Re: Question about defined music functions

[David Kastrup]

James <address@hidden> writes:

> Can I assume (dangerous ground I know) that if I look in
> ly/music-functions-init.ly and see an entry that has the form
>
> someString =
>  #(define-music-function ...
>
> That this is always a command in the form
>
> \someString
>
> That a user can directly in a .ly file (if you see what I mean/).

Basically, assuming that I see what you mean.

> +magnifyMusic =
> +#(define-music-function ....
>
> but if I look at this check-in
>
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=commit;h=d3e856b31301bc6e67a13118ad432d22897d9f8b
>
> The new function \justify-line seems to only touch the
> scm/define-markup-commands.scm  file and nothing is added to
> ly/music-functions-init.ly

It is not a music function but rather a markup command.  You can only
use it inside of markup.

-- 
David Kastrup