Hi Gabriel-Marie, Could you describe in context what you are trying to achieve? Are you meaning to apply *stanza* number, rather than instrument names? Have a look at:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/stanzas HTH, Jeffery On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 4:37 PM, Br. Gabriel-Marie | SSPX < brgabr...@sspx.org> wrote: > In my music script I want to use this: > > \new Lyrics \with { instrumentName = "1." shortInstrumentName = "1." } > > However, I would like to make a function out of it. I'm looking at this > page: > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/learning/saving-typing-with-variables-and-functions > > and this is what I have come up with, but I know this isn't right. Can > someone correct this for me? > Basically, I want to do this: > \new Lyrics \verseNumber #1 > > and have it create this: > \new Lyrics \with { instrumentName = "1." shortInstrumentName = "1." } > > verseNumber = #(define-music-function(parser location whatnumber)( > number?) #{ \with { instrumentName = #whatnumber "." shortInstrumentName = > #whatnumber "." } #} > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > >
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