Re: Output to SVG and PDF

[Jostle]

Thanks. I am using Ubuntu hirsute.

Most of my scores are choral works, of 4 to 20 pages, that generate pdf, 
svg and midi, plus midi for each part (usually 5 midi files). In some 
cases I also generate a modified score for the pianist using a \book 
section, for which I only need the pdf file.

I'm not suggesting that this is a bug in lilypond.

I am just trying to find out if there is a way to reduce the overhead of 
running lilypond twice, and repeating the same command in my build.sh 
script which means any changes to the lilypond options need to be made 
in two places.

As Knute has suggested, I could achieve the second part with variables 
that define the rest of the command.


On 12/6/21 3:54 am, Knute Snortum wrote:
> You don't say what environment you're on but you can always create a
> shell or batch file like this:
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> LY_HOME=/path/to/lilypond/lilypond-2.22.1/bin
> $LY_HOME/lilypond --pdf $@
> $LY_HOME/lilypond --svg $@
>
> --
> Knute Snortum
>
> On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 2:44 AM m.tarenskeen@kpnmail.nl
> <m.tarenskeen@kpnmail.nl> wrote:
> > Is it really so much more work to type two sequential lilypond commands on the 
> > commandline instead of one single commandbwith two different options?
> >
> > Verzonden vanaf mijn Huawei mobiele telefoon
> >
> >
> > -------- Oorspronkelijk bericht --------
> > Onderwerp: Output to SVG and PDF
> > Van: Jostle
> > Aan: lilypond-user@gnu.org
> > Cc:
> >
> >
> > Is there a way to generate BOTH svg AND pdf format output from one run
> > of lilypond?
> >
> > I have tried putting both --svg and --pdf on the command line, but all I
> > get is the svg output.
> >
> > Is it possible to define the output format in the .ly file in a \book
> > section?
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > jostle