Re: On creating "title pages" and the like

[Urs Liska]

Am 28.10.2013 05:22, schrieb Kevin Tough:
> My lilypond install of 2.16.2 cannot parse the input file. It hangs at
> fatal error:  failed files: "SnippetForBookWithTitleAndTOC"
> (4 of 29): error: unknown escaped string: *\markuplines'
> I am guessing now that a snippet then is a separate file that should be
> located somewhere where Lilypond can find it.

No, that's not the issue.

> Only respond to this mail if you have had a problem with the file. I
> will dig into the documentation about snippets, should I need to get
> this working.

The issue is that the LSR file is written for 2.14, and the syntax has 
changed in the meantime: \markuplines is now \markuplist.
That's what David is referring to with his advice to use convert-ly.

HTH
Urs

> Cheers,
> Kevin Tough
>
> On Sun, 2013-10-27 at 21:07 -0500, James wrote:
> > On Oct 27, 2013, at 19:03 , Joshua Nichols wrote:
> >
> > > I'm not familiar enough to know how well LilyPond works with creating separate 
> > > title pages...
> > >
> > > Is there a feasible way of doing this within LilyPond?
> > >
> > > I'm not talking about using TeX, LaTeX, or invoking "lilypond-book," but just 
> > > through the use of markups, etc....
> > >
> > > Or, perhaps a compromise is available?
> > >
> > > Thanks for your thoughts!
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > >
> > > Josh
> > I've heavily adapted this snippet for my own use. It should be a starting place 
> > at least to develop your own.
> > http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=368
> >
> > James Worlton
> >
> >
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