Re: Not recognizing "\notes", install problem?

[David Bobroff]

Seumas McX wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is probably something really simple, but I'm trying to compile the
> following file and I get a lot of errors (including not recognizing "\notes"
> as a command). I'm guessing it's an installation error and probably
> something obvious  - can anyone point me to a fix for this?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Seumas
>
> Install info: Lilypond 2.10.5 installed via synaptic package manager on
> Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty)
>
> File that does compile:
> -------------------------------------------------------
> {
>   c' e' g' e'
> }
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> File that doesn't compile:
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> \include "bagpipe.ly"
>
> \paper {
>         linewidth = 8.0 \in
>         raggedright = ##t
> }
>
> \score {
>          \notes {
>                 \key a \mixolydian
>                 \gGr a4 \gGr b \gGr c
>                 \gGr d \gGr e \gGr f \haGr g
>                 ha4
>         }
> }

I've never done any setting of bagpipe music so I'm not sure what \gGr 
is supposed to do, but I *do* know that the '\notes' syntax was done 
away with a LONG time ago (couple years maybe, not sure how many 
releases, ago).  Perhaps there has been a syntax change in the bagpipe 
definitions.  Are you returning to LilyPond from a long break?

Hope this points you in the right direction.

-David Bobroff

> -------------------------------------------------------
> Error message for above:
> -------------------------------------------------------
> grace.ly:10:9: error: unknown escaped string: `\notes'
>          
>          \notes {
> grace.ly:10:9: error: syntax error, unexpected STRING
>          
>          \notes {
> grace.ly:12:16: error: unknown escaped string: `\gGr'
>
>                 \gGr a4 \gGr b \gGr c
> grace.ly:12:16: error: syntax error, unexpected STRING
>
>                 \gGr a4 \gGr b \gGr c
> grace.ly:12:24: error: unknown escaped string: `\gGr'
>                 \gGr a4 
>                         \gGr b \gGr c
> grace.ly:12:31: error: unknown escaped string: `\gGr'
>                 \gGr a4 \gGr b 
>                                \gGr c
> grace.ly:13:16: error: unknown escaped string: `\gGr'
>
>                 \gGr d \gGr e \gGr f \haGr g
> grace.ly:13:23: error: unknown escaped string: `\gGr'
>                 \gGr d 
>                        \gGr e \gGr f \haGr g
> grace.ly:13:30: error: unknown escaped string: `\gGr'
>                 \gGr d \gGr e 
>                               \gGr f \haGr g
> grace.ly:13:37: error: unknown escaped string: `\haGr'
>                 \gGr d \gGr e \gGr f 
>                                      \haGr g
> grace.ly:10:16: error: errors found, ignoring music expression
>          \notes 
>                 {
> ]]
> error: failed files: "grace.ly"
> -------------------------------------------------------