Re: \uppercase function

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi David,

> you could just as easily write the following:
> 
> \header {
>   myTitle = #"myOtherTitle"
>   title = \markup {
>     from \italic #(string-upcase myTitle)
>   }
> }

Yes, but at that point, why not just write

  \header {
    title = “MY OTHER TITLE"
  }

??  ;)

Here’s the concrete use-case:
1. I have musical theatre pieces with (naturally enough) title case titles, 
such as “My Lucky Day”.
2. When they’re included in the Piano/Conductor score (or other score from the 
regular performance materials), the title should remain in title case.
3. When they’re included in a songbook, I’m trying to show the title in the the 
expected format, which is all-caps (cf. modern Warner-Chappell imprints), e.g., 
“MY LUCKY DAY”.
4. I want to accomplish this entirely in the stylesheets, and not have to have 
two different ways of inputting the title in the code/content.

It seems odd to me that it’s so convoluted a process — and apparently so 
different, depending on whether it’s a string or a property.  =\

Thanks,
Kieren.

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