Re: how to alias commands?

[Lukas-Fabian Moser]

One addition:

Am 31.12.22 um 12:45 schrieb Lukas-Fabian Moser:
> Hi Kenneth,
>
> Am 31.12.22 um 11:26 schrieb Kenneth Flak:
> > Is there a way to alias a command in lilypond? F.x. I would like to 
> > substite `\markup \rN` with simply `\rn`. Defining `rn` as a variable 
> > doesn't work, so what are the ways?
>
> Usually it does actually work:
>
> \version "2.24.0"
>
> something = \trill
>
> {
>   a'4\something
> }

Quite often, one wants a shorthand for a function that actually needs an 
argument. This is possible using David Kastrup's ingenious \etc:

\version "2.24.0"

col = \once\override NoteHead.color = \etc
our = \tweak color \etc

{
  \col #red a4 b
  \our #blue a\our #green ^"Test"
}

Lukas