RE: what's the error?

[Mark Stephen Mrotek]

David,

Thank you for the explanation.

Mark

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From: David Kastrup [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2018 12:38 AM
To: Mark Stephen Mrotek <address@hidden>
Cc: 'lilypond-user' <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: what's the error?

"Mark Stephen Mrotek" <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello,
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> See the attachment for what I want.
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> This is what I code:
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> \relative c'' {
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> <<{bes8 [a]}\\{
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>     \once \set tieWaitForNote = ##t
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>     \grace {c,8~ d~ fis~} <c d fis>4}>>
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> }
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> The error message is "unterminated tie."
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> Someone have a keener eye than I?

\once \set sets tieWaitForNote once at the current point of time.  That
means it will be active for the first grace note but not for the others.
Consequently it's inactive for d~ which is still followed by another grace
note before the ties are resolved.

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David Kastrup