Re: check score and print score errors

[Donald J. Stewart]

Thanks Richard, after Joe replied, I found the error by exporting the file to 
LilyPond and seeing the error.

As I'm creating a multi movement orchestral score, I used the

File->New From Current

feature to start the new movement.

I must have entered the forward slash when I first created the Glissandoskip 
command in

View->Lilypond  

On Tuesday, January 16, 2024 3:36:30 AM PST Richard Shann wrote:
> On Mon, 2024-01-15 at 15:24 -0800, Donald J. Stewart wrote:
> > Thanks Joe, I've been looking for that gremlin, but haven't found it
> > yet...
> > 
> > Also -- I forgot to attach the denemo file!
> 
> In the file you attached when compiling the LilyPond View highlights
> the first error as the text
> 
> 
> \glissandoSkipOn = {
>   \override NoteColumn.glissando-skip = ##t
>   \hide NoteHead
>   \override NoteHead.no-ledgers = ##t
> }
> 
> which is, indeed, wrong - there should be no backslash for a
> definition:
> 
> glissandoSkipOn = {
>   \override NoteColumn.glissando-skip = ##t
>   \hide NoteHead
>   \override NoteHead.no-ledgers = ##t
> }
> 
> The question then is, where did it come from - the directive is tagged
> Allow
> \glissandoSkipOn
> 
> which I'm guessing comes from custom code created with   
> 
> Command: LilyPond Definition
> Create a definition at the head of the LilyPond output. This can then
> be referenced in the music. See LilyPond documentation.
> Location: Object Menu ▶ Score
> Internal Name: LilyPondDefinition
> 
> 
> to define that variable. The mistake would then be that you tried to
> define the variable starting with a backslash, which is an illegal
> character in a variable name.
> 
> > > [...]
> > > 
> > > I'm trying to get around the Lilypond' Issue 34' grace note bug by
> 
> If you have an example where "Install Grace Note Hint" fails to fix the
> problem please post it to the list.
> 
> Richard
> 
> > > deleting
> > > events in an orchestral score until I can get a score to print
> > > cleanly.
> > > 
> > > I've deleted all events except 1 simple note -- and I'm getting a
> > > strange
> > > error.
> > > 
> > > Score->Check Score finishes with no errors, but clicking Typeset in
> > > Denemo
> > > Print View gives me an error...
> > > 
> > > 
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