On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:15:51 -0400, Johnny Ferguson wrote: > looking through the man page, it seems you're pointing to the "-f" > option. I take it that the default settings are "--formats=pdf,ps" > > specifying explicitly "--formats=pdf" should override this. Any idea why > ps output is a default?
Because, as you might have guessed from the messages lilypond emmits, the pdf output is generated by converting the ps output. So 'formats=pdf' just deletes the postscript file after processing. > Also, why isn't midi one of the options? It seems kind of odd that > command-line options determine output, but only to an extent. Midi > output seems to be a feature of the language. That seems kind of messy > to me. Maybe because midi isn't a graphical output format? The formats parameter lets you select one or more file formats for graphical output, midi is a completely differnt kind of animal, it requires changes to the lilypond file. HTH Ralf Mattes > On 06/06/2010 10:02 AM, Graham Percival wrote: >> On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 07:25:09PM +0530, Disc Magnet wrote: >>> When I run the command: lilypond foo.ly, it generates a foo.ps as well >>> as foo.pdf. Is there a way to suppress the creation of the foo.ps >>> file? >> >> Yes. You might want to read the output of --help, or else look in the >> manual. >> >> Cheers, >> - Graham >> >> _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing >> list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
