LilyPond PDF Preview

Provides PDF Preview for LilyPond-generated PDFs. Supports point-and-click from PDF to source code.

Included in the VSLilyPond extension.

Features

Two-way Point and Click 📄

Forward (Score to PDF)

Backward (PDF to Score)

Requirements

• VSCode 1.46.0 minimum

• (Optional but recommended): VSLilyPond -- Provides advanced LilyPond language support

Usage Guide

• Open your LilyPond-compiled PDF in VSCode using the LilyPond PDF Preview option. If you have multiple PDF previewer extensions, make sure that you choose LilyPond PDF Preview when opening the file.

• Forward point-and-click

  • Click on the code location you are interested in, then execute the LilyPond PDF Preview: Go to PDF location from Cursor command
    • Press Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + P to open the Command Palette
    • It is advisable to bind a shortcut to this feature as you please via the Command Palette

• Backward point-and-click

  • Click on any of the noteheads etc..

Extension Settings

• Settings: See docs/SETTINGS.md
• Commands: See docs/COMMANDS.md

Issues

Please submit issues in the GitHub repository.

Contributing

• File bugs and/or feature requests in the GitHub repository
• Pull requests are welcome in the GitHub repository
• Buy me a Coffee ☕️ via PayPal

Development

Requirements

• VSCode
• npm

Setup

• Clone repository

  git clone https://github.com/lhl2617/VSLilyPond-PDF-preview

• Install npm dependencies

  npm i

• Hit F5 to run an Extension Development Host.

  See here for a detailed extension development guide.

Releasing

Releasing is done automatically via GitHub Actions. Bump the version in package.json and update CHANGELOG.md before merging into the default branch.

Acknowledgements

• This extension is based on tomoki1207/vscode-pdf, licensed under the MIT License.
• This extension bundles pdf.js, licensed under the Apache License 2.0.