Re: Finishing touches on hymn, lyrics spacing

[Janek Warchoł]

2013/11/19 Ian Barclay <address@hidden>:
> Thanks one and all for the assistance.  I ought to have clarified that the
> file presents no problems as I have attached it the first two times.  It
> only fails when I put almost anything else in the layout block.  For example
> if I insert the script generously provided by Jim Long, I get error
> messages.  Attached is the file once again with said script included.  For
> me this yields the following error messages.  It is probably something
> simple that I just can't pick out.
>
> c:/users/dasyli~1/appdata/local/temp/frescobaldi-h1hr6m/tmpo7idwj/ps_3_southwell_1311.ly:168:27:
> error: syntax error, unexpected '.', expecting SCM_FUNCTION or
> SCM_IDENTIFIER or SCM_TOKEN
> \override LyricText
> .font-size = #1

Ah, it's because of a syntax change.  Jim's code is using new syntax
(working since LilyPond 2.17.6, i think) which uses a dot between
object name and property name:
  LyricText.font-size
If you're using 2.16.2, you have to change that to
  LyricText #'font-size
etc.

hth,
Janek