Thank you, Martial. I didn't think of the brackets because I had done other substitutions / definitions without the brackets. It works perfectly, now.
Cheers and thanks, Ralph ........................................................................ ... Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:26:38 +0200 From: Martial <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Substitution To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi ! > In the following code, why doesn't my substition work? just put in bracket "{ blabla }" breath = { \once\override BreathingSign #'extra-offset = #'(0.0 . 1.0)\breathe } > %%+++++++++++ begin snippet ++++++++++++ > > \version "2.11.23" > \include "english.ly" > > breath = \once\override BreathingSign #'extra-offset = #'(0.0 . > 1.0)\breathe > > Test = { > \key c \major > \clef treble > \time 4/4 > > c''4 c'' \breath c'' c'' \break > c''4 c'' \once\override BreathingSign #'extra-offset = #'(0.0 . > 1.0)\breathe c'' c'' > > > } > > \score { > \Test > > } > > %%+++++++++++ end snippet +++++++++++ _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user