Re: tempo as REAL number

2015-07-16 Thread karl
dak: > jan writes: ... > > \tempo 4 = 82.3 > > produces the error. > > "syntax error, unexpected REAL" > > Since in midi tempo definitions are of type float > > They aren't. They are exact fractions. > > > I wonder if there is a reason for Lilypond to restrict the tempo to > > integers. If

Re: tempo as REAL number

2015-07-16 Thread David Kastrup
jan writes: > Hi, > > i did not expect the tempo definition in Lilypond to be required to be an > integer. > > For instance > > \tempo 4 = 82.3 > > produces the error. > > "syntax error, unexpected REAL" > > Since in midi tempo definitions are of type float They aren't. They are exact fract

tempo as REAL number

2015-07-16 Thread jan
Hi, i did not expect the tempo definition in Lilypond to be required to be an integer. For instance \tempo 4 = 82.3 produces the error. "syntax error, unexpected REAL" Since in midi tempo definitions are of type float I wonder if there is a reason for Lilypond to restrict the tempo to int