Re: Colored hairpins?

[Trevor Daniels]

Tim Reeves wrote
> My last question is where to put the variable definition
>
> blueDyn = \once \override Hairpin #'color = #blue
>
> When I put it at the top of the file, it gives errors:
>
> Parsing...
> c:/Program Files/LilyPond/usr/share/lilypond/current/ly/english.ly:15:0:
> error: syntax error, unexpected STRING
>
> pitchnamesEnglish = #`(
> c:/Program Files/LilyPond/usr/share/lilypond/current/ly/english.ly:130:13:
> error: unknown escaped string: `\pitchnamesEnglish'
> pitchnames =
>             \pitchnamesEnglish
>
> etc.

Without seeing your input file it is difficult to be sure, but I think you 
must have placed a "\relative {" or maybe just a an opening brace,"{", 
before the \include "english.ly".  The \include "english.ly" must come 
before any music input.  Try this order:

\include "english.ly"
blueDyn = \once \override Hairpin #'color = #blue
\relative c'' {
....
}

Trevor D