Ouch... The problem with '&' is that it fails on lyrics: this works: \new Lyrics \lyricmode { a&s; }
but this doesn't: \new Lyrics \lyricmode { &s; } There is the same kind of issues with almost every easy-to-type special character: @ % $ # \ / < > ^ ~ + = * ; ( ) [ ] { } This is the exact list of every possible escape characters for a french keyboard under linux: § £ µ € ¤ ¹ ² ' ` © ¨ ø Ø ≤ ≥ « » “ ” ↓ ¬ × ÷ ¿ ¡ ∕ ⋅ … Of course, only a few of them are available under windows: § £ µ € ¤ ' ` If we consider US, british, german and spanish keyboards, this only gives these two very bad characters: ' ` The best solution may be to solve this lyric problem first :\ Bertrand http://codereview.appspot.com/4553056/ _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel