Re: Enhancement request: Termination message for lilypond compilations

[Ian Hulin]

On 25/03/10 00:22, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Ian Hulin<address@hidden>  wrote:
> > I've always thought it a real shame that the standard set of messages from
> > lilypond left you with a nagging sense of uncertainty whether it had
> > actually completed or not.
> >
> > Typically, you would see this:
>
> Why don't you alias lilypond to
>
>    (lilypond "$*"&&  echo Success) || echo Failed
1. Lilypond is a multi-OS application, it doesn't just run under bash on 
a Linux-derived OS (e.g cmd on Windows, running from detached "gui" 
environment from JEdit or Frescobaldi - btw JEdit could also be running 
under Windows).
> simpler, and more conformant to the unix tradition ("no news is good news").

2. Not necessarily transportable (see above).
3. "no news is good news" is also positive spin for "developers can't 
bothered" or "developer can't be bothered with user perspective of using 
the application". :-}

Seriously though, the current situation for Lilypond is inconsistent. 
If you have a set of
        doing this. . .
        doing that. . .
        doing the other. . .

messages, your application should have the good manners to let the user 
know it's finished
        doing . . .
and has either
        . . .succeeded
or
        . . .failed.
Cheers,
Ian