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From: | Phil Holmes |
Subject: | lilypond-windows and -dgui |
Date: | Sat, 2 Jul 2011 17:28:50 +0100 |
Anyway, in an idle moment I remembered that there a 2 exes in the \bin directory - lilypond.exe and lilypond-windows.exe, and I'd never been able to work out what each actually does. I thought one might be able to make the "grab the output" exercise easier, and so I've been experimenting.
By default, lilypond.exe (when run from the command line) creates a PDF and sends all output to the cmd window. lilypond-windows.exe runs completely silently (the prompt returns immediately) and all you get is the output file - the PDF. However, if you run lilypond.exe -dgui file.ly, all you get in the command window is the version number - the output goes to file.log - without the version statement. If you run lilypond-windows.exe -dgui file.ly then there is no screen output and you get the same logfile as before.
I only found the -dgui by googling for lilypond-windows.exe (although I do remember this option being mentioned to me on one of the lists). Could we get it (and also the function of lilypond-windows.exe) documented - the usage manual would seem the best option?
-- Phil Holmes Bug Squad
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