> On 9 Jun, 2020, at 5:54 AM, Matt Wallis <m7...@acumen-it.co.uk> wrote: > > I found > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2020-05/msg00148.html very > interesting. > It describes how to get lilypond to print out dependencies. Have you looked > into this?
That’s from the start of this thread and I’m making use of it in the with-deps.ly file (and in parse-only.ly on the GNUmake_dependencies branch). I don’t use it exactly as it was originally presented in that message because the format wasn’t make-freindly, but ly:source-files is the starting point for generating the list of prerequisites. > Be clear about the difference between = and :=. You are using = when := would > work fine. That’s a good point. I’m carrying over some bad practices from the original Makefile example in the documentation and should clean that up as much as possible. > Put everything that moves (!) into a variable. For example, I'd have > > PDF_DIR := PDF/ > > Include the backslash when you define a directory (as above). This is a habit > I've got into and now rely on. It helps me. Can you elaborate on this? Why would this be better than what I’ve got? ✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝ Fr. Samuel, OSB (R. Padraic Springuel) St. Anselm’s Abbey 4501 South Dakota Ave, NE Washington, DC, 20017 202-269-2300 (c) 202-853-7036 PAX ☧ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ