Re: Problem setting ottavation text

[Thies Albrecht]

Hi Peter!

Peter Clarke schrieb:
> Greetings all,
> I would like to change the ottavation text (on the octave 
> up/down bracket) from the rather verbose default "8va 
> bassa" to just "8".  The manual says I can do this with
> \set Staff.ottavation = #"8"
> but this gives me the following error when parsing:
Did you turn ottavation on before setting the text?
see 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.8/Documentation/user/lilypond/Ottava-brackets.html#index-ottava-939

For me, when I don't turn it on before, I get the error message you posted.

Kind regards
Thies Albrecht