On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 11:31:46AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 08:14:06PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote: > > Paul Scott <waterho...@ultrasw.com> writes: > > > > > On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 08:03:44PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote: > > >> > > >> That is the whole _point_ of a warning: LilyPond is able to complete > > >> the job which _may_ mean that it works perfectly but it cannot be > > >> sure. For example, because it does not know for which version some > > >> file has been written. > > > > > > I am trying to use version statements correctly and efficiently. > > > Why doesn't my example work or how should I do it differenly? > > > > LilyPond expects a \version statement in the main file. Put one there. > > convert-ly can do this for you (probably leave off the -d option). > > In all my projects the .ily file with the \version statement is the main > file with the music in it. There is .ly file for each instrument/part > which includes the .ily file. I haven't had to put a \version statement > in each .ly file until 2.19.80.
If it makes it more understandable I should have said: which \includes the .ily file Paul _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user