Re: parameters in lyrics?

[Graham King]

With apologies for continuing to flog this subject...

I've taken David Kastrup's advice, and upgraded to 2.19.32, and I might now be able to simplify this problem quite radically, and eliminate some limitations, with a small change of syntax.

Below is the germ of the idea.  The thing I'm missing is a markup function to take an arbitrarily long stretch of lyrics, prepend "[" to the first syllable, and append "]" to the last syllable.  Is this even possible in principle?  Or am I wasting my time?

As a side issue:
I don't really understand why I can write:
>     redden = \markup \with-color #red \etc
>     reduced = \markupMap LyricEvent.text \redden \etc
but not:
>     reduced = \markupMap LyricEvent.text \markup \with-color #red \etc

gratefully, as ever...
-- Graham


\version "2.19.32"

redden = \markup \with-color #red \etc
italicise = \markup \italic \etc
%bracketise = % some markup function here???


reduced = \markupMap LyricEvent.text \redden \etc

% either:
editorial = \markupMap LyricEvent.text \italicise \etc
% or:
%editorial = \markupMap LyricEvent.text \bracketise \etc
% or perhaps just:
%editorial = \bracketise \etc


theNotes = {
  \time 6/4 \relative { 
    e'2. d c1. e2. d2 d4 c1. \break 
    g'2. f e1. g2. f2 f4 e2.~e2 g4 
  }
}

theWords = \lyricmode {
  Three blind mice, see \markup { \concat { [ how } } they run.
  Three \reduced { blind mice, see \editorial { how they } run. }
}

\score
{
  \new StaffGroup
  <<
    \new Voice = "voice" \theNotes
    \new Lyrics \lyricsto "voice" \theWords
  >>
}
%%} %Test harness ends.