RE: [Not a bug] Re: \tag does not accept list of symbols as documentedin help examples.

[Ian Hulin]

John,

Many thanks for the clarification; I'm still on a steep learning curve with
lilypond.  I was quoting from the java version of lilypond help for the
Jedit LilyHelp plugin.  

It looks like there's some version lag between this and the html version of
the help files on the web.  

Cheers,

Ian Hulin

-----Original Message-----
From: John Mandereau [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: 23 August 2006 09:53
To: Ian Hulin
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: [Not a bug] Re: \tag does not accept list of symbols as documented
in help examples.

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That is not a bug: AFAIK '(score part) is not a list of symbols, it is a
constant list whose elements are the variables score and part. The quote
"'" before the list means the list is constant. So there should be
quotes not before the list but before score and part, so that score and
parts are not variables but symbols: ('score 'part) is a list of
symbols.

However, I don't know where you have quoted the documentation from: both
versions 2.8 and 2.9 of the documentation read in section 8.2.8:

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.8/Documentation/user/lilypond/Different-editions-
from-one-source.html
"""
The arguments of the \tag command should be a symbol (such as #'score or
#'part), followed by a music expression. It is possible to put multiple
tags on a piece of music with multiple \tag entries,

  \tag #'original-part \tag #'transposed-part ...
"""

The \tag command does not accept a list of symbols, so the following
line of your input

\tag #'(score part) <<

should be replaced by

\tag #'score \tag #'part <<


Cheers,
-- 
John Mandereau <address@hidden>

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