Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?

[David Kastrup]

Maarten Deen <address@hidden> writes:

> On 2018-10-03 10:13, David Kastrup wrote:
>> Maarten Deen <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>> But the solution offered by Kieren did not work in 2.16.2 (didn't test
>>> other versions).
>>
>> 2.16.2 is, like, really old.  Released more than 5 years ago.  If you
>> are doing typesetting of new scores, there is really not much of a
>> point
>> of fighting the constraints of software as old as that.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining it isn't possible there. It's
> just that I have that version installed on my Ubuntu system as it is
> the one in apt and it was the first one I tested with so my first idea
> was "why doesn't this work with me".

That's likely a rather old Ubuntu.  Certainly not the latest stable.

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David Kastrup