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Re: \version statement, etc.
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David Kastrup |
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Re: \version statement, etc. |
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Tue, 17 Oct 2017 20:03:44 +0200 |
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Paul Scott <address@hidden> writes:
> On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 07:42:42PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
>> Paul Scott <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>> > On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 06:51:37PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
>> >> Paul Scott <address@hidden> writes:
>> >>
>> >> > \include brings the version warning as follows:
>> >> >
>> >> > To avoid changing the version on each of my many .ly files
>> >>
>> >> You aren't supposed to change the version on each of your many .ly
>> >> files: that would be pointless since that doesn't upgrade the syntax.
>> >> You are supposed to update them with convert-ly.
>> >>
>> >> convert-ly -ed *.ly
>> >>
>> >> will do the job.
>> >
>> > Thank you for replying.
>> >
>> > This has nothing to do with convert-ly.
>>
>> Why?
>
> It has to do will all the Lily projects. I certainly appreciate all the
> work on convert-ly and I keep my code current anyway.
That isn't an answer to the question why maintaining version statements
should have nothing to do with convert-ly. The first sentence is not
even a sentence.
> Does LilyPond use the version statements for more than just
> convert-ly?
For the warnings.
>> > This is how I set up all my projects for efficient (from my point of
>> > view) editing.
>>
>> So?
>
> So, why does my minimal example give a warning even though it works
> perfectly? Which means all of my projects will give that warning even
> though they work.
That is the whole _point_ of a warning: LilyPond is able to complete the
job which _may_ mean that it works perfectly but it cannot be sure. For
example, because it does not know for which version some file has been
written.
--
David Kastrup
- \version statement, etc., Paul Scott, 2017/10/17
- Re: \version statement, etc., Simon Albrecht, 2017/10/17
- Re: \version statement, etc., Malte Meyn, 2017/10/17
- Re: \version statement, etc., Phil Holmes, 2017/10/17
- Re: \version statement, etc., David Kastrup, 2017/10/17
- Re: \version statement, etc., Paul Scott, 2017/10/17
- Re: \version statement, etc., David Kastrup, 2017/10/17
- Re: \version statement, etc., Paul Scott, 2017/10/17
- Re: \version statement, etc., David Kastrup, 2017/10/17
- Re: \version statement, etc., Paul Scott, 2017/10/17
- Re: \version statement, etc.,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: \version statement, etc., Paul Scott, 2017/10/17
- Re: \version statement, etc., David Kastrup, 2017/10/17
- Re: \version statement, etc., Paul Scott, 2017/10/17
- Re: \version statement, etc., Paul Scott, 2017/10/17
- Re: \version statement, etc., David Wright, 2017/10/17
- Re: \version statement, etc., Paul Scott, 2017/10/17
- Re: \version statement, etc., David Kastrup, 2017/10/17
- Re: \version statement, etc., David Kastrup, 2017/10/17