A quoted string is needed in \markup if you wish to print one of the
following characters in your score:
% \ { } #
Hardly useful. If this were the sum total of the need then I would be with
Graham.
However, quotes are very useful as a shorthand, eg
\markup {\column {
"that was a cute little rhyme,"
"sing us another one, do."
}}
is a shorthand for
\markup {\column {
\line {that was a cute little rhyme,}
\line {sing us another one, do.}
}}
This seems a worthwhile win in clarity and ease in typing for people writing
verses below the score, and so I would prefer to see an explanation of
quoted strings with this as an example in the text.
Trevor
----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham Percival" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "lily-devel" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 10:47 PM
Subject: removing \markup "foo" from the NR
Should we discuss
\markup " foo "
?
IMO, this only leads to confusion:
- markup \commands inside "" are interpreted literally.
- you cannot nest expressions inside "".
- lilypond already uses a lot of {} expressions, so limiting
newbies to only \markup {} isn't such a bad thing.
I propose that we only mention
\markup "foo"
as well as
\markup foo
in the @knownissues. This strikes me as something similar to the
"\relative {" issue.
Cheers,
- Graham
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