Re: (re?)directing compile output to a file

[Jonathan Kulp]

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Graham Percival
<address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 06:12:17AM -0700, -Eluze wrote:
>>
>> imo this should be described more clearly in a manual - specially for users
>> who are not accustomed to the shell/dos/cmd prompt!
>
> Unfortunately we cannot address the entire topic of shell commands
> in the lilypond manual.  As we mention at the beginning of the
> relevant chapters, users unfamiliar with the shell are encouraged
> to find a tutorial about bash -- there are many, many tutorials
> and help pages out there.
>

It took me about 5 seconds to find a website explaining DOS prompt
redirects, and another couple of minutes to absorb the info. It would
be overkill to include this stuff in LP manuals.

Jon
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