2006/4/11, Geoff Horton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:>
> I don't know if that information helps at all, but at least it provides some> sort of motivation for the behaviour. In any case, I would vote for changing> it too.But what if a person wants to refer to a Scheme variable (as in the
point-and-click exam
On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:31, Geoff Horton wrote:
> > I don't know if that information helps at all, but at least it provides
> > some sort of motivation for the behaviour. In any case, I would vote for
> > changing it too.
>
> But what if a person wants to refer to a Scheme variable (as in the
> poi
> Probably the best thing would be to make real options for the
> variables people actually want to set often.
I can't argue with that in principle, but the more I read on this
list, the more I realize that Lily is used for many different styles
and to many different ends. Determining who the "peo
On 4/11/06, Geoff Horton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But what if a person wants to refer to a Scheme variable (as in the
> point-and-click example)? I agree it's far from ideal, but I think
> switching to auto-quoting arguments would break more than it solves.
Probably the best thing would be to
> Without having looked at the code, I'd say that the reason is that the
> argument gets parsed as a scheme value. So if you say -dpaper-size=HELLO,
> that is equivalent to having
> #(set-default-paper-size HELLO)
> in your file. But of course you want something like
> #(set-default-paper-size "HEL
On 11-Apr-06, at 12:45 AM, Cameron Horsburgh wrote:
Hmm. I've nailed down the syntax, but the -d flag seems to be able to
take a whole range of parameters, and I'm not sure if we really need to
list this as a specific instance.
I already considered this. :)
I think it's worth it. We alread
On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:19, Cameron Horsburgh wrote:
> Joe Neeman wrote:
> >> ERROR: Unbound variable: a5
> >
> > -dpaper-size=\"letter\" works for me. But it seems as though
> > -dpaper-size=letter would be the better way. Is there a reason it doesn't
> > work this way?
>
> Good question. Using the
Cameron Horsburgh wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm in the process of writing up some of the previously undocumented
> features in the NEWS files. I'm having a bit of trouble with this comment:
>
> **
> The default paper size may now be set from the command line using
> -dpaper-size.
> *
Joe Neeman wrote:
>> ERROR: Unbound variable: a5
> -dpaper-size=\"letter\" works for me. But it seems as though
> -dpaper-size=letter would be the better way. Is there a reason it doesn't
> work this way?
>
Good question. Using the quotes isn't that obvious, and escaping them
even less so. I'l
On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:02, Cameron Horsburgh wrote:
> After looking at the usage statement I tried
>
> lilypond -dpaper-size=a5 sample.ly
>
> but I get:
>
> ERROR: Unbound variable: a5
-dpaper-size=\"letter\" works for me. But it seems as though
-dpaper-size=letter would be the better way. Is ther
Hi folks,
I'm in the process of writing up some of the previously undocumented
features in the NEWS files. I'm having a bit of trouble with this comment:
**
The default paper size may now be set from the command line using
-dpaper-size.
**
I'm having trouble passing paper sizes t
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