Re: "-dshow-available-fonts" vs. UNIX stdout?

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Harkins" <address@hidden>
To: "lily-users" <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: "-dshow-available-fonts" vs. UNIX stdout?


> On 6/20/12, Ramana Kumar <address@hidden> wrote:
> > probably lilypond isn't writing to stdout. maybe stderr?
>
> OK, let me refine the question. If it isn't using stdout, is there a
> good reason why is it using something else? Or is it just a bug?
>
> hjh


As a general rule, Unix orientated programs direct the main output of the 
program to stdout, and other informative messages to stderr.  The main 
output of lilypond is the pdf, which actually goes to a file.  The 
informative messages (e.g. a list of fonts) continue to adopt the principle 
of going to stderr.

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Phil Holmes