> Maurizio Tomasi wrote:
> > Is it possible to force Lilypond to read a .ly file from the console?
> > Calling `ly2dvi' without arguments gives an help screen, and `ly2dvi -'
> > gives an error.
> >
> > Maurizio
>
> What do you mean?
> I usually just run
>
> 'ly2dvi file.ly'
>
> and i get the .dvi out of it. and the .midi when i have a \midi {} in
> the ly file...
>
> JuleYes, but suppose you want to pre-process your .ly file with m4 or cpp. If ly2dvi does not support reading files from console, you have to write: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- % m4 --define=SOMEMACRO test.ly > test-temp.ly % ly2dvi test-temp.ly % rm test-temp.ly -f (in fact, this is optional...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- But if Ly2dvi supported some `-'-like param, then I could write: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- % m4 --define=SOMEMACRO test.ly | ly2dvi -o test.dvi - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- without creating a temporary file, since ly2dvi would read the Mudela code from the console. It would not be a "great" feature, but sometimes it could be handy to have it... Maurizio _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
