Vaughan McAlley <vaug...@mcalley.net.au> writes:
> I’ve spent way to long trying to work this out... the simple test file:
>
> %test1.ly
> \version "2.14.2"
>
> myTranspose = \transpose c' c
> staffOneName = "Soprano"
>
> % Version for men’s choir
> %{
> myTranspose = \transpose c' g
> staffOneName = "Alto"
> %}
>
> ...produces
>
> test1.ly:4:0: error: syntax error, unexpected STRING
>
> What’s going on here? There are no misplaced curly braces or the like...
That's the problem. If you wrote
myTranspose = \transpose c' c { }
then the transposition from c' to c would have referred to the curly
braces (and nothing else: myTranspose is just a single music
expression). Written like you did it, it refers to staffOneName.
You probably need to write something like
myTranspose = #(define-music-function (parser location music) (ly:music?)
#{ \transpose c' c $music #})
in order to have myTranspose take an argument.
--
David Kastrup
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