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)

Forward Point-and-Click

Backward (PDF to Score)

Backward Point-and-Click

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
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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.