Re: Figured bass, horizontal alignment of pairs containing figures with accidentals

[Robert Blackstone]

On 3 Jul 2016, at 11:54 , David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:

> Robert Blackstone <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> On 3 Jul 2016, at 10:34 , Andrew Bernard <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Robert,
>>> 
>>> I am not an expert in FB in lilypond, but this appears to be fixed
>>> in 2.19.44 at least. Can you upgrade?
>>> 
>>> Andrew
>> 
>> Yes, I have installed 2.19.44-1. I had already tested the MWE with 2.19.40 
>> but that failed, giving me the error message:
>> - - - - - - - - 
>> Figured_bass_horizontal_alignment-test-MWE_ly.tex:24:20: error: symbol 
>> expected
>>      \context { 
>>                   \Staff = "lower" \FiguredBass
>> Figured_bass_horizontal_alignment-test-MWE_ly.tex:24:37: error: not a 
>> context mod
>>      \context { \Staff = "lower" 
>>                                    \FiguredBass
>> Figured_bass_horizontal_alignment-test-MWE_ly.tex:27:10: error: syntax 
>> error, unexpected end of input, expecting '}'
>>        }
>> - - - - - - - -
>> Unfortunately 2.19.44 gives me the same error message.
> 
> So will 2.18.2.  Or 2.16.0.  I cannot remember that syntax to have
> worked ever.
 
Hi David,

Thanks.
OK, a beginner's error. But then I cannot understand why it did work for me 
with 2.18.2 ? (Mac OS X 10.9.5, with TeXShop as the editor)
Best regards,
Robert