Re: Conditionally including lyrics

[Marc Hohl]

Am 02.12.2011 12:02, schrieb David Kastrup:
> Marc Hohl<address@hidden>  writes:
>
> > Hello list,
> >
> > I have a lot of small music pieces with several stanzas which I store
> > like this
> >
> > textA = \lyricmode {
> >    \set stanza = "1. "
> >    this is the first stan -- za.
> > }
> >
> > textB = \lyricmode {
> >    \set stanza = "2. "
> >    and this one is the se -- cond.
> > }
> >
> > textC = ...
> Why?  If you want them processed automatically, why do you put them into
> dissociated macros and expect Lilypond to go hunting for them?
How would you store several stanzas? It seemed very straightforward to use
one variable (or macro) for one stanza.
> It is reasonably easy to generate symbol names, check whether there is
> anything bound to them, and collect them into some music, but it is also
> arbitrary and error-prone.
>
> Is there a particular reason you want your stanzas to be stored in a
> manner not useful for the processing you plan to do with them?
Well, this was the easiest way that came into my mind, but it may be 
complete nonsens
to do so - any more powerful ideas are highly appreciated.

Regards,

Marc