Lukas-Fabian Moser <l...@gmx.de> writes:

> Hi David,
>
>>> Here is an implementation of that. Unfortunately I do not know if/how
>>> it is possible to define the function (which issues a \set) in such a
>>> way that it might be called in a \with block, which would be neater
>>> imho.
>> Have you tried just calling it in a \with block?  Stuff like \set is
>> automatically converted into context modification there.  Of course, you
>> can also define a scheme function _returning_ a \with block and use
>> that, but that has the disadvantage of not working as music as well.
>>
> Amazing!
>
> \new Staff \with {
>   \set ...
> }
>
> throws an error, but a music function which issues \set ... is
> accepted. Wonderful, I would not have dreamed of it. So my example
> just becomes:
>
> \new StaffGroup \with {
>     \setBraces #'((brace . 2) (noBrace . 2) (brace . 3))
> } <<
> ...
>>>
>
> Do I understand it correctly that while a music function can't return
> a \with block, a scheme function can?

Yes.

-- 
David Kastrup

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