Re: Syntax questions

[Rick Hansen (aka RickH)]

What helped me a lot was to begin using an editor that supports syntax
highlighting.  I created a lilypond highlighting file for the Context text
editor some months ago, and uploded it to the forum area at ( www.context.cx
).  I included every known reserved word I could find as of v2.8 (a couple
thousand words in this highlighter at least, and it took me all week to
gather up the words).

(unfortunately it is only for Windows but it is the best and fastest text
editor I've found for lilypond or any programming language FTM)

If you are on Windows, install Context, then find the highlighter I uploaded
to the forum area (not the download area).  Copy the hilighter file to the
highlighters folder, and open Context fresh.  Now when you edit .ly files,
the syntax will become abundantly clear, as it will even "separate out" the
imbedded Scheme on it's own background.  It will also hilight your .ps files
.bat files, etc.





Benjamin Esham wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> Lilypond and I are disagreeing about some syntax in 2.8, hopefully  
> someone can help...
> 
> I have a statement like
> 
>    hn = { \markup{Hn.} }
> 
> in the body of my .ly file; it's not inside any blocks or anything,  
> it's just out by itself.  Lilypond claims that the above statement is  
> a syntax error, but I have a line directly above it like
> 
>    bigBar = { \bar "||" \mark \default }
> 
> Is there something special about the \markup command that prevents it  
> from being used in shortcuts like that?
> 
> Also, I'm having difficulty understanding the syntax of the \column  
> command.  The manual tells me I should give it a "list of args", but  
> gives no idea as to what delimiters such a list would use.  (A single  
> example would go a long way here.)  Can someone provide a simple  
> example of \column?
> 
> Thanks a lot for any help!
> 
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