Re: 2 problems

[Mats Bengtsson]

My best guess is that your text editor saves the file in some strange 
format.
Make sure that the text encoding of the file is UTF-8 (or plain 7-bit 
ASCII).

  /Mats

Palmer, Ralph wrote:
> Greeetings -
>
> I'm running LilyPond 2.10.10 under Windows XP Pro SP2. I'm using ConTEXT 
> v0.98.3, with the LilyPond Highlighter.
>
> While running convert-ly, some of my files would not update; I got an error message that 
> convert-ly couldn't find the version number, even though \version "2.10.1" was 
> the first uncommented (i.e., beginning with %) line in the file.
>
> I also am having problems with the file structure, so I decided to start 
> simply, and from scratch, but I'm having problems with that, too. I can't 
> figure out what's wrong with this file, but I suspect the problem may be 
> related to the missing version problem.
>
> %%%%%%%%% Begin Snippet %%%%%%%%%%%
>
> %% A Major Scale
> \version "2.10.10"
> \include "english.ly"
> \header {}
> \key = { \key a \major
>         }
> \time 4/4
> scale = {
>         A1
>         }
>
> % ---- Score ----
> \score {
>         \scale
>         }
>
> %%%%%%%%%% End Snippet %%%%%%%%%
>
> And here's the log:
>
> %%%%%%%%% Start %%%%%%%%%
>
> # -*-compilation-*-
> Changing working directory to `C:/Documents and Settings/rpalmer/My 
> Documents/Ralph/Sheet Music/LilyPond/Classical/Scales'
> Processing `C:/Documents and Settings/rpalmer/My Documents/Ralph/Sheet 
> Music/LilyPond/Classical/Scales/A Scale.ly'
> Parsing...
> C:/Documents and Settings/rpalmer/My Documents/Ralph/Sheet 
> Music/LilyPond/Classical/Scales/A Scale.ly:1:2: error: syntax error, unexpected 
> $undefined, expecting '='
> ÿþ
>   %C:/Documents and Settings/rpalmer/My Documents/Ralph/Sheet 
> Music/LilyPond/Classical/Scales/A Scale.ly: 0: warning: no \version statement 
> found, please add
>
> \version "2.10.16"
>
> for future compatibility
> error: failed files: "C:\\Documents and Settings\\rpalmer\\My 
> Documents\\Ralph\\Sheet Music\\LilyPond\\Classical\\Scales\\A Scale.ly"
>
> %%% End %%%%%%
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated. I like LilyPond and the result I can 
> (usually) get.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ralph
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Ralph Palmer
> Energy/Administrative Coordinator
> Keene State College
> Keene, NH 03435-2502
> Phone: 603-358-2230
> Cell: 603-209-2903
> Fax: 603-358-2456
> address@hidden
>
>
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