Re: can the leading \markup command be eliminated in a new markup command?

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi David,

> %%%  SNIPPET BEGINS
> \version "2.19.80"
> 
> cue =
> #(define-event-function (text) (markup?)
>  #{ ^\markup \bold #text #})
> 
> { c''\cue "This is the cue." }
> %%%  SNIPPET ENDS
> 
> If you don't want to bake the direction in, use - instead of ^ .

Thanks for that!

Is there any technical reason not to make *every* markup function work like 
this? It seems like a no-brainer to save the keystrokes every time… but it may 
not be "blessed" for some reason I don’t know.

Thanks,
Kieren.
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