Lilypond Plug-In for TeXstudio

[hegelkoenig]

An excellent feature would be a plug-in, in which GNU Lilypond is integrated into TeXstudio. One can generate LaTeX files with music in a workaround with lilypond-book, but the flip-side is that one cannot generate .pdf previews in TeXstudio or other common LaTeX programs.

For example if something like this:

\documentclass[12pt, a4paper]{article}
%\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
    \textbf{C Major} \\
    %\noindent\includegraphics{c_major_scale.pdf}
    \begin{lilypond}
        #(set! paper-alist (cons '("mein Format" . (cons (* 16 cm) (* 3 cm))) paper-alist))
        \paper { 
            #(set-paper-size "mein Format") oddHeaderMarkup = "" evenHeaderMarkup = "" oddFooterMarkup = "" evenFooterMarkup = "" 
        }
        \layout { 
            indent = #0
        }
        \relative c' 
        {
            c16-1 d e f-1 g a b c-1 
            d e f-1 g a b c-5 b |
            a g f e-3 d c b-4 a 
            g f e-3 d c4 
            \bar"|."
        }
    \end{lilypond}
\end{document}

would generate something like this:

minexample.pdf

This would mean writing music with lilypond wouldn't have to be so complicated with lilypond-book or a few dozen snippet files that all have to separately converted into .pdf's. Instead, TeXstudio would be the ideal program to write all kinds of music books and sheet music.

[dbitouze]

Aside remark: are aware of https://ctan.org/pkg/lyluatex ?

[hegelkoenig]

No I wasn't. Included the package, doesn't seem to work with TeXstudio. None of the commands are recognised. In the package documentation the program TeXlive was used, I'll have a go with that. Would still prefer to use TeXstudio, as it has been flawless up until now.

[dbitouze]

It does work, but you have to define your own User Command in Options → Configure TeXstudio → Build → User Commands:

1. Click on "+ Add"
2. in the first box: user0: → user0:lyluatex (for instance)
3. in the second box: lualatex --shell-escape %
4. Click on "OK".

Now, open your file and run it with Alt+Maj+F1 (or visit Tools → User → 1: lyluatex).

The unrecognized commands by TXS may be recognized by (Lua)LaTeX: just is missing a .cwl file for all LilyPond macros (see section "4.13 Description of the cwl format" in TXS' manual).

TeX Live is not a problem: it is a TeX distribution, just as MiKTeX is, nothing to do with the LaTeX IDE as TXS is.

[hegelkoenig]

Tried it, seems to be doing something, but I get the following error:

Der Befehl "lilypond" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder konnte nicht gefunden werden.

...ta/Local/Programs/MiKTeX 2.9/tex/latex/base/ltluatex.lua:109: 
Module lyluatex Error: LilyPond could not be started.
(lyluatex)             Please check that LuaLaTeX is started with the
(lyluatex)             --shell-escape option, and that 'program'
(lyluatex)             points to a valid LilyPond executable.
(lyluatex)             on input line 1

Translation: the command "lilypond" is either written wrong or cannot be found.

[dbitouze]

Is lilypond in your PATH?

[hegelkoenig]

Probably not; how do I put it there?

[dbitouze]

Well, I'm a Linux user so I'm far from being a Windows expert. See e.g. "Running on the command-line" at http://lilypond.org/windows.html.

[hegelkoenig]

Followed the directions there, still no banana. I'll raise an issue for the lyluatex package and see if someone can help me there. Thanks a lot :)

[hegelkoenig]

https://github.com/jperon/lyluatex/issues/204