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Miscellaneous Scheme functions

ly-warn msg

Function

Scheme callable function to issue the warning msg.

ly-version

Function

Return the current lilypond version as a list, e.g. (1 3 127 uu1).

ly-gulp-file name

Function

Read the file named name, and return its contents in a string. The file is looked up using the lilypond search path.

dir?

Function

type predicate. A direction is a -1, 0 or 1, where -1 represents left or down and 1 represents right or up.

ly-number->string num

Function

converts num to a string without generating many decimals. It leaves a space at the end.

set-lily-option sym val

Function

Set a global option for the program. Supported options include midi-debug If set to true, generate human readable MIDI This function is useful to call from the command line: lilypond -e "(set-lily-option 'midi-debug #t)"

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