Re: \tag can't follow \lyricsto

[Trevor Daniels]

----- Original Message ----- 
> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:45:32 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Roman Stawski <address@hidden>
> Subject: \tag can't follow \lyricsto
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> > I'm not top posting.
>
> The \tag command provokes a syntax error if it immediately follows a 
> \lyricsto
> command. A work-around is to insert an empty expression {} between the 
> two.
>
> \version "2.11.49"
> \paper{ ragged-right=##t }
> <<
>  \new Voice = "dirge" { c''1 }
>  \lyricsto "dirge" \new Lyrics { Whoops }
>  % {}    % <-- \tag provokes syntax error if this line is commented out
>  \tag #'harmony { a'1 }
> > >

The \tag command appears not to define a new Staff/Voice
implicitly, whereas {} does, so the command fails without
the {}.  However, this seems a poor structure for an
input file, as it is quite unclear whether the tagged
line should generate a new staff, generate a new voice,
or be part of "dirge".  So, not really a bug, just a bad
input file.

Trevor