Re: what is wrong with this \markup /padding?

[Daniel Johnson]

Jay Hamilton, Sound and Silence wrote:

> I think I've copied (retyped) it from the manual.
>
> \once \override TextScript #'padding = 2.0
> \markup{ \italic Moderato }
>
> All I am attemptin is to get the word Moderato higher above the notes 
> of the staff.
>
> the response I get is
>
> C:/Documents and Settings/Owner/Desktop/NoteWorthy/nwc 
> files/Guitar/Oud bk 2 line 94-224/Oud 129-132.ly:27:40: error: syntax 
> error, unexpected '.'
> \once \override TextScript #'padding = 2
>                                        .0
you need a hash-mark before the 2.0:
\once \override TextScript #'padding = #2.0

> C:/Documents and Settings/Owner/Desktop/NoteWorthy/nwc 
> files/Guitar/Oud bk 2 line 94-224/Oud 129-132.ly:28:9: error: unknown 
> escaped string: `\italic'
> \markup{
>         \italic Moderator }
>
> So what am I doing wrong?
> Thank you.