> > 
> >     \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.

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