Re: macro variable doesn't behave same as original?

[David Kastrup]

Patrick Smith <address@hidden> writes:

> I can wait for 2.21.0.
>
> I'll continuing coding with the assumption that the macrovariable will
> indeed be a one-for-one, text in-place, copy of the original.
>
> On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 7:44 AM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Caagr98 <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>> >> On 11/14/17 13:21, Patrick Smith wrote:
>> >>> This works:
>> >>>
>> >>> \version "2.18.2"
>> >>> \relative c' {
>> >>>   \time 2/4
>> >>>   c4 c( d) d( e) e( f) f( g) g( a) a( b) b( c) c( b) b( a) a( g) g(
>> >>> f) f( e) e( d) d( c2)~ c2 \fermata  \bar "|."
>> >>>   layout{}
>> >>> }

Well, you won't get away with the \layout that crops up nilly-willy in
the middle of the code.  But then it is not compatible with your "This
works:" statement either.

-- 
David Kastrup