Re: verbose does not work when invoked as -d option

[Ralph Palmer]

On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 10:29 AM, -Eluze <address@hidden> wrote:

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> when invoking lilypond with the command line option verbose only a few
> closing brackets are printed before the help text appears:
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> lilypond -dverbose=#t
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> GNU LilyPond 2.15.24
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> Usage: lilypond [OPTION]... FILE...
>
> Typeset music and/or produce MIDI from FILE.
>
> LilyPond produces beautiful music notation.
> For more information, see /…
>
> Options:
>  -d, --define-default=SYM[=VAL]   set Scheme option SYM to VAL (default:
> #t).
>                                     Use -dhelp for help.
>  -e, --evaluate=EXPR              evaluate scheme code
>  -f, --formats=FORMATs            dump FORMAT,...  Also as separate
> options:
>      --pdf                        generate PDF (default)
>      --png                        generate PNG
>      --ps                         generate PostScript
>  -h, --help                       show this help and exit
>  -H, --header=FIELD               dump header field FIELD to file
>                                     named BASENAME.FIELD
>  -I, --include=DIR                add DIR to search path
>  -i, --init=FILE                  use FILE as init file
>  -l, --loglevel=LOGLEVEL          print log messages according to LOGLEVEL.
> Possible values are:
>                                     NONE, ERROR, WARNING, BASIC, PROGRESS,
> INFO (default) and DEBUG.
>  -o, --output=FILE                write output to FILE (suffix will be
> added)
>      --relocate                   relocate using directory of lilypond
> program
>  -s, --silent                     no progress, only error messages
> (equivalent to loglevel=ERROR)
>  -v, --version                    show version number and exit
>  -V, --verbose                    be verbose (equivalent to loglevel=DEBUG)
>  -w, --warranty                   show warranty and copyright
>
> of course one can use  lilypond -V or lilypond --verbose
>
> should this option be removed from the -d options and the corresponding -d
> help ?
>
> Eluze
>
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>

Is -dverbose a legitimate option? I would have thought the form would be -d
--verbose. When I try that (lilypond -d --verbose FILENAME), I get
"warning: no such internal option: --verbose", but the score compiles
correctly.

Ralph