On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 11:03 AM, <lilypond-user-requ...@gnu.org> wrote:
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I'm having difficulty understanding how to use a variable that stores a
number, for use with a \raise command.
I have numerous markup definitions similar to this one:
sottoVoce = <>^\markup \raise #1.3 { \italic "sotto voce" }
mezzoVoce = <>^\markup \raise #1.3 { \italic "mezzo voce" }
{ \sottoVoce a'1 \mezzoVoce c''1 }
And I'd like to use a variable for the raise value, instead of repeating
#1.3 for each definnition.
Here are three MWE's of failed approaches.
% The common sense approach
raiseDistance = #1.3
sottoVoce = <>^\markup \raise \raiseDistance { \italic "sotto voce" }
{ \sottoVoce a'1 }
% Based on the line-width example on
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/learning/organizing-pieces-with-variables
%{
myWidth = 60 % a number to pass to a \paper variable (the unit is
millimeter)
Depending on its contents, the variable can be used in different places.
The following example \paper {
line-width = \myWidth
}
{
c1
}
%}
raiseDistance = 1.3
sottoVoce = <>^\markup \raise \raiseDistance { \italic "sotto voce" }
{ \sottoVoce a'1 }
% Based on
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/extending/lilypond-variables
%{
twelve = 12
twentyFour = #(* 2 twelve)
%}
raiseDistance = 1.3
sottoVoce = <>^\markup \raise #(raiseDistance) { \italic "sotto voce" }
{ \sottoVoce a'1 }
Does anyone have either a suggestion for how to do this, or the appropriate
place to RTFM?
The examples on
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/substitution-function-examples
all are of functions that consume a value. There are no examples of using
a variable that is a number.
Thanks,
David Elaine Alt
415 . 341 .4954 "*Confusion is
highly underrated*"
ela...@flaminghakama.com
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