Hi Trevor, thank you for your reply.
Now the problem looks worse, as I get really strange errors like this: $ lilypond score.ly GNU LilyPond 2.12.2 Processing `score.ly' Analisi... score.ly:25:11: error: syntax error, unexpected UNSIGNED %\include " 04_fig.ly" error: failed files: "score.ly" The first lines of my file are like this: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \version "2.12.2" #(set-global-staff-size 16) \include "01_fl1.ly" \include "01_fl2.ly" \include "01_bc.ly" %\include "01_fig.ly" \include "02_fl1.ly" \include "02_fl2.ly" \include "02_bc.ly" %\include "02_fig.ly" \include "03_fl1.ly" \include "03_fl2.ly" \include "03_bc.ly" %\include "03_fig.ly" \include "04_fl1.ly" \include "04_fl2.ly" \include "04_bc.ly" %\include "04_fig.ly" \book { \header { title = \markup \center-align { \smallCaps "La Fuitte du Roi d'Angleterre" \fontsize #-3 "à 3. deux Violons où Flutes, & Basse ou Continue. par N. DEROSIER" } subtitle = \markup { \italic \fontsize #-2 "et se vendenz chez. l'Autheur, sur le Cingel devant le Doele inde Roose-Boom" } subsubtitle = \markup { \smallCaps "A Amsterdam, 1689."} %composer = \markup \center-column { "Nicolas Derosier " } copyright = "© A******** M******* 2009" % tagline = \markup {\roman "A***** M*****" \concat {\with-color #(x11-color "red") "M" \with-color #(x11-color "black") "vsicvs P****** C*****"} } %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Version is 2.12.2 If I delete the %\include "04_fig.ly" line, Lilypond starts giving errors from the next " character. Thank you, Andrea Trevor Daniels wrote: > > Hi > > This works fine for me. Are you including the title in a \header > { ... } block? > > If you are, tell us what version of LilyPond you are using, what the > error is, and post more of your .ly file so we can look for the > problem. > > Trevor > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jayaratna" <jayara...@gmail.com> > To: <lilypond-user@gnu.org> > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 7:34 PM > Subject: Re: Different colours in a single word > > >> >> I am sorry I am a real beginner, this: >> >> title = \markup {\roman "Nomen Cognomen" \concat {\with-color >> #(x11-color "red") "M" \with-color #(x11-color "black") >> "vsicvs"} } >> >> produces errors. >> >> >> >> >> Graham Percival-3 wrote: >>> >>> Use \concat. See the docs for details. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> - Graham >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 09:55:49AM -0700, Jayaratna wrote: >>>> >>>> Dear all, >>>> >>>> I need to print in red colour the first letter in a word, but >>>> the >>>> following: >>>> >>>> \markup {\roman \with-color #(x11-color "red") "M" \with-color >>>> #(x11-color >>>> "black") "vsicvs"} >>>> >>>> creates a space between the coloured letter and the rest of the >>>> word. >>>> >>>> Any suggestions? >>>> Thank you in advance, >>>> Andrea >>>> -- >>>> View this message in context: >>>> http://www.nabble.com/Different-colours-in-a-single-word-tp23966604p23966604.html >>>> Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User mailing list archive at >>>> Nabble.com. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> lilypond-user mailing list >>>> lilypond-user@gnu.org >>>> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> lilypond-user mailing list >>> lilypond-user@gnu.org >>> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >>> >>> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Different-colours-in-a-single-word-tp23966604p23968396.html >> Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User mailing list archive at >> Nabble.com. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> lilypond-user mailing list >> lilypond-user@gnu.org >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Different-colours-in-a-single-word-tp23966604p23975632.html Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user