Re: Book and variables -- lost how to remedy

[Federico Bruni]

Il giorno ven 11 nov 2016 alle 16:45, Bernhard Kleine 
<address@hidden> ha scritto:
> However when the global variable to the top of 2test.ly, the file 
> could be compiled. I tried then the same on my full piece and I 
> failed while parsing with
> F:/Meine Noten/EigeneNoten/WeihnachtsLieder/2test.ly:2:1: error: 
> syntax error, unexpected STRING
> global = {
>
> To make this evident I include the files once more. I do not 
> understand this.

I hit the same wall some time ago :)

If you read the first error message:

/tmp/2test.ly:2:1: error: syntax error, unexpected STRING

it points to the definition of global in the included file.

The problem here is that the variable is included (and evaluated) 
within a \bookpart block, but variables can be defined only at top 
level.
That's why you need an extra file only for variables (the use of .ily 
extension is only a useful convention, as Urs already wrote).

I don't think that there's another way to achieve what you want.