Malte Meyn <lilyp...@maltemeyn.de> 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 _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user