Hello all,
When working on pieces with many movements or parts, it's desirable to
use some mechanism to encode the hierarchy of information. Everything
ends up in variables anyway, so unless there is some convenient
POJO/dictionary/map-like structure to introduce hierarchy, it should be
reflected in the variable names.
LilyPond variables are Scheme variables under the hood, and, so far as I
can tell, Scheme generally uses the so-called kebab-case, with a colon
to indicate scoping/hierarchy (as reflected in LilyPond itself with
ly: functions). Since numbers and most other punctuation characters are
also allowed, various conventions are used for specific types of
values/functions (like ? for predicates, ! for mutation, -> for
conversion, etc.). / is also allowed, and I've seen it used for scoping
in Emacs Lisp.
The trouble is that numbers and punctuation (…all that I've tried) other
than - are not allowed in LilyPond identifier syntax. In my own
projects, I've been using camelCase, - for hierarchy, and Roman numerals
for numbers: stuff like `\movementXVII-tenoreII-lyrics-it' (not a real
example). Roman numerals can get annoying very quickly, though. So my
question:
* Is there some way to express hierarchy other than in variable names?
* Is there some way to express hierarchy and plain Arabic numerals in
variable names, that can be used from LilyPond syntax directly
without relying on $?
