Auto-generate pdf for Lilypond.

gulpfile.js

var gulp = require('gulp');
var path = require('path');
var shell = require('gulp-shell')

gulp.task('default', ['watch']);

gulp.task('watch', function(){
  gulp.watch('./**/*.ly', ['build']);
});

gulp.task('build', function () {
  return gulp.src('*.ly', {read: false})
  .pipe(shell([
    'docker run -i --rm -v $(pwd):/work -w /work mikechernev/lilypond lilypond <%= f(file.path) %>',
  ], {
    templateData: {
      f: function (s) {
        return path.basename(s);
        //return s.replace(/$/, '.bak')
      },
    }
  }))
})

package.json

{
  "name": "lilypond",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "description": "Auto-generate pdf for lilypond using the mikechernev/lilypond of DockerImage",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "gulp"
  },
  "author": "neske",
  "license": "MIT",
  "devDependencies": {
    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
    "gulp-shell": "^0.5.2"
  }
}

Prerequisites

• Node.js v6.+
• Docker
• This Docker image: mikechernev/lilypond

Usage

# Provide docker image
docker pull mikechernev/lilypond

# Clone this files
git clone https://gist.github.com/b11a9ee01725832194f45dee2546745b.git lilypond-builder
cd lilypond-builder

# install dependencies
npm install

# New files
touch my_beautiful_score.ly

# Start watch
npm start

# Edit files
vim my_beautiful_score.ly
# If you saved, start building automatically.
# If you created new file after `npm start` job, require restart this.