Re: Figured bass, horizontal alignment of pairs containing figures with accidentals

[David Kastrup]

Robert Blackstone <address@hidden> writes:

> On 3 Jul 2016, at 11:54 , David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Robert Blackstone <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>>> On 3 Jul 2016, at 10:34 , Andrew Bernard <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Robert,
>>>> 
>>>> I am not an expert in FB in lilypond, but this appears to be fixed
>>>> in 2.19.44 at least. Can you upgrade?
>>>> 
>>>> Andrew
>>> 
>>> Yes, I have installed 2.19.44-1. I had already tested the MWE with 2.19.40 
>>> but that failed, giving me the error message:
>>> - - - - - - - - 
>>> Figured_bass_horizontal_alignment-test-MWE_ly.tex:24:20: error: symbol 
>>> expected
>>>     \context { 
>>>                   \Staff = "lower" \FiguredBass
>>> Figured_bass_horizontal_alignment-test-MWE_ly.tex:24:37: error: not a 
>>> context mod
>>>     \context { \Staff = "lower" 
>>>                                    \FiguredBass
>>> Figured_bass_horizontal_alignment-test-MWE_ly.tex:27:10: error: syntax 
>>> error, unexpected end of input, expecting '}'
>>>        }
>>> - - - - - - - -
>>> Unfortunately 2.19.44 gives me the same error message.
>> 
>> So will 2.18.2.  Or 2.16.0.  I cannot remember that syntax to have
>> worked ever.
>  
> Hi David,
>
> Thanks.
> OK, a beginner's error. But then I cannot understand why it did work
> for me with 2.18.2 ? (Mac OS X 10.9.5, with TeXShop as the editor)

Neither can I.  Are you sure we are talking about the _same_ example
code here?  Or just something you feel like it should not make a
difference?

-- 
David Kastrup