After recently asking about the use of \repeat inside \parallelMusic I was recommended to download to the latest "development" version of Lilypond. At the time I said I wouldn't do this, but would wait for the next "stable" version.
But shortly afterwards, I realised that I needed to use \alternative after a repeat. With the version I was using, 2.18.0, this was going to be a nightmare or perhaps impossible, whereas I had already been shown that in a later version it was easy to make things work. So I decided to "bite the bullet", and downloaded and installed the latest version, 2.19.24. I then used convert-ly to update the files I was working on. Result? A very satisfied user! The result has been an overwhelming success, and has saved me a lot of messing about trying to get things working in 2.18.0 which have already been immeasurably improved in later versions of Lilypond. Why am I writing this? Simply to encourage any other user who might benefit from using a later version than the "stable" one. Of course there is the possibility that some as yet unnoticed bug might rear its head at some point, but let's face it, even release issues of most software have the odd bug somewhere. It is that word "unstable" that put me off! Now that I have used 2.19.24 and entered another 30-odd pages of string quartet with no problems, I shall be less chicken-hearted about using development versions in future. David _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
