Am 28.12.2015 um 18:49 schrieb David Kastrup: >> Using the syntax with quotes is rather ugly, I agree. But it is >> > nonetheless potentially useful for two reasons: >> > (1) it enables us to use numbers etc. in variable names > Why would that be desirable? >
Whenever you have variables pointing to indexed parts or to consecutive snippets you may want to use variables like violin1 = violin2 = or flute_phrase01 = flute_phrase02 = or similar. This is expressive as LilyPond code per se, and would be accessible for scripting, e.g. to generate stub files with empty varialbes. The workaround using roman numbers is pretty cumbersome, and I think violin_02_34 would be much more comprehensible to most users than violinIIxxxiv -- Urs Liska www.openlilylib.org _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
