While the direct download of the newest version is the best choice,
up-to-date prepackaged versions in Ubuntu would make them used more.
Therefore: Can anything be done that 2.18.2 gets into the next Ubuntu
version? (It is currently 2.18.0.)
Cheers,
Joram
>There is a PPA so I could upgrade quite easily, if necessary,
Even easier and much better is to just download it from Lilypond directly.
It is packaged in such a way as to make installation and upgrading on
Ubuntu (and all Linux distros) super duper easy. This way you can have the
latest versions
Thanks Gentlemen,
The 'old' version I'm using is probably the culprit. The syntax you guys
suggested works fine.
I'm using Ubuntu. It looks like the version in the standard Ubuntu
repositories is still 2.16.
I'm starting with it now and playing with music for my mens choir.
Any important things I
Your problem comes from the fact that you use a syntax for a newer
version of LilyPond.
I suggest that you either update to LilyPond 2.18.2 (preferable) or have
a look at the documentation for 2.16 at
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/web/manuals
The dot-notation was introduced in 2
Hi Markus,
> I'm trying to get bar numbers on every second bar get syntax error from stuff
> straight out of the documentation.
>
> /tmp/frescobaldi-qhLT9N/tmpOW4D8u/Le_vieux_chalet.ly:27:29: error: syntax
> error, unexpected '.', expecting SCM_FUNCTION or SCM_IDENTIFIER or SCM_TOKEN
> \overri
I'm trying to get bar numbers on every second bar get syntax error from
stuff straight out of the documentation.
/tmp/frescobaldi-qhLT9N/tmpOW4D8u/Le_vieux_chalet.ly:27:29: error: syntax
error, unexpected '.', expecting SCM_FUNCTION or SCM_IDENTIFIER or
SCM_TOKEN
\override Score.BarNumber
.b
