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I'm using Abjad to create pdf's of lilypond files my python program has written.

When I use the abjad.show() method, I get the image that I want, but I can't figure out how to save it as a pdf somewhere my program can use.

The documentation mentions something about changing the abjad_output_directory in the config.py file, but there's no other mention of the config.py file. I can't figure out where the pdf's are being saved to on my Mac.

Is there an easy way to simply save the generated pdf as a file in the same directory as the program I'm in?

Zalman Kelber
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The documentation for abjad.system.AbjadConfiguration might be helpful:

  • It mentions where the abjad.cfg file is, in which you can hopefully define an output directory, and
  • It has a method for finding the abjad output directory: abjad_output_directory

I have not been able to test this myself, but hopefully it is enough for you.

Billy Brown
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you can set the following keywords in show():

abjad.show(notes, output_directory=r"C:\path\to\somewhere", should_open=False)

Answering in case anyone else searches this question as it was hard to figure out.

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