Re: launch scripts (was: *.mid vs *.midi)

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Am 2008-05-18 um 13:57 schrieb Hans Aberg:
> > This is my lily.sh script for OSX:
>
> > - deletes previous myname.pdf
> > - runs lilypond myname.ly
> > - deletes old mylily.mid and renames myname.midi to myname.mid
> > - deletes myname.ps
> > - opens MIDI and PDF
>
> You don't have to remove older files, as they are overwritten. (In  
> OS X before 10.5, Preview and QuickTime are not dynamic, so that  
> they do not see the changes.)

I used the existence of a PDF as indicator if LilyPond was successful  
- it says "file failed" very often even if the output is ok.

Of course I must close MIDI and PDF before re-compiling. I could  
perhaps automate that with AppleScript (i.e. Python appscript), but I  
only tried a quick hack for convenience, not a complete lilypond  
shell... ;-)

Unfortunately MIDI is opened in QuickTime Player - I'd prefer to just  
play it, like in Finder, but I couldn't find a way.

> Also, you might put in an error if Lilypond fails
>   lilypond $1.ly || {error message; exit 1}
> or something.

Thanks for the hint, I should look up how I can check the result in  
an "if" statement...

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