I had the following lines in the main file of my current Lilypond
project:
\book {
\bookOutputName "../firstCello"
partName = "Cello 1"
\include "frontcover.ily"
\bookpart { %music...
The file "frontcover.ily" contains a \bookpart block which prints a
front cover with title, composer etc. - these are defined elsewhere.
But it needs one more variable, viz. 'partName'.
I discovered that Lilypond will not accept a variable definition in
Lilypond format in the position I have put it: at the top level of a
\book block. Nor will it accept it in a \bookpart block. But at a
higher or a lower level, it will.
This seems a bit weird (to say the least), in view of the fact that by
replacing the line
partName = "Cello 1"
with the Scheme form
#(define partName "Cello 1")
everything works as intended.
Is there any useful reason why a variable cannot be defined in Lilypond
format in these contexts?
David
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