On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 7:22 PM John Helly <[email protected]> wrote: > Aloha. > > I've not used LP for a while but in coming back to it I've been struggling > with repeats and find that this 'preferred syntax' does not seem to work in > that it produces: > > Starting lilypond 2.20.0 [test2.ly]... > > Processing > `/Volumes/Pegasus32R6/Music-100/Music-Lilypond/Songs/Our-Shangri-La/ > test2.ly' > > Parsing... > > > /Volumes/Pegasus32R6/Music-100/Music-Lilypond/Songs/Our-Shangri-La/test2.ly:6:10: > error: syntax error, unexpected \alternative > > ... > > \version "2.20.0" > { > \fixed c'' { > \repeat volta 6 { > c4 d e f > \alternative { > \volta 1,2,3 { c2 e } > \volta 4,5 { f2 d } > \volta 6 { e2 f } > } } > c1 } > } > > However, the old style of specifying \alternative does seem to work. Am I > doing something wrong here? > > Mahalo. > J.- > > John Helly, University of California, San Diego / San Diego Supercomputer > Center / Scripps Institution of Oceanography / 760 840 8660 mobile / > http://www.sdsc.edu/~hellyj > ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-3779-0603 > > Running under 2.23.6, I see no problem. Have you tried anything later than 2.20.0?
All the best, Ralph -- Ralph Palmer Seattle USA (he, him, his) [email protected]
