invoking stdin: a use case?
Hi LilyPonders, in Usage 1.2: When invoked with a filename that has no extension, the ‘.ly’ extension is tried first. To read input from stdin, use a dash (-) for file. I wonder what's the use of stdin. Can you show a use case? I'm translating the Usage manual so I want to be sure that I've understood it correctly. I guess that the dash **replaces** the file, so the command is: lilypond - BTW, I think that in the following sentence: When ‘filename.ly’ is processed it will produce ‘filename.ps’ and ‘filename.pdf’ as output. ‘filename.ps’ should be removed (or at least you should say that .ps file will be converted to .pdf and then deleted), otherwise new users might wonder where the .ps file has gone. Cheers, Federico ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: invoking stdin: a use case?
On Thu 17 Mar 2011, 12:19 Federico Bruni wrote: Hi LilyPonders, Hi! in Usage 1.2: When invoked with a filename that has no extension, the ‘.ly’ extension is tried first. To read input from stdin, use a dash (-) for file. I wonder what's the use of stdin. Can you show a use case? I'm translating the Usage manual so I want to be sure that I've understood it correctly. I guess that the dash **replaces** the file, so the command is: lilypond - cat test.ly | lilypond -o TEST - for instance. You'll get TEST.pdf here. Without -o TEST it produces -.pdf actually. Probably, i would like it do make stdin.pdf really, by the way. Don't know whether it's better .) BTW, I think that in the following sentence: When ‘filename.ly’ is processed it will produce ‘filename.ps’ and ‘filename.pdf’ as output. ‘filename.ps’ should be removed (or at least you should say that .ps file will be converted to .pdf and then deleted), otherwise new users might wonder where the .ps file has gone. -- Dmytro O. Redchuk Bug Squad ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: invoking stdin: a use case?
cat test.ly | lilypond -o TEST - for instance. You'll get TEST.pdf here. Ok, thanks! I had seen this before (when importing GPG keys, for example), but apparently I hadn't got the role of - :-) ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
