On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 08:25:02AM +1000, Nick Payne wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Patrick McCarty [mailto:pnor...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Saturday, 23 May 2009 8:15 AM > > To: Nick Payne > > Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org > > Subject: Re: Should sample code in NR build correctly? > > > > On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 07:54:54AM +1000, Nick Payne wrote: > > > For example, on p.98 of the PDF version of the 2.12.2 NR the > > following > > > example appears about half way down the page: > > > > > > \repeat volta 2 { c4 d e f } > > > c2 d > > > \repeat volta 2 { d4 e f g } > > > > > > If you try to build this using 2.12.2 on Windows you get > > > > > > error: syntax error, unexpected NOTENAME_PITCH > > > > > > c2 d > > > > > > and the output is two separate staves rather than the single staff > > shown > > > with the example. The whole thing has to be surrounded by \relative > > c'' { } > > > to get the desired output. > > > > > > The reason I ask is that I remember a post from someone a while ago > > saying > > > that the code as shown in the manuals had been used to produce the > > output. > > > > If you click on the image of the musical example, and copy/paste the > > appropriate code, it should compile. > > > That suggestion only works with the HTML documentation, not the PDF > documentation. I almost always use the PDF documentation, as I can > build an easily searchable index across all the different manuals.
Is the information found in Learning Manual 2.1.4 sufficient? -Patrick _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
