Re: \version statement, etc.

[Paul Scott]

On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 08:14:06PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
> Paul Scott <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 08:03:44PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
> >> 
> >> That is the whole _point_ of a warning: LilyPond is able to complete
> >> the job which _may_ mean that it works perfectly but it cannot be
> >> sure.  For example, because it does not know for which version some
> >> file has been written.
> >
> > I am trying to use version statements correctly and efficiently.
> > Why doesn't my example work or how should I do it differenly?
> 
> LilyPond expects a \version statement in the main file.  Put one there.
> convert-ly can do this for you (probably leave off the -d option).

In all my projects the .ily file with the \version statement is the main
file with the music in it.  There is .ly file for each instrument/part
which includes the .ily file.  I haven't had to put a \version statement
in each .ly file until 2.19.80.

Paul