Wow! This is something I’ve been looking for for a long time. Is this documented somewhere?
Best regards, Jun https://imslp.org/wiki/User:Jun_T <https://imslp.org/wiki/User:Jun_T> > 2021/03/06 18:09、Richard Shann <rich...@rshann.plus.com>のメール: > > On Fri, 2021-03-05 at 10:15 -0800, Mogens Lemvig Hansen wrote: >> I believe it was David K who made this magic work: >> >> \version "2.20.0" >> >> mus.1 = { c d e } >> >> \score { >> \new Staff { \mus.1 } >> } >> > > This can be extended to cover the case where a variable has two numbers > associated with it: > > 8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8>< > \version "2.20.0" > > Movement.1.Staff.1 = { c d e } > Movement.1.Staff.2 = { c' d' e' } > Movement.2.Staff.1 = { f g a } > Movement.2.Staff.2 = { f' g' a' } > \score { > << > \new Staff { \Movement.1.Staff.1 } > \new Staff { \Movement.1.Staff.2 } > >> > > } > \score { > << > \new Staff { \Movement.2.Staff.1 } > \new Staff { \Movement.2.Staff.2 } > >> > > } > > 8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8>< > > (cautionary note: I haven't examined the code or docs on this, but it > seems a dot before and after will do the trick mid-word and a single > dot at end of word) > > A decade or so ago I resorted to converting all the numbers to Roman > numerals using a C routine that's knocking around on the interweb... > time I upgraded that. > > Richard Shann > > > >> Regards, >> Mogens >> >> From: Silvain Dupertuis >> Sent: March 5, 2021 10:12 >> To: lilypond-user@gnu.org >> Subject: Re: Workaround for (not-allowed) numbers in variable names? >> >> I also wondered why numbers are not allowed in variables. >> As for me, I used things like A, B, C instead... but it is less >> practical. >> >> My guess is that it may be linked to the way numbers are used in >> notes and chords to indicate duration, otherwise it would be real >> nice to be able to use digits in variable names...! >> >> Le 05.03.21 à 17:37, stefano franchi a écrit : >> Here is a question for anyone who may have been using lilypond for >> projects involving text and many, many, short and similar musical >> snippets. >> >> I am putting together a book that will contain many (very brief) >> exercises, grouped thematically. I had thought a convenient and >> flexible way to organize the material and keep future maintenance >> under control would be to create top level variables names for the >> main musical categories and sub-categories and then assign each score >> snippet to progressively numbered variable. So I would have, CategA-1 >> = {"code for one exercise"} , CategB-2 = "code for another >> exercise"}, and so on. Clean structure, easy to maintain and >> rearrange, etc. >> >> Then I discovered that lilypond does not allow numbers in variable >> names.... :-( >> >> I'd be willing to bet my use case is not particularly weird---there >> must have been other people encountering the same problem. >> >> How have you guys managed it? >> >> Cheers, >> >> S. >> >> >> -- >> __________________________________________________ >> Stefano Franchi >> >> stefano.fran...@gmail.com >> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stefano_Franchi >> >> -- >> Silvain Dupertuis >> Route de Lausanne 335 >> 1293 Bellevue (Switzerland) >> tél. +41-(0)22-774.20.67 >> portable +41-(0)79-604.87.52 >> web: silvain-dupertuis.org >> >
