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

[David Kastrup]

Paolo Prete <paolopr976@gmail.com> writes:

>> On Sunday, July 10, 2022, David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr> writes:
>>>
>>> > Le 10/07/2022 à 17:38, Paolo Prete a écrit :
>>> >> I just used -dno-print-pages as an alternative, and it works.
>>> >> Will it be removed too in the future?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I can't speak for future developers of LilyPond. On
>>> > the other hand, unlike -dbackend=null, -dno-print-pages
>>> > is documented with an explanation of its use case (not
>>> > outputting the "main" PDF when using -dcrop or -dpreview),
>>> > so it certainly won't be removed as a mere cleanup.
>>>
>>> Cough cough.
>>>
>>> git show release/2.21.0-1:Documentation/usage/running.itely
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>     @item null
>>>     Do not output a printed score.  This has the same effect as
>>>     @code{-dno-print-pages}.
>>>
>>
>> --
>> David Kastrup
>>
>
> ?

I was just showing that -dbackend=null had been documented in the
"Running Lilypond" guide.

-- 
David Kastrup