Re: \mark and slur

[David Kastrup]

Malte Meyn <address@hidden> writes:

> Am 14.09.2017 um 11:14 schrieb Gianmaria Lari:
>>    c4 c c d
>>    (c4) c c c
>
> […]
>
>>    c4 c c d
>>    \mark "X" (c4) c c c
>
> The start of slur belongs to the d, not the c.
>
> Writing
>       d (c)
> is possible and equivalent to
>       d( c)
> but the latter more clearly says what’s going on.
>
> You tried to write
>       d \mark X (c)
> so the \mark X goes between the d and the (. This cannot work, it has to be
>       d( \mark X c)
> I would strongly recommend to put slur, beam, tie, … starts directly
> after the note they belong to instead of directly in front of the next
> note to avoid these situations.

Incidentally, current master delivers the following verbiage:

GNU LilyPond 2.21.0
Processing `sll.ly'
Parsing...
sll.ly:4:13: warning: Adding <> for attaching loose post-event
  \mark "X" 
            (c4) c c c
Interpreting music...
sll.ly:4:16: warning: cannot end slur
  \mark "X" (c4
               ) c c c
sll.ly:4:13: warning: unterminated slur
  \mark "X" 
            (c4) c c c
Preprocessing graphical objects...
Finding the ideal number of pages...
Fitting music on 1 page...
Drawing systems...
Layout output to `/tmp/lilypond-U2WM3z'...
Converting to `sll.pdf'...
Deleting `/tmp/lilypond-U2WM3z'...
Success: compilation successfully completed


Is that more helpful than previously?

GNU LilyPond 2.19.80
Processing `sll.ly'
Parsing...
sll.ly:4:13: error: syntax error, unexpected EVENT_IDENTIFIER
  \mark "X" 
            (c4) c c c
sll.ly:2:1: error: errors found, ignoring music expression

\fixed c' {
fatal error: failed files: "sll.ly"


-- 
David Kastrup