Re: Issue 714 in lilypond: let the .ly file specify the output filename

[M Watts]

> 2. Could I ask the developers that maybe this should be implemented as
>
> /outputfile "<the-filespec-you-want-without-a-path-or-extension>" 
>
> As the name is likely to get used for the graphical score out .pdf, .png etc.
> and will probably also be used as the name for the .mid(i) file outputs.
>
> Or would you want to do this with properties, e.g.
>
> /layout {
>
>     outputfile = "foo"
>
> }
>
> /midi {
>
>     outputfile = "bar"
>
> }
>   

Sorry to be pedantic, but any solution would use backslashes (\) , not 
forward ones (/) :)
> Just my 2p worth,
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ian
>
> P.S. is there any way I could contribute to Lily if I only have a Windows only
> system, or do you have to run Linux to be a grown-up Lily developer?
>   

No prima facie reason why not, but Lilypond uses the git versioning 
system, which can be tricky to get running on Windows, or so I'm told.