Re: translation functions

[David Kastrup]

Ken <address@hidden> writes:

>> So it would appear that your files relied on constructs that convert-ly
>> (of course assuming that you had correct \version headers for the _old_
>> version so that convert-ly would actually be inclined to try converting)
>> is not able to upgrade.
>> 
>> Without an actual example, not more than that can be said or done.
>
> Think I got it.  I do appreciate your input and willingness to help.
>
> All my string tunings used numbers (semi-tones); as soon as I went to the pre-
> defined "banjo-open-g-tuning" everything worked great.  Still, the program's 
> response wasn't all that helpful in pointing that out.
>
> Then, documentation says pre-defined tunings are in
> "scm/string-tunings-init.scm" but they're not:
> I found them in ly/string-tunings-init.ly -- and changes made 
> there (custom tunings and names) seem to work so far.

Your error messages were from version 2.15.39.

If I do

git grep string-tunings-init release/2.15.39-1

I get

release/2.15.39-1:Documentation/de/notation/fretted-strings.itely:sich in 
@file{ly/string-tunings-init.ly}.
release/2.15.39-1:Documentation/de/notation/fretted-strings.itely:@file{ly/string-tunings-init.ly}
release/2.15.39-1:Documentation/de/notation/fretted-strings.itely:@file{ly/string-tunings-init.ly}.
release/2.15.39-1:Documentation/es/notation/fretted-strings.itely:@file{ly/string-tunings-init.ly}.
release/2.15.39-1:Documentation/es/notation/fretted-strings.itely:@file{ly/string-tunings-init.ly},
release/2.15.39-1:Documentation/es/notation/fretted-strings.itely:@file{ly/string-tunings-init.ly}
release/2.15.39-1:Documentation/fr/notation/fretted-strings.itely:dans le 
fichier @file{ly/string-tunings-init.ly}.
release/2.15.39-1:Documentation/fr/notation/fretted-strings.itely:@file{ly/string-tunings-init.ly},
release/2.15.39-1:Documentation/fr/notation/fretted-strings.itely:@file{ly/string-tunings-init.ly}.
release/2.15.39-1:Documentation/ja/notation/fretted-strings.itely:あらかじめ定義された弦チューニングは
 @file{ly/string-tunings-init.ly} address@hidden
release/2.15.39-1:Documentation/ja/notation/fretted-strings.itely:@file{ly/string-tunings-init.ly}
release/2.15.39-1:Documentation/ja/notation/fretted-strings.itely:@file{ly/string-tunings-init.ly}
release/2.15.39-1:Documentation/notation/fretted-strings.itely:are found in 
@file{ly/string-tunings-init.ly}.
release/2.15.39-1:Documentation/notation/fretted-strings.itely:@file{ly/string-tunings-init.ly},
release/2.15.39-1:Documentation/notation/fretted-strings.itely:@file{ly/string-tunings-init.ly}.
release/2.15.39-1:ly/declarations-init.ly:\include "string-tunings-init.ly"

So in all translations of the version you have been using, the
information pointed to the right file.

LilyPond developers can't do magic and retroactively change old
documentation to match the version you are actually using.  It remains
your own responsibility to consult the actual documentation delivered
with your version of LilyPond.

-- 
David Kastrup