Re: [doc fact-check] variables in lilypond scheme

[Nicolas Sceaux]

Graham Percival <address@hidden> writes:

> Should variables in define-music-function have #s ?
>
> padText = #(define-music-function (parser location padding) (number?)
> #{
>
> % Both of these lines work.  Which should be in the docs?
> %  \once \override TextScript #'padding = $padding
>   \once \override TextScript #'padding = #$padding
> #})
>
> \relative c''' {
>   c4^"piu mosso" b a b
>   \padText #1.8
>   c4^"piu mosso" d e f
>   \padText #2.6
>   c4^"piu mosso" fis a g
> }

I would write #$padding iso $padding, but cannot come with a convincing
rationale (except that IMHO \identifer style variable should be better
used for music expressions, and plain scheme variable for other types,
like numbers, like padding).

nicolas