Re: \version statement, etc.

[Paul Scott]

On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 08:03:44PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
> 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.

That should have been "It has to do wih all of my Lily projects."
 
> > Does LilyPond use the version statements for more than just
> > convert-ly?
> 
> For the warnings.

Great!  I want the warnings if I have my versions wrong.

> >> > 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.

I am trying to use version statements correctly and efficiently.
Why doesn't my example work or how should I do it differenly?

Paul