Eluze <elu...@gmail.com> writes:
> Am 25.03.2012 19:35, schrieb David Kastrup:
>
>
>
> Personally, I think it would make more sense if people just placed
> assignments to output-filename and output-suffix inside of the book's
> paper block. That's straightforward to understand and does not require
> keeping magical ordering relations in mind. \bookOutputName is more
> like a compatibility API. A courtesy to keep around, but not as
> straightforward in its implications.
>
>
> this works:
>
> bigMargin = \paper { top-margin = 10 \cm }
> \book {
> \paper {
> \bigMargin
> #(define output-filename "output-filename")
> }
> \relative {c d e f}
> }
Ugh. Why don't you write
\paper {
\bigMargin
output-filename = "output-filename"
}
> this not (because of the order):
>
> \book {
> \paper {
> #(define output-suffix "output-filename")
> \bigMargin
> }
> \relative {c d e f}
> }
Hardly surprising now, is it, if you write it as _assignment_ rather
than as some weird Scheme block?
> output-suffix is mentioned in Usage, Snippets and NR; output-filename
> can not be found
I was not suggesting that the documentation was already in a useful
state. Rather I was suggesting _how_ we should preferably fix it.
--
David Kastrup
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