Re: Error with -dbackend=null (Lilypond 2.23.10)

[David Kastrup]

Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr> writes:

> Le 10/07/2022 à 17:38, Paolo Prete a écrit :
>> I just used -dno-print-pages as an alternative, and it works.
>> Will it be removed too in the future?
>
>
> I can't speak for future developers of LilyPond. On
> the other hand, unlike -dbackend=null, -dno-print-pages
> is documented with an explanation of its use case (not
> outputting the "main" PDF when using -dcrop or -dpreview),
> so it certainly won't be removed as a mere cleanup.

Cough cough.

git show release/2.21.0-1:Documentation/usage/running.itely

[...]

    @item null
    Do not output a printed score.  This has the same effect as
    @code{-dno-print-pages}.


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David Kastrup