Re: baffling error message

[Mats Bengtsson]

Since you use
\include "english.ly"
you should use the English version of the note names, not the default 
Dutch ones, right?
Try a "gs" instead of "gis".

   /Mats


Jonathan Kulp wrote:
> I'm getting an error message that's driving me crazy:
>
> GNU LilyPond 2.11.44
> Processing `merengue.ly'
> Parsing...
> merengue.ly:239:24: error: syntax error, unexpected STRING
>         a,4-. g'-. a,-.
>                         gis'-.  \ostinatoTwo                     % m. 
> 11-12
> merengue.ly:285:17: error: syntax error, unexpected STRING
>         g4-. e-.
>                  gis-. e-. | \ostinatoFour      |              % m. 11-12
> merengue.ly:327:3: error: errors found, ignoring music expression
>
>    << % creates new grand staff
> error: failed files: "merengue.ly"
>
>
> This is an orchestral score, and the problems are coming in the 2nd 
> violin and cello parts.  So, the \ostinatoTwo and \ostinatoFour are 
> user-defined commands and they seem to work fine--I don't think 
> they're causing the trouble.  The problem is the G-sharp in each case, 
> I think.  Something is getting triggered by the "gis'-." on line 239 
> and lin 285. I tried removing the articulations, changing from "gis" 
> to "fis," or "cis", removing the ' and , and it still chokes on this 
> part.  BUT when I changed the "gis" to a "g" (natural), the problem 
> goes away.  It finishes parsing and creates a nice .pdf for me.  When 
> I extract the troublesome bit and run it as a separate file, it works 
> fine also, with the g-sharps instead of naturals.  I'll attach the 
> orchestral file and my extraction of the "trouble" spot  if anyone 
> wants to take a run at this.  I'm baffled.  (I need G-sharps!! :-)) 
> The same problem occurs whether I run it on 2.10.33 or 2.11.44 (Linux 
> in both cases).  Thanks,
>
> Jon
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