Re: Problem with tempo marking and processing

[Mats Bengtsson]

Francesco Spiga wrote:
> If I define a command \tempoMark, as explained by Guide in Chapter 4...
>
>
> %%%%%SAMPLE BEGINS
>
> \version "2.8.6"
>
> tempoMark = #(define-music-function (parser location markp) (string?)
> # {
>  \once \override Score . RehearsalMark #'self-alignment-X = #left
>  \once \override Score . RehearsalMark #'no-spacing-rods = ##t
>  \mark \markup { \bold $markp }
> #})
>
> example = \relative c'' {
>  \tempoMark "Allegro"
>  a4 b c d
>  }
>
>  \score {
>  \new Staff \example
>  \layout { }
>
>  }
>
> %%%%%SAMPLE ENDS
>
> ... Lilypond does'nt create either PS file or PDF, although it does'nt
> give me error messages. It happens the same if I put tempoMark
> definitions in another file and insert \include command in example.ly.
>
> Could someone tell me where is my error in typing?

I do get an error message, even though it's maybe not so easy to decipher.
Just remove the space between # and { in the definition of tempoMark.
LilyPond is sometimes very picky about the syntax.

  /Mats