Aloha.

It was a version mismatch.  Thank you for your help.

J.

On 4/20/22 16:45, Ralph Palmer wrote:
On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 7:22 PM John Helly <hel...@ucsd.edu> wrote:

    Aloha.

    I've not used LP for a while but in coming back to it I've been
    struggling with repeats and find that this 'preferred syntax' does
    not seem to work in that it produces:

    Starting lilypond 2.20.0 [test2.ly
    
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__test2.ly&d=DwMFaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=PkEHshy-yo-lsh6y2cGXQg&m=PIoJenaA0X9n3uky08RHsIPQdkw4OliGYNBNfx8v2MxnBteaLOKFniujOSwv7JsE&s=GCxGZMWv9rvaJWOCDBk8p7vMEBZJN-nh9Rv9BG0hzE4&e=>]...

    Processing
    `/Volumes/Pegasus32R6/Music-100/Music-Lilypond/Songs/Our-Shangri-La/test2.ly
    
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__test2.ly&d=DwMFaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=PkEHshy-yo-lsh6y2cGXQg&m=PIoJenaA0X9n3uky08RHsIPQdkw4OliGYNBNfx8v2MxnBteaLOKFniujOSwv7JsE&s=GCxGZMWv9rvaJWOCDBk8p7vMEBZJN-nh9Rv9BG0hzE4&e=>'

    Parsing...

    
/Volumes/Pegasus32R6/Music-100/Music-Lilypond/Songs/Our-Shangri-La/test2.ly:6:10:
    error: syntax error, unexpected \alternative


    ...

    \version "2.20.0"
    {
    \fixed c'' {
           \repeat volta 6 {
             c4 d e f
             \alternative {
               \volta 1,2,3 { c2 e }
               \volta 4,5 { f2 d }
               \volta 6 { e2 f }
    } }
    c1 }
    }

    However, the old style of specifying \alternative does seem to
    work. Am I doing something wrong here?

    Mahalo.
    J.-

    John Helly, University of California, San Diego / San Diego Supercomputer 
Center / Scripps Institution of Oceanography / 760 840 8660 mobile 
/http://www.sdsc.edu/~hellyj
    ORCID ID:orcid.org/0000-0002-3779-0603  
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__orcid.org_0000-2D0002-2D3779-2D0603&d=DwMFaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=PkEHshy-yo-lsh6y2cGXQg&m=PIoJenaA0X9n3uky08RHsIPQdkw4OliGYNBNfx8v2MxnBteaLOKFniujOSwv7JsE&s=qF0wNO_epnsjlBsMqaJK4SWz91fHfazEJahaG7jt4Qg&e=>


Running under 2.23.6, I see no problem. Have you tried anything later than 2.20.0?

All the best,

Ralph

--
Ralph Palmer
Seattle
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--
John Helly, University of California, San Diego / San Diego Supercomputer 
Center / Scripps Institution of Oceanography / 760 840 8660 mobile 
/http://www.sdsc.edu/~hellyj
ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-3779-0603

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