Re: export as image (png)

[Hans Aikema]

> On 21 Jan 2017, at 17:31, Lodewijk de Vries <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I'm a music teacher, and I'd like to use LilyPond to create music notation 
> examples, to use them in lessons, tests and theory overviews. Pretty much 
> like the graphic examples in the LilyPond handbook, 
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/5f/lily-9dc23fce.png for example.
> 
> But: I don't know how to create the PNG files. I've done some research, and I 
> found out that it can be done through use of the command line. I never used 
> the command line (or the terminal), so guess I'm stuck there.
> 
> Can someone explain to me what to do, in order to create small notation 
> snippets, like in the handbook? Currently I'm using LilyPond on my Macbook 
> (OS X).
> 
> Thanks!
> - Lodewijk
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Lodewijk,

assuming that you installed Lilypond within /Applications like any regular Mac 
OS application (drag-and-drop to the Applications). The procedure for getting a 
PNG would be:

- Open the Terminal app
- cd to the folder that contains your Lilypond file (assuming you filed it 
somewhere inside Documents it would be done using
cd ~/Documents/your/deeper/folders
- from there start the lilypond executable with the proper commandline options:
/Applications/Lilypond.app/Contents/Resources/bin/lilypond -fpng 
yourLIlypondFile.ly


In order to get such small snippets you would also have to optimize the 
papersize in your snippet (or use post-processing with a graphics application 
to cut away the superfluous unused paper from the image)
If you need help on that part as well I would be happy to help you there as 
well. Just let me know.


regards,
Hans