Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > > try removing the semi-colons. yes, i thought about it, here is 'another' error output:
david@faust:~/alto/projects/lilypond/tests 54 $ ly2dvi bars-1.ly Running LilyPond... GNU LilyPond 1.5.15 Now processing: `/usr/alto/projects/lilypond/tests/bars-1.ly' Parsing... /usr/alto/projects/lilypond/tests/bars-1.ly:12:20: error: parse error, expecting `SCM_T' or `SCM_IDENTIFIER': whichBar = "empty" %generates harmless warnings. /usr/alto/projects/lilypond/tests/bars-1.ly:2:6: warning: Braces don't match: \score { error: lilypond: command exited with value 256 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/ly2dvi", line 787, in ? run_lilypond (files, outbase, dep_prefix) File "/usr/local/bin/ly2dvi", line 392, in run_lilypond system ('lilypond %s %s ' % (opts, fs)) File "/usr/local/bin/ly2dvi", line 316, in system error (msg) File "/usr/local/bin/ly2dvi", line 214, in error raise _ ("Exiting ... ") Exiting ... david@faust:~/alto/projects/lilypond/tests 55 $ ;; -- bars-1.ly content \score { \notes < \context Staff = SA { c1 c1 c1 c1 } \context Lyrics = LB \lyrics { _1 _ _ _ } \context Staff = SB { c1 c1 c1 c1 } > \paper { \translator { \StaffContext % override the type of bar we see at staff context whichBar = "empty" %generates harmless warnings. } \translator { \LyricsVoiceContext \consists "Bar_engraver" % BarLine gets confused about size if there's no staff BarLine \override #'bar-size = #4.0 } } } _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user