On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 06:55:14AM +0100, Trevor Daniels wrote:
> There is a section in the Learning Manual, section 5.2 When things don't
> work, which I intend to extend to include help about common errors,
> obscure error messages or mysterious happenings, like music running off
> the edge of the page. I'll begin by moving the warning on incomplete
> bars which is currently in section 1.2.5 in the Notation Reference to LM
> 5.2, leaving behind a link, of course.
I don't think the NR should link to the LM; at least, not for
short things like this. The current @warninig{} in NR 1.2.5 is
great.
I think we should just add a discussion about common errors in LM
5.2 (also, make sure you include the highly cryptic error message
when you forget a } ).
> I don't think there are more than half a dozen such errors, so
> this could remove the need for a FAQ altogether.
Well, Mats was talking about more issues than just confusing error
messages (... actually, the *real* way to solve the } error
message would be to add a canary to some init file, such that when
the processing hits the canary, lilypond outputs "meow... yum!" as
a warning message).
But I'll reply to him directly. :)
Cheers,
- Graham
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