Dan Eble <d...@faithful.be> writes: >> On Jul 19, 2017, at 15:19, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: >> >> Paul <p...@paulwmorris.com <mailto:p...@paulwmorris.com>> writes: >> >>> It's usually `a = b` or `\a b` but not `\a = b` or `\a b = c`. >> >> You can only use markup functions when refered to in markup mode, so it >> makes sense to me to define them in markup mode. > > The phrase “define them in markup mode” suggests this to me: > > \markup { blabla = \with-color #red \etc }
markup mode does not take braces. Braces are for markup lists. \markup { ... } is short for \markup \line { ... } and this really makes a mess of your suggestion. I mean, bikeshedding is nice but I haven't yet seen a proposal here that isn't a major stepback. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel