Re: Feature request: let \layout accept several \layouts stored in variables

[Thomas Morley]

2018-07-15 9:24 GMT+02:00 Malte Meyn <address@hidden>:
> Hi list,
>
> it’s possible to write something like
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> ambitus = \layout {
>   \context {
>     \Voice
>     \consists Ambitus_engraver
>   }
> }
>
> \score {
>   \relative { c' d e f g a b c }
>   \ambitus
> }
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
> or put the \layout variable in a \layout block:
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> \score {
>   \relative { c' d e f g a b c }
>   \layout { \ambitus }
> }
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
> Now it would be nice if \layout could accept several such \layout variables:
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> musicaFicta = \layout {
>   \context {
>     \Voice
>     suggestAccidentals = ##t
>   }
> }
>
> \score {
>   \relative { c' d e f g a b c }
>   \layout {
>     \ambitus
>     \musicaFicta
>   }
> }
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
> Currently, that gives an “error: bad expression type” for \musicaFicta. If
> not putting \ambitus and \musicaFicta in another \layout layer, that will
> give two scores, one with Ambitus_engraver and one with suggestAccidentals.
>
> Would it be possible to implement this?
>
> Cheers,
> Malte


Hi Malte,

not exactly what you're asking for, but we can already do:

\version "2.19.82"

ambitus = \with { \consists Ambitus_engraver }

musicaFicta = \with { suggestAccidentals = ##t }

\score {
  \relative { c' d e fis g a b c }
  \layout {
    \context {
      \Voice
      \ambitus
      \musicaFicta
      }
  }
}

Cheers,
  Harm