Re: Trying and failing to engrave a segno repeat with coda: More alternatives than repeats.

[Kenneth Wolcott]

HI Jean;

  Thank you so much.

  It works now.

On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 12:51 AM Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr> wrote:
>
> Le jeudi 08 juin 2023 à 22:56 -0700, Kenneth Wolcott a écrit :
> > Hi;
> >
> > Trying and failing to engrave a segno repeat with coda:
> >
> > warning: More alternatives than repeats.  Junking excess alternatives
> >
> > Attachments:
> >
> > I have screenshots for the following from the original pdf I am
> > transcribing from:
> > (i) sego;
> > (ii_ the "to coda";
> > (iii) combined "ds al coda" and "Coda" [combined]
> >
> > (iv) the resulting pdf;
> >
> > (v) I have the output from Lilypond;
> >
> > (vi) My Lilypond source;
> >
> >   Again, must be missing something trivial and obvious :-(
>
>
> You have things like this:
>
> rh = {
>   \global
>   \clef treble
>   \rh_i
>   \repeat segno 2 {
>     \rh_ii
>   }
>   \alternative {
>     \volta 1 {
>       \rh_iii
>     }
>     \volta 2 \volta #'() {
>       \section
>       \sectionLabel "Coda"
>     }
>     \rh_iv
>   } \fine
> }
>
> Each element of the \alternative block is an alternative. Therefore, you
> have three alternatives: \volta 1 { ... }, \volta 2 { ... }, and \rh_iv.
> For a \repeat segno **2**, that is illogical.
>
> Instead, you should put \rh_iv outside of the \alternative block.
>
> Best,
> Jean