Re: Feature suggestion: unfold shorthand

[Nicolas Sceaux]

Erik Sandberg <address@hidden> writes:

> An alternative notation could be something like
> \cp 7 bes8
> This would be cleaner (grammar-wise), but less intuitive. Also, it is very 
> much like (b) above, and goes a bit against the principle that lily shouldn't 
> support macros.

If an extra character does not bother you, the following music
function does what you want:

cp = #(def-music-function (parser location number music) (number? ly:music?)
        (make-music 'UnfoldedRepeatedMusic
                    'elements (list )
                    'repeat-count number
                    'element music))
{ \cp #7 bes8 }

\cp is not a very good name ihmo, \dotimes maybe? but it's longer.

BTW, this is no "macro".

nicolas