Re: Error with -dbackend=null (Lilypond 2.23.10)

[Paolo Prete]

It Is very useful when I have to quickly correct syntax errors on a code that doesn't compile: given that It doesn't produce output, It shortens the time required for compiling. Is there an alternative that I can use?

Thanks,

Best

P

On Sunday, July 10, 2022, Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr> wrote:

Le 10 juil. 2022 à 12:43, Paolo Prete <paolopr976@gmail.com> a écrit :



Hello,

lilypond -dbackend=null foo.ly produces the following error:

GNU LilyPond 2.23.10 (running Guile 2.2)
Processing `foo.ly'
Parsing...
foo.ly:1: warning: no \version statement found, please add
\version "2.23.10"
for future compatibility
Interpreting music...
Preprocessing graphical objects...
Finding the ideal number of pages...
Fitting music on 1 page...
Drawing systems...ERROR: In procedure ly:book-process:
In procedure module-lookup: Unbound variable: output-stencils

...any feedback for this? Thanks

The ‘null’ backend was originally a quick hack for benchmarking. It was no longer useful and has been removed. What was your use case for it?

Best,

Jean