Re: Where are error messages explained?

[Graham Percival]

In the 2.13 docs, it's in Usage 1.3 Error messages.

Cheers,
- Graham


On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Patrick Karl <address@hidden> wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 21:42:55 -0700
> From: Carl Sorensen <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Editing notes in a separate file
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> On 3/2/10 21:42 Carl Sorensen <address@hidden> wrote:
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> On 1/2/10 10:06 AM, "Michael J. O'Donnell" <address@hidden> wrote:
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> In the hope that I had overlooked
> something (I've read the whole notation manual, but there are clearly
> things that haven't made it in yet---I've found some of them in the
> *.scm and *.ly sources but there are bound to be others that I've
> missed) I posted the query.
>
> Please let us know the things you've found that haven't made it into the
> Notation Reference yet; the Notation Reference is intended to be exhaustive.
> Thanks,
> Carl
>
> Where are the various error messages and warnings explicated?  Here are two
> examples:
> * programming error: Adding reverse rod
>   continuing, cross fingers
> * warning: cannot find property type-check for `no-spacing-rods'
> (backend-type?).
>      perhaps a typing error?
>   warning: doing assignment anyway
> Ideally, I would like to produce LilyPond source that generates no warnings
> or errors when compiled.
> How do I find out what those (and other) messages really mean?  What's a
> reverse rod?  Why would one be needed?  What's a no-spacing-rod?
> There doesn't seem to be any information in those two error messages that
> would allow me to find where in my source the problem is.
> What is a "programming error"?  A problem in my source code or a bug in
> LilyPond?
> Thanks,
> Pat
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