Re: Issue 1988 in lilypond: Patch: Rename \markuplines to \markuplist (before running convert-ly)

[lilypond]

Comment #2 on issue 1988 by address@hidden: Patch: Rename \markuplines to  
\markuplist (before running convert-ly)
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1988

A markup list exactly is _not_ lines.  It is the state that has _not_ yet  
been turned into lines.  When you use them as markup, they get turned into  
a block of lines, but the whole point of their existence is that you want  
the state before that, just like a music list becomes sequential music only  
when used as music.  But there still is, say, \simultaneous { c e g } where  
the music list is used differently.

Or
`\concat' ARGS (markup list)
     Concatenate ARGS in a horizontal line, without spaces in between.
     Strings and simple markups are concatenated on the input level,
     allowing ligatures.  For example, `\concat { "f" \simple #"i" }' is
     equivalent to `"fi"'.

It does not make sense that you have to write
zap=\markuplines { a b c }
\markup \concat \zap

to get a tight line of abc.

And markup lists are documented explicitly as markup lists.  Just the  
command for calling them is different.  Totally confusing.