> On Jan 23, 2018, at 9:23 AM, JH Austin <jaustin...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > I tried to modify the Lead Sheet example by using a variable: > ----------- > \version "2.19.40" > > \music = \relative c'' { > a4 e c8 e r4 > b2 c4( d) > } > \score { > << > \chords { c2 g:sus4 f e } > \music > \addlyrics { One day this shall be free __ } >>>
I think there should be >> here to match the << under \score. Instead your example has something else. AFAIK every bracket, parenthesis, etc., in Lilypond has to be balanced: { } ( ) << >> etc. Not having the needed one will result in the compilation failing in most if not all cases. > \layout { } > } > > ========= > and I got the following errors: > ----------- > Procesando «/Users/josephaustin/lilypond/scripts/TEST/leadSheet07.ly» > Analizando... > /Users/josephaustin/lilypond/scripts/TEST/leadSheet07.ly:3:1: error: cadena > de escape desconocida: `\music' > > \music = \relative c'' { > Interpretando la música... > Preprocesando los objetos gráficos... > Buscando el número de páginas ideal... > Disponiendo la música en una página... > Dibujando los sistemas... > Salida de la página hacia > «/var/folders/8c/krjhl46n5fq3wxbl0nvlfy6m0000gn/T//lilypond-M7rF1a»... > Convirtiendo en «leadSheet07.pdf»... > Suprimiendo > «/var/folders/8c/krjhl46n5fq3wxbl0nvlfy6m0000gn/T//lilypond-M7rF1a»... > error fatal: archivos que han fallado: > "/Users/josephaustin/lilypond/scripts/TEST/leadSheet07.ly" > ===================== > > My questions: > 1. what did I do wrong? > 2. Can I get the error messages in English? > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user