Re: Cut and paste from manual returns errors

[Thomas Morley]

2013/6/23 DW <address@hidden>:
> I am trying to typset a choral piece with half bar-lines in different places
> in different voices.
>
> The two approaches I have seen is to use polymetric notation or possibly
> subverting the /breathe command to get the desired effect.
>
> I have been trying to cut and paste examples from the manual, specifically
> this one:

Hi,

please refer to the exact place of which manual and/or title of the snippet.

This is from NR:
> \override BreathingSign.text =\markup { \musicglyph #"scripts.tickmark" }
>
> ...but it returns a sytax error at the = and \musicglyph.
>
> I am having similar problems with manual text for "printing different time
> signatures":


This is from Documentation/snippets:
> \layout {
>   \context {
>     \Score
>     \remove "Timing_translator"
>     \remove "Default_bar_line_engraver"
>     \remove "Bar_number_engraver"
>     \override SpacingSpanner.uniform-stretching = ##t
>     \override SpacingSpanner.strict-note-spacing = ##t
>     proportionalNotationDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1/64)
>   }
>   \context {
>     \Staff
>     \consists "Timing_translator"
>     \consists "Default_bar_line_engraver"
>   }
>   \context {
>     \Voice
>     \remove "Forbid_line_break_engraver"
>     tupletFullLength = ##t
>   }
> }
>
>
> ...which returns a lot of errors.

I tried them both and got _no_ errors at all, with 2.17.20

Which version do you use?

Cheers,
  Harm