Re: Command Line call to LilyPond with PDF auto open

[Hans Aberg]

> On 18 Jan 2015, at 07:54, Matthew James Briggs <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> When calling LilyPond from the command line (I'm on Mac OS X) like this
> 
> exec /Applications/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin/lilypond "pathtomy.ly"
> 
> is there a flag to tell the program to open the compiled PDF when it's 
> finished like the GUI program does?

I use a script ‘lilypond' in the PATH containing:
  exec /Applications/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin/lilypond 
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Then run from the command line:
  lilypond <name>.ly && open <name>.pdf

In the past, Preview has not updated properly, but it can be useful anyhow, to 
get the document front.