Re: Best way to format nested lists

[David Feuer]

On 4/17/06, Cameron Horsburgh <address@hidden> wrote:

> For example the example given puts the relevant line in one long line:
>
> \set StaffGroup.systemStartDelimiterHierarchy
>         = #'(SystemStartSquare (SystemStartBracket a (SystemStartSquare b)) d)
>
> Even small examples will wrap, making the whole thing messy and
> difficult to understand. I presume this is a Scheme like construction --
> how do deeply nested lists get formatted there?

Different people do different things, but generally something like this:

\set StaffGroup.systemStartDelimiterHierarchy
   = #'(SystemStartSquare
             (SystemStartBracket a (SystemStartSquare b))
             d)

You might want to use an editor, such as Vim, that can do automatic
indentation of LilyPond files.