> >
> > \times 2/3 { [c8 c8 c8] } % a triplet
>
> I tried this and got
>
> tt.ly:3:7: warning: No one to print a tuplet start bracket:
> \times
> 2/3 { [c8 c8 c8] }
> [1]
You have to have a voice-context for the brackets to be printed.
> I really dislike the way that \relative doesn't penetrate into these
> structures. I don't want to say \relative repeatedly for each
> fragment. Why are the extra brackets required for the body of the
> \repeat?
>
> When I don't have lily.scm in the current directory, lilypond hangs
> for ever. When I tried to install, only the binaries were installed.
> I had to go into all the other directories and run 'make install'
> myself.
try putting it in $prefix/lilypond/scm/
> --- lilypond-1.1.8/Documentation/tex/refman.yo Wed Nov 25 15:12:01 1998
> +++ lilypond-1.1.8.new/Documentation/tex/refman.yo Wed Nov 25 15:16:15 1998
> @@ -15,6 +15,12 @@
> the explanation of how lyrics mode parses words seems ridiculous.
> Is there a simple way to explain this, or is the behavior
> too complicated for a reasonable explanation?
> + \relative and \tranpose and \times make it necessary to specify
> + an explicit \type staff, or bizarre things happen.
> + catalan.ly
> + accordion symbols
> + extender* (see extender.ly)
> + \repeat & \alternative -> probably should have an example
> )
OK thanks for teh patch
> + \clef scarlatti; c'4_"\kern -4mm scarlatti"
this one is quite experimental; you might not want to put this in.
> dit(code(Timing_engraver)) Responsible for synchronizing timing information
> from staffs. Normally in code(Score). In order to create polyrhythmic music,
> this engraver should be removed from code(Score) and placed in code(Staff).
> +dit(code(Tuplet_engraver)) Engraves tuplet brackets? In code(Staff).
Yep. And that would be a bug: it should be in Voice.