Re: Unable to use repeat volta

[Jean Abou Samra]

> Le 07/04/2022 16:19, Omer Katzir <komer83@gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
> 
> Using on macOS Monterey, compiled from macports
> 
> Taken the snippet from
> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.23/Documentation/notation/long-repeats
> 
> %%%%
> 
> 
> \repeat volta 6 {
> c4 d e f
> \alternative {
> \volta 1,2,3 { c2 e }
> \volta 4,5 { f2 d }
> \volta 6 { e2 f }
> }
> }
> c1
> }
> 
> %%%%%
> 
> Getting
> Starting lilypond 2.22.2 [Untitled]...
> Processing 
> `/var/folders/8x/x05z181s41d8dywq2scxmj900000gn/T/frescobaldi-75pltjx1/tmpmzxk_18u/document.ly
>  (http://document.ly)'
> Parsing...
> /var/folders/8x/x05z181s41d8dywq2scxmj900000gn/T/frescobaldi-75pltjx1/tmpmzxk_18u/document.ly:5:5:
>  error: syntax error, unexpected \alternative
> 
> \alternative {
> /var/folders/8x/x05z181s41d8dywq2scxmj900000gn/T/frescobaldi-75pltjx1/tmpmzxk_18u/document.ly:6:7:
>  error: unknown escaped string: `\volta'
> 
> \volta 1,2,3 { c2 e }
> /var/folders/8x/x05z181s41d8dywq2scxmj900000gn/T/frescobaldi-75pltjx1/tmpmzxk_18u/document.ly:6:7:
>  error: string outside of text script or \lyricmode
> 
> \volta 1,2,3 { c2 e }
> /var/folders/8x/x05z181s41d8dywq2scxmj900000gn/T/frescobaldi-75pltjx1/tmpmzxk_18u/document.ly:6:15:
>  error: syntax error, unexpected ','
> \volta 1
> ,2,3 { c2 e }
> /var/folders/8x/x05z181s41d8dywq2scxmj900000gn/T/frescobaldi-75pltjx1/tmpmzxk_18u/document.ly:6:18:
>  error: not a duration
> \volta 1,2,
> 3 { c2 e }
> /var/folders/8x/x05z181s41d8dywq2scxmj900000gn/T/frescobaldi-75pltjx1/tmpmzxk_18u/document.ly:7:7:
>  error: unknown escaped string: `\volta'
> 
> \volta 4,5 { f2 d }
> /var/folders/8x/x05z181s41d8dywq2scxmj900000gn/T/frescobaldi-75pltjx1/tmpmzxk_18u/document.ly:7:7:
>  error: string outside of text script or \lyricmode
> 
> \volta 4,5 { f2 d }
> /var/folders/8x/x05z181s41d8dywq2scxmj900000gn/T/frescobaldi-75pltjx1/tmpmzxk_18u/document.ly:7:15:
>  error: syntax error, unexpected ','
> \volta 4
> ,5 { f2 d }
> /var/folders/8x/x05z181s41d8dywq2scxmj900000gn/T/frescobaldi-75pltjx1/tmpmzxk_18u/document.ly:7:16:
>  error: not a duration
> \volta 4,
> 5 { f2 d }
> /var/folders/8x/x05z181s41d8dywq2scxmj900000gn/T/frescobaldi-75pltjx1/tmpmzxk_18u/document.ly:8:7:
>  error: unknown escaped string: `\volta'
> 
> \volta 6 { e2 f }
> /var/folders/8x/x05z181s41d8dywq2scxmj900000gn/T/frescobaldi-75pltjx1/tmpmzxk_18u/document.ly:8:7:
>  error: string outside of text script or \lyricmode
> 
> \volta 6 { e2 f }
> /var/folders/8x/x05z181s41d8dywq2scxmj900000gn/T/frescobaldi-75pltjx1/tmpmzxk_18u/document.ly:8:14:
>  error: not a duration
> \volta
> 6 { e2 f }
> /var/folders/8x/x05z181s41d8dywq2scxmj900000gn/T/frescobaldi-75pltjx1/tmpmzxk_18u/document.ly:3:3:
>  error: errors found, ignoring music expression
> 
> \repeat volta 6 {
> /var/folders/8x/x05z181s41d8dywq2scxmj900000gn/T/frescobaldi-75pltjx1/tmpmzxk_18u/document.ly:11:3:
>  error: syntax error, unexpected NOTENAME_PITCH
> 
> c1
> /var/folders/8x/x05z181s41d8dywq2scxmj900000gn/T/frescobaldi-75pltjx1/tmpmzxk_18u/document.ly:1:
>  warning: no \version statement found, please add
> 
> \version "2.22.2"
> 
> for future compatibility
> fatal error: failed files: 
> "/var/folders/8x/x05z181s41d8dywq2scxmj900000gn/T/frescobaldi-75pltjx1/tmpmzxk_18u/document.ly
>  (http://document.ly)"
> Exited with return code 1.


You are using LilyPond 2.22. \volta is new in 2.23.

Best,
Jean