Re: lilypond-book: filename option

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> the snippets change the name to something else.  Random number are great
> for transaction protocols and such, but for things which persist like
> files (functions, machines, etc.), I think random numbers are completely
> inappropriate.  If I'm going to have to deal with something more than
> transiently, I like to give it a name I can remember.
> 
> "There's a problem compiling lily-314159.ly...  Which snippet is that?
> grep 313159 source.  Oops, grep 314159 source.  Still nothing.
> grep 413159 source.html.  I mean grep 314159 source.html.   Need more
> context.  vim source.html, search for 314159 ... Oh, that snippet.
> quit.  vim source.  find the snippet.  What was the error again?"

You also have a point here.  What really is necessary that
lilypond-book builds a map from

              lily-XXXXXXXX

to

              foo.html, line X 

I'll see if I can cook up something.

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