Re: removing \markup "foo" from the NR

[Trevor Daniels]

A quoted string is needed in \markup if you wish to print one of the 
following characters in your score:

% \ { } #

Hardly useful.  If this were the sum total of the need then I would be with 
Graham.

However, quotes are very useful as a shorthand, eg

\markup {\column {
 "that was a cute little rhyme,"
 "sing us another one, do."
}}

is a shorthand for

\markup {\column {
 \line {that was a cute little rhyme,}
 \line {sing us another one, do.}
}}

This seems a worthwhile win in clarity and ease in typing for people writing 
verses below the score, and so I would prefer to see an explanation of 
quoted strings with this as an example in the text.

Trevor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Graham Percival" <address@hidden>
To: "lily-devel" <address@hidden>
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 10:47 PM
Subject: removing \markup "foo" from the NR


> Should we discuss
>  \markup " foo "
> ?
>
> IMO, this only leads to confusion:
> - markup \commands inside "" are interpreted literally.
> - you cannot nest expressions inside "".
> - lilypond already uses a lot of {} expressions, so limiting
>  newbies to only \markup {} isn't such a bad thing.
>
> I propose that we only mention
>  \markup "foo"
> as well as
>  \markup foo
> in the @knownissues.  This strikes me as something similar to the
> "\relative {" issue.
>
> Cheers,
> - Graham
>
>
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