> #######
> # NOTE about including pictures with \includegraphics:
> #######
> #
> # you may want to include the following in the preamble of your
> # source file:
> #
> #    \usepackage{graphicx}
> #    \graphicspath{{../}}
> #
> # since the generated LaTeX file is put into a subdirectory
> # of the current directory.
> #
> # In general, if your directory structure is as follows
> #
> #   MyLilyPondDocs/
> #   MyLilyPondDocs/lilybook.lytex
> #   MyLilyPondDocs/MyPictures/
> #   MyLilyPondDocs/MyPictures/pic1.eps
> #   ...
> #   MyLilyPondDocs/MyPictures/picn.eps
> #
> #   the preamble of lilybook.lytex should contain:
> #
> #    \graphicspath{{../MyPictures/}}
> #
> # The trailing slash "/" is required!
> #
>
> # Create directory to put all temporary stuff
> mkdir -p "$1:r"-out/
> # Copy local style files, if any, where latex will be able to find  
> them
> cp *.sty "$1:r"-out
> if ({ lilypond-book --output="$1:r"-out --psfonts "$1" }) then
>  cd "$1:r"-out
>  if ({ latex "$1" }) then
>    if ({ dvips -o -Ppdf -R0 -h "$1:r".psfonts "$1:r".dvi }) then
>      if ({ ps2pdf "$1:r".ps }) then
>        mv "$1:r".pdf ..
>      endif
>    endif
>  endif
> endif
>
>>
>> Good Luck,
>>
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
>
> Thank you very much!
>
> Michael
>
>
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