Hello again. I have tried the code suggested to me and I present both the original code plus the error message below. I am running Lilypond 1.4.10 on Linux SUSE 8.0 with KDE 3.0. Anyhow ...
\score { \note { a4 a a a \break a a a a } \paper { \translator { \StaffContext minimumVerticalExtent=#'(-4 . 4) } } GNU LilyPond 1.4.10 Now processing: `/home/sblatt/Music/translator_2.ly' Parsing... /home/sblatt/Music/translator_2.ly:2:6: error: parse error, unexpected SCM_IDENTIFIER: \note { a4 a a a \break a a a a } /home/sblatt/Music/translator_2.ly:2:32: warning: Braces don't match: \note { a4 a a a \break a a a a } error: lilypond: command exited with value 256 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/ly2dvi", line 834, in ? run_lilypond (files, outbase, dep_prefix) File "/usr/bin/ly2dvi", line 432, in run_lilypond system ('lilypond %s %s ' % (opts, fs)) File "/usr/bin/ly2dvi", line 234, in system error (msg) File "/usr/bin/ly2dvi", line 132, in error raise _ ("Exiting ... ") Exiting ... After counting the braces, I tried adding a third one to close off the \score and got the following: \score { \note { a4 a a a \break a a a a } \paper { \translator { \StaffContext minimumVerticalExtent=#'(-4 . 4) } } } I attempted the above and got the following: GNU LilyPond 1.4.10 Now processing: `/home/sblatt/Music/translator.ly' Parsing... /home/sblatt/Music/translator.ly:2:6: error: parse error, unexpected SCM_IDENTIF IER: \note { a4 a a a \break a a a a } /home/sblatt/Music/translator.ly:8:3: error: parse error, unexpected '}': } /home/sblatt/Music/translator.ly:2:32: warning: Braces don't match: \note { a4 a a a \break a a a a } error: lilypond: command exited with value 256 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/ly2dvi", line 834, in ? run_lilypond (files, outbase, dep_prefix) File "/usr/bin/ly2dvi", line 432, in run_lilypond system ('lilypond %s %s ' % (opts, fs)) File "/usr/bin/ly2dvi", line 234, in system error (msg) File "/usr/bin/ly2dvi", line 132, in error raise _ ("Exiting ... ") Exiting ... Any and all help would be MOST appreciated! Suzanne ps. If this mailer is still giving 'html' _please_ let me know. I tested it before sending this email and it indicated that this was 'plain text'. __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user