Re: Use of variables to add lyrics

[Michael Hendry]

> On 16 Jul 2018, at 12:39, Torsten Hämmerle <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Dear Michael,
> 
> I can't see why you shouldn't be able to set up variables containing markup...
> In the following example (admittedly not as minimal as it could be), I've 
> declared a two-column lyrics markup variable named \lyr along with the 
> variable \mus containing the melody.
> Even "Bb version" and "Eb version" markup variables are there and all can be 
> used later on.
> 
> 
> %%%%%%
> \version "2.18.2"
> 
> % definition of music and (!) markup variables
> 
> mus = \relative {
>   \key c \major
>   g'4 f e f g g g2 f4 f f2 g4 g g2
>   g4 f e f g g g2 f4 f g f e1 \bar "|."
> }
> 
> lyr = \markup {
>   \huge
>   \fill-line {
>     \null
>     \column {
>       "Markup stored and used aain,"
>       "used again, used again,"
>       "Markup stored and used again,"
>       "everywhere you want."
>     }
>     \null
>     \column {
>       "Markup stored and used again,"
>       "used again, used again,"
>       "Markup stored and used again,"
>       "thanks to LilyPond."
>     }
>     \null
>   } % fill-line
> } % markup
> 
> BflatVersion = \markup \line { \concat { B \hspace #0.2 \raise #0.4 \tiny 
> \flat } version }
> EflatVersion = \markup \line { \concat { B \hspace #0.2 \raise #0.4 \tiny 
> \flat } version }
> 
> 
> 
> %%%% later on, all these variables can be used ...
> 
> 
> \score { \mus \header { piece = "C version" } }
> 
> \markup \vspace #2
> 
> \score { \transpose bes c' \mus \header { piece = \markup \BflatVersion } }
> 
> \markup \vspace #2
> 
> \score { \transpose es c' \mus \header { piece = \markup \EflatVersion } }
> 
> \markup \vspace #2
> 
> \score { \mus \header { piece = "Vocals" } }
> \lyr
> 
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Hi, Torsten.

I had tried creating a variable for each \column’s contents, and then for the 
\fill-line section, and lost heart when I got error messages from the compiler.

That solves my problem.

Many thanks,

Michael