Re: lilypond-windows.exc vs lilypond-exc

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Helge Kruse" <address@hidden>
To: "MING TSANG" <address@hidden>
Cc: "Lilypond-user Mailinglist" <address@hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 4:59 AM
Subject: Re: lilypond-windows.exc vs lilypond-exc


> There is lilypond.exe and lilypond-windows.exe in the Lilypond edition
> for Microsoft Windows.
> You use lilypond.exe when you want to capture the output of the
> program, e.g. error messages.
> lilypond-windows.exe opens a new window, outputs the messages in this
> windows and closes it finally.I usually make mistakes and want to see
> the messages, so I use always lilypond.exe
>
> Regards
> Helge

This is covered quite nicely in the documentation:

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/usage/command_002dline-usage

"Note to Windows users: By default lilypond.exe outputs all progress 
information to the command window,lilypond-windows.exe does not and returns 
a prompt, with no progress information, immediately at the command line. The'-dgui' 
option can be used in this case to redirect output to a log file."

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Phil Holmes