Maurizio Tomasi wrote:
>>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...
>>
>>Jule
>
>
> Yes, 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
>
Aaaah ok, now i get it...that's way over my head..:) sorry i can't help you any
farther...i guess Jan and Han-Wen can fix that.
Jule
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