Re: Failed file -- much wailing and gnashing of teeth!

[Tim Reeves]

Ralph,

It runs fine if you remove the unknown commands \dwn and \up.
You may have left out an \include or definitions of those commands.
(There is a command \dwn in arabic.ly which I suspect is not what you 
intended.)


Regards,

Tim Reeves




> I'm trying to make a minimal example of a problem, and I can't get the
> minimal example to run. Can anyone tell what's wrong?
> 
> +++++++++ Begin Snippet +++++++++++++
> 
> \version "2.12.2"
> 
> % \include "english.ly"
> 
> \header {
>     instrument = "Viola"
>     }
> 
> VlaSndPosMusicII = {
>     \transpose g c {
>     \new Staff
>     \relative c'' {
> %    \set Staff.instrumentName = #"1"
>     \key c \major
>     \clef alto
>     \time 4/4
> 
>     s4*1/10
>     \set fontSize = #-3 % to reduce "Prepare" size
>    {g,4*9/10\dwn_0^\markup{ "Prepare" } a4\up_1 b_2 b_1 |
>    \unset fontSize % return to default size
>    \set Score.currentBarNumber = #1
>     \bar "||"
>     }
>     a4 d c e |
>     \bar "|."
>     }
>     }
>     }
> 
> %#(set-global-staff-size 17)
> 
> 
> 
> % first etude
> \score {
>     \VlaSndPosMusicII
>     }
> 
> 
> 
> +++++++++++ End Snippet ++++++++++
> 
> +++++++++ begin Error message :
> 
> address@hidden:~/SheetMusic/ly/Classical/vla/etudes/positions_2$ 
lilypond
> test_1.ly
> GNU LilyPond 2.12.2
> Processing `test_1.ly'
> Parsing...
> test_1.ly:1:0: error: syntax error, unexpected $undefined, expecting '='
> 
> ��\test_1.ly:0: warning: : no \version statement found, please add
> 
> \version "2.12.2"
> 
> for future compatibility
> error: failed files: "test_1.ly"
> 
> ++++++++++ end Error message +++++++++
> 
> I can't figure out what the "expected '='" could be.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Ralph Palmer
> Montague City, MA
> USA
> address@hidden