2009/11/11 Patrick McCarty <pnor...@gmail.com>: > On 2009-11-11, Francisco Vila wrote: >> Hello. When LilyPond for Linux encounters a BOM from files made with >> the Windows notepad, it issues an error. > > Has this always been the case, or is this a new issue with 2.13.7?
I vaguely remember it happening from 2005. > >> I think it should continue making the PDF anyway, because the file has >> an otherwise correct syntax; what do you think? > > Yes, definitely. The BOM is permitted by the UTF-8 spec, so an error > should not be issued. The problem is that young starters receive perfectly detailed instructions and they give me working files except for this; it is embrassing for me having still to edit their files to produce a PDF in my Linux system. A warning would suffice; is there a way to convert an error into a warning? -- Francisco Vila. Badajoz (Spain) www.paconet.org www.csmbadajoz.com _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
