Re: HELP: Trill line without 'tr' written before it

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi David,

>    "horn1" = { ... }
>    \"horn1"
> already works

I toyed with that, but was/am not a big fan of the quotes.

> and keeps the stuff in different variables.

Hmmm… Maybe I’m misunderstanding. I thought this new feature would allow one to 
write

    horn.1 = { c d }
    horn.2 = { e f }
    …
    horn.8 = { c’ d’ }

and then access them like

    <<
      \new Staff \horn.1
      \new Staff \horn.2
    >>

Did I misunderstand?

> so does \horn-I \horn-II ... \horn-VIII

That’s what I have ended up doing in my scores to date… but names like that 
neither sort pleasingly, nor parse readily into my eyes and brain. I was/am 
hoping for a cleaner solution, and thought this feature was one.

Cheers,
Kieren.

p.s. Having now done a number of large-forces scores, if the new feature really 
doesn’t offer me any advantage(s), I'll probably switch to using the “quoted 
numbered names" solution: it requires fewer keystrokes overall, and the names 
are more human- [or at least Kieren-] readable.
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