Parameters are Optional
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Squib is all about sane defaults and shorthand specification. Arguments to DSL methods are almost always using hashes, which look a lot like `Ruby 2.0's named parameters <http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-2.0.0/doc/syntax/calling_methods_rdoc.html#label-Keyword+Arguments>`_. This means you can specify your parameters in any order you please. All parameters are optional.

For example ``x`` and ``y`` default to ``0`` (i.e. the upper-left corner of the card). Any parameter that is specified in the command overrides any Squib defaults or layout rules.

You must use *named parameters* rather than *positional parameters*. For example::

  save(:png) # wrong

will lead to an error like this:

.. code-block:: none

    C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/squib-0.0.3/lib/squib/api/save.rb:12:in `save': wrong number of arguments (2 for 0..1) (ArgumentError)
        from deck.rb:22:in `block in <main>'
        from C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/squib-0.0.3/lib/squib/deck.rb:60:in `instance_eval'
        from C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/squib-0.0.3/lib/squib/deck.rb:60:in `initialize'
        from deck.rb:18:in `new'
        from deck.rb:18:in `<main>'

Instead, you must name the parameters::

   save(format: :png) # the right way

.. warning::

  If you provide an option to a DSL method that the DSL method does not recognize, Squib ignores the extraenous option without warning. For example, these two calls have identical behavior::

    save_png prefix: 'front_'
    save_png prefix: 'front_', narf: true # narf has no effect

  This can be troublesome when you accidentally misspell an option and don't realize it.