Re: explicitly stating the output filename

[Stan Sanderson]

On Dec 3, 2007, at 9:50 AM, James E. Bailey wrote:

> Am 03.12.2007 um 16:45 schrieb Stan Sanderson:
>
> > On Dec 3, 2007, at 8:34 AM, James E. Bailey wrote:
> >
> > > While I'm fine just renaming my files after they are created or  
> > > passing the output filename in my command-line options (I'm on  
> > > 2.11.35-2 Mac OSX), I was just wondering if there's a way to  
> > > explictly set the filename in my lilypond file. Something akin to  
> > > the point-and-click option.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> >
> >
> > James-
> >
> > Not too closely related to "point and click", but...
> >
> > If your PATH includes
> > /Applications/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin
> > you can open your terminal application and enter
> > lilypond --help
> >
> > You will see a list of options which includes the key for setting  
> > the output file name.
> >
> > e.g., lilypond -o Myfile sourcefile.ly
> >
> > To check your path, type "env" in the terminal window.
> >
> >
> > Stan
>
> Yeah, I'm fine doing it that way, I was just wondering if I could  
> include that option in my lilypond file so I don't have to type it  
> into my command line each time.

My apologies for reading your post too quickly; mea culpa.

Stan