Re: Scale example not compiled on Mac OS X 10.9.5

[David Kastrup]

Simon Albrecht <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello Anita,
>
> sorry, but I can’t quite figure out what your problem is. You say ‘not
> compiled’ in the subject, but actual message suggests that the output
> is different from what you expected. Please give us the actual code
> and output (as attachments) and describe the exact problem.
> I guess that you mean the Welcome_to_LilyPond.ly file from the 2.18.2
> install?
> Indeed, it compiles fine and with the exact results I’d expect if I
> use 2.18.2; however, the \version statement says 2.16.0 and with
> 2.16.2 it fails, with the following log:
>
> Starting lilypond 2.16.2 [Welcome_to_LilyPond.ly]...
>
> Processing
> `/home/simon/lilypond/2.18.2/lilypond/usr/share/lilypond/current/ly/Welcome_to_LilyPond.ly'
>
> Parsing...
>
> /home/simon/lilypond/2.18.2/lilypond/usr/share/lilypond/current/ly/init.ly:9:1
> <0>: error: GUILE signaled an error for the expression beginning here

I am not really surprised that you are not successful running the
executable for LilyPond 2.16.2 with the init.ly file from LilyPond
2.18.2.

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David Kastrup