Hi Guy,

On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 7:43 AM, Guy Stalnaker <[email protected]> wrote:

> All,
>
> Thinking this should be simple to do I've now spent over an hour trying to
> figure out how to use the functions in swing.scm (
> https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/attachmentText?id=687&aid=6870029000&name=swing.scm&token=r8ZwHdiYCou-OG0e72qA0tUNAv0%3A1351867728273).
> I have copied the .scm file to the \scm directory where lilypond is
> installed. I then tried to use one of the functions in swing.scm yet
> lilypond says the function name is an unknown string.
>

The file needs to be loaded, so I believe you should add its name to the
variable `init-scheme-files-body' in the file `scm\lily.scm'


>
> <quote>
>
> Parsing...
>
> /Users/gstalnaker/Dropbox/Guy/Compositions/JustUs/Goodnight, Sweetheart,
> Goodnight.ly:134:2 <http://0>: error: unknown escaped string:
> `\tripletFeel'
>
>  \tripletFeel 8 {
> /Users/gstalnaker/Dropbox/Guy/Compositions/JustUs/Goodnight, Sweetheart,
> Goodnight.ly:134:2 <http://1>: error: syntax error, unexpected STRING
> </quote>
>
>  I tried to \include swing.scm but lilypond literally included the scheme
> contents and all of it was error.
>

Why not add # before the various functions and save it as an .ly file?
 Then \include will work, and you won't have to make the changes above
every time you upgrade.

HTH,
David
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