Re: Notation Reference typo

2008-12-16 Thread Neil Puttock
2008/12/16 Andrew Tucker : > In the 2.11 NR, section 3.5.1 "Creating Midi Files", under "Instrument Names" > there's an example: > > \set Staff.midiInstrument = "glockenspiel" > > which I believe needs to be changed to: (add a '#') > > \set Staff.midiInstrument = #"glockenspiel" Thanks for the r

Re: Notation Reference typo

2008-12-16 Thread Graham Percival
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 02:29:30PM +0100, Eyolf ?strem wrote: > Ugly, ugly. This is one of my main gripes with LP, this damned freedom of > choice which creeps in everywhere and makes everything more complicated, > not easier, because it blurs one's conception of the syntax. Well, then: 1) volunte

Re: Notation Reference typo

2008-12-16 Thread Eyolf Ă˜strem
On 16.12.2008 (05:14), Graham Percival wrote: > > Yes, lilypond can read strings just fine without the #, but as a > matter of doc policy, we're supposed to use the # everywhere for > scheme arguments. Ugly, ugly. This is one of my main gripes with LP, this damned freedom of choice which creeps i

Re: Notation Reference typo

2008-12-16 Thread Graham Percival
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 11:34:03AM +0100, Simon Bailey wrote: > andrew, > > On Dec 16, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Andrew Tucker wrote: >> >> which I believe needs to be changed to: (add a '#') >> >> \set Staff.midiInstrument = #"glockenspiel" > > > \set Staff.midiInstrument = "flute" works for me without t

Re: Notation Reference typo

2008-12-16 Thread James E. Bailey
actually, it's a bit more basic than that. If you look in the program reference, you'll see that midiInstrument takes a string, and strings are always just enclosed in quotes. (See the Scheme tutorial.) Am 16.12.2008 um 11:34 schrieb Simon Bailey: andrew, On Dec 16, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Andrew

Re: Notation Reference typo

2008-12-16 Thread James E. Bailey
Wow, I could have said that better. The value that midiInstrument takes is a string. The Scheme tutorial says that strings are always just enclosed in quotes. Am 16.12.2008 um 11:34 schrieb Simon Bailey: andrew, On Dec 16, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Andrew Tucker wrote: In the 2.11 NR, section 3.5.

Re: Notation Reference typo

2008-12-16 Thread Simon Bailey
andrew, On Dec 16, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Andrew Tucker wrote: In the 2.11 NR, section 3.5.1 "Creating Midi Files", under "Instrument Names" there's an example: \set Staff.midiInstrument = "glockenspiel" which I believe needs to be changed to: (add a '#') \set Staff.midiInstrument = #"glockens

Notation Reference typo

2008-12-15 Thread Andrew Tucker
In the 2.11 NR, section 3.5.1 "Creating Midi Files", under "Instrument Names" there's an example: \set Staff.midiInstrument = "glockenspiel" which I believe needs to be changed to: (add a '#') \set Staff.midiInstrument = #"glockenspiel" ___ lil