Thanks Karl \includegraphics seems to be the simplest and most flexible option for now (especially with that included preamble)
Damian > On 27 Nov 2017, at 09:49, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > > Damian: > ... >> I know how to work with figured bass in lilypond when there are >> notes, I meant to ask about how to include *just* the figure bass >> numbers in the middle of some text > ... > > To do *just* the figure bass numbers with no notes, see > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/figured-bass#entering-figured-bass > > E.g. make a file (let's call it a.ly for now) with > > \version "2.18" > \figures { <7! 6+ 4-> <5++> <3--> } > > and compile it and you'll get an output file with just the figered > bass line. > > If you change it to > > \version "2.18" > \include "lilypond-book-preamble.ly" > \figures { <7! 6+ 4-> <5++> <3--> } > > the output file will be cropped. It also produces files a-<number>.* > a-systems.*; just do a \includegraphics{a-1} to put that snippet in > your latex file (this is basically how lilypond-book does it). > > Regards, > /Karl Hammar > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Aspö Data > Lilla Aspö 148 > S-742 94 Östhammar > Sweden > +46 173 140 57 > > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user