Re: elementary macro problem

[caagr98]

If you're using 2.19, you might be able to use `thrice = \repeat unfold 
3 \etc`. Otherwise, you'll have to use the explicit version.

On 07/21/2017 04:22 PM, David Griffel wrote:
> I'm a fairly inexpert lilypond user. I've used simple macros before, but 
> this one fails:
>
> thrice = \repeat unfold 3
>
> it produces an error message:  error: unknown escaped string: `\thrice'
>
> Minimal example:
>        thrice = \repeat unfold 3
>        {\thrice {a b } }
>
> The same thing happens if I drop the 3 and try to define rept = \repeat 
> unfold.
>
> The Notation Manual 3.4.4 says "... So far we’ve seen static 
> substitution – when LilyPond sees \padText, it replaces it with the 
> stuff that we’ve defined it to be (ie the stuff to the right of padtext=)."
>
> It then goes on to
>
> padText =
> #(define-music-function
>       (parser location padding)
>       (number?)
>     #{
>       \once \override TextScript.padding = #padding
>     #})
>
>
> which looks more sophisticated than I need.  I just want a short 
> abbreviation of \repeat unfold
> Maybe that's not possible without learning a good deal more?
>
> David
>
>
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