Re: Bafflement continues

Am 08.07.26 um 18:07 schrieb Knute Snortum:
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2026 at 8:50 AM [email protected] 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>     On Jul 8, 2026, at 9:51 AM, Knute Snortum <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>     On Wed, Jul 8, 2026 at 7:42 AM David Kastrup <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>         "[email protected]" <[email protected]> writes:
>>
>>         > This morning I have found that charts I could render
>>         yesterday without problems now fail.  Nothing has changed in
>>         the files or my Lilypond installation since I last rendered
>>         this chart yesterday afternoon.  I have no idea what has
>>         happened and am probably missing something terribly obvious
>>         (since that seems to usually be the case).
>>         >
>>         > FWIW MacOS 26.5.1.
>>         >
>>         > The log:
>>         >
>>         > Starting lilypond 2.26.0 [Wassup MWE.ly]...
>>         > Processing `/Users/tim/Music/Music Charts/Lilypond
>>         Charts/Rock Tunes/Just The Two Of US/Wassup MWE.ly'
>>         > Parsing...
>>         > /Users/tim/Music/Music Charts/Lilypond Charts/Rock
>>         Tunes/Just The Two Of US/Wassup MWE.ly:31:1 <0>: error:
>>         markup outside of text script or \lyricmode
>>
>>         That happens when you are inside of some pair of braces
>>         rather than at
>>         top level.
>>
>>         You probably added some spurious brace.  The input file you
>>         quote does
>>         not quite correspond with the line numbers of this error
>>         message, so you
>>         probably are not compiling what you think you are compiling.
>>
>>
>>     You have typographical quotes in your input file:
>>
>>     %%% Start
>>     melody = \relative c' {
>>     \numericTimeSignature
>>     \time 4/4
>>     \clef treble
>>     \key f \minor
>>
>>     \override Staff.KeySignature.break-visibility = #all-invisible
>>     \override Staff.Clef.break-visibility = #all-invisible
>>
>>     % 1
>>     \bar ".|" % This had a typographical quote on the end
>>
>>     c'1   % This had a typographical single quote
>>
>>     \bar "|."
>>     }
>>     %%% End
>
>     Thanks for catching those.  Curious that they even happened since
>     the file was edited solely within Frescobaldi and it does not
>     enter typographic quotes. Fixing them did not fix the problem,
>     unfortunately.
>
>     Could the problem lie in an \include .ily file instead?
>
>
> I would check your opening and closing braces, as David said.  I found 
> a few strays in your input file.
>
> Your MWE can be much more "minimal."  If you think it's the include 
> files, try commenting them out and everything that relies on them.  
> Check the braces.  Keep removing things until the problem disappears, 
> then backtrack one step.
>
> --
> Knute Snortum
>
The \melody looks strange, even after removing the typographical quotes. 
The block starts with { and stops with } } }.

BTW: With Frescobaldi as editor, you get already an indication of the 
error with the quotes. If you don't use it, I recommend a try.

Regards
Helge