Re: Snippet only as PDF

[David Wright]

On Sun 27 Feb 2022 at 14:16:32 (+0100), Bophead 2000 wrote:

> > > I want to produce lilypond snippets to be used within a text – but only in
> > > one graphics file format (PDF, EPS or SVG). In the moment I am using a
> > > method I copied from the examples in the HTML-manuals putting the
> > > following in front of the music:
> > >
> > > \include "lilypond-book-preamble.ly <http://lilypond-book-preamble.ly>"

[ … ]

> > > So far everything is working but what annoys me are all those files that I
> > > don’t need: tex, texi etc. (I am not using LaTeX) cluttering my folders.
> > > (Don’t get me wrong – those files may be useful and necessary if using
> > > LaTeX, but I am using ConTeXt so I have no use for them.)
> > >
> > > So my question is:
> > >
> > > What is the simplest way to get snippets cut down to only content as only
> > > one file – be it PDF, EPS or SVG?

> Back to pure Lilypond:
> 
> Nonetheless I would still like to know if there is a way to render a
> snippet cut to its pure musical content in only one file format. Me and
> others might have a use for such snippets as graphics for other programs as
> well that do not integrate Lilypond as well as ConTeXt.
> 
> (From ConTeXt I am used to “--purgeall” to get rid of all the auxiliary
> files. But something like that doesn’t seem to to exist for Lilypond as
> there is an intention behind all those files).

Hraban, as a ConTeXt user, may have more idea of your workflow.
My scripts merely remove the excess files, using constructs
like "${Sourcefilename/%.ly/.log}" to generate their names.

(Actually they don't remove the files, but move them to a nonce
directory under /tmp, so that they could be inspected if required.
/tmp is cleaned automatically.)

Cheers,
David.