Re: top-level markup in Scheme

[Jean Abou Samra]

> Le 13 mai 2022 à 11:44, Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org> a écrit :
> 
> 
>>> What is the Scheme equivalent to a top-level markup like
>>> 
>>> ```
>>> \markup \italic "foo"
>>> ```
>>> 
>>> ?  I can't find it in the documentation.
>> 
>> I am not a fan of the markup macro, but of course
>> 
>> (make-italic-markup "foo")
>> 
>> will also work.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
>> It is not clear what you mean with "top-level" however.  Of course
>> at the top level of a LilyPond document, markup gets interpreted by
>> calling an appropriate hook.
> 
> Well, a LilyPond input file containing only
> 
> ```
> \markup \italic "foo"
> ```
> 
> prints something.  In the NR this usage of `\markup` is called a
> 'top-level expression'.  How do you call this?
> 
> On the other hand, a LilyPond input file containing only
> 
> ```
> #(make-italic-markup "foo")
> ```
> 
> prints nothing.  I now wonder how I can modify the latter to make it
> actually work – what is the 'appropriate hook'?
> 


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