Re: Scheme doesn't check for missspeeled variable names???

[Aaron Hill]

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On 2021-07-21 9:11 am, James B. Wilkinson wrote:
> > On Jul 20, 2021, at 11:16 PM, Aaron Hill <lilypond@hillvisions.com> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > On 2021-07-20 8:11 pm, James B. Wilkinson wrote:
> > > I fat-fingered the keyboard on my laptop and got this:
> > > flute-notes = {
> > >  \override BreathingSigh.Y-offset = #2.6                      %% also
> > > tried #5.0 and some really big numbers; no effect
> > >  7 bars of music in 4/4
> > > }
> > > AND I never got an error message.
> >
> > What version are you running?  You should have gotten this output:
>
> Sure enough. I got the latest version, and that’s what happens now.
>
> I had this:   2.22.0-1  on OS X 10.14.6
>
> My use of Lillypond is sporadic. I prolly should start every project
> with a fresh download.
>
> thanks for the quick reply.

Well, to be fair, I would expect all versions of LilyPond to have 
produced that error.  As such, the issue was likely more about your 
environment and workflow, checking to see if some other process was 
hiding the error message.


-- Aaron Hill