Re: Any LyX users? Missing prerequisites: lilypond-book->latex

[Damian leGassick]

fwiw I was never able to get Lyx’s native Lilypond mode working reliably. The 
manual was, and remains completely unhelpful.

That said, it is a good environment for embedding multiple Lilypond generated 
pdf/eps in a structured text document, because any changes in those pdf/eps 
files are picked up automatically without having to reimport them (cf MS Word) 
or even refresh Lyx - they just change.

I’ve typeset a long complex analytical doctoral thesis and several 
harmony/analysis workbooks like this and it works really well.

be aware that multi-page lilypond scores need to be imported into Lyx one page 
at a time - it will not ‘flow’ a score between multiple boxes.

My sense is also that for smaller documents, learning Lyx is actually more work 
than just learning lilypond-book as tweaks outside of what Lyx provides (and 
there could be many) require you to know your way around normal ()TeX.

D

> On 30 May 2022, at 19:08, David Wright <lilylis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> On Sun 29 May 2022 at 20:30:34 (-0400), Kevin Cole wrote:
>> [Asked on the lyx mailing list but, so far, no response.]
>> 
>> I'm running the latest -- and greatest(?)  -- release of Pop!_OS,
>> which is effectively Ubuntu. Specifically, 22.04 LTS ("Jammy").
>> 
>> I'm finding myself having a hard enough time with LilyPond alone,
>> without the added burden of learning everything about LaTeX, XeTeX,
>> LuaTeX, etc, (just to get the font I want) along with LilyPond-Book.
>> So, I'm hoping, for what I want to do, that LyX -- which I also don't
>> know, will be less of a climb.
> 
> It seems a slightly odd choice to me, as it's designed AIUI to give
> a more wysiwyg experience, which would seem to be the opposite of
> the lilypond-book workflow. Perhaps I'm wrong.
> 
>> I've just installed LyX and have not adjusted any preferences /
>> options / configurations. When I try Help -> Specific Manuals ->
>> LilyPond I get a pop-up:
> 
> Very appropriate!
> 
>> ______________________________________________
>> The module lilypond requires a package that is not
>> available in your LaTeX installation, or a converter that
>> you have not installed. LaTeX output may not be possible.
>> Missing prerequisites:
>>            lilypond-book->latex
>> See section 3.1.2.3 (Modules) of the User's Guide for more information.
>> ______________________________________________