Re: build of Lilypond 2.3.20

[Mats Bengtsson]

Christ van Willegen wrote:
> Hi Victor,
>
>
> > test.ly:2:12: error: unknown escaped string: `\notes':
> >      \notes
> >             <<
> >
> > test.ly:2:11: error: parse error, unexpected STRING:
> >      \note
> >           s <<
>
>
> This was answered a couple of days back on the mailing list.
>
> Try convert-ly --help...
>
> convert-ly needs to know for what version of lilypond your file has been write
> for in order to convert it.
> You can either put a \version "x.x.x" statement in your lilypond file or use the
> --from=version convert-ly's switch.
>
> The short answer is: just delete the \notes, and it will work, as far as I can
> tell.
>
> This should be changed on the web pages as well...

Yes, but still you should not expect to be able to do anything
useful with LilyPond without reading most of the tutorial, at least.
And, the tutorial for version 2.3 is different from the tutorial for
version 2.2. Actually, I think it makes sense to keep the general
description at the web pages synchronized with the latest stable
version. A user who is daring enough to download the latest development
version should also be prepared to meet some extra problems.

   /Mats