Re: tiny function

[Br. Gabriel-Marie | SSPX]

Thanks, Mr. Meyn,

That certainly does the trick.

So you can't write macros for \with{} statements?

Why couldn't I do it this way, if I just want to create the \with statement?
Where can I find the docs to explain how the macro works?  (I've looked all over)

verseNumber = #(define-music-function(whatnumber)(string?)#{ \with { instrumentName = whatnumber shortInstrumentName = whatnumber } #})

On 6/30/2016 4:54 PM, address@hidden wrote:

This would have to be \new Lyrics \with { \verseNumber 1 } or, easier to 
type, \lyricsWithVerseNumber 1 like in the code below:

%%%%

\version "2.18.2"

lyricsWithVerseNumber =
#(define-music-function
   (parser location number music)
   (number? ly:music?)
   #{
     \new Lyrics \with {
       instrumentName =
       #(string-append (number->string number) ".")
       shortInstrumentName =
       #(string-append (number->string number) ".")
     }
     $music
   #})

\lyricsWithVerseNumber 7
\lyricmode { \repeat unfold 40 foo }