Re: I did not previously realize that Lilypond would automatically update pre-existing scores

[Kenneth Wolcott]

Thanks to all for the clarification.

Ken

On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 6:14 AM Sven Axelsson <sven.axelsson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 18 Feb 2023 at 09:03, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>>
>> I have some LIlypond code (from someone on the list) which is at
>> Lilypond version:
>>
>> grep version ./only_even_bars.ly
>> \version "2.22.0"
>>
>> ~/Downloads/lilypond-2.24.1/bin/lilypond ./only_even_bars.ly
>> GNU LilyPond 2.24.1 (running Guile 2.2)
>> Processing `./only_even_bars.ly'
>> Parsing...
>> Interpreting music...[8]
>> Preprocessing graphical objects...
>> Finding the ideal number of pages...
>> Fitting music on 1 page...
>> Drawing systems...
>> Converting to `only_even_bars.pdf'...
>> Success: compilation successfully completed
>>
>> No big fat warning.
>>
>> ~/Downloads/lilypond-2.24.1/bin/lilypond --version
>> GNU LilyPond 2.24.1 (running Guile 2.2)
>>
>> The resultant pdf is at Lilypond version 2.24.1 (attached).
>>
>> Hmmm...
>
>
> The version number in the footer just shows what version of Lilypond you 
> compiled with.
> It does not mean that your score was changed in any way, and if it contains 
> features that
> have been changed or deprecated the compilation will still fail and you need 
> to run
> convert-ly as usual.
>
> --
> Sven Axelsson
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