Re: LilyPond identifier restrictions

[David Kastrup]

Richard Shann <address@hidden> writes:

> On Fri, 2013-06-14 at 11:52 +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
>> Urs Liska <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>> > Maybe it's obvious but I always wondered why LilyPond identifiers are
>> > so restricted to [a-zA-Z] characters.
>> 
>> They aren't.
>
> \version "2.16"
>
> Mvmnt1Voice1 = {
>  a b c
> }
>  
> \score { 
>  \Mvmnt1Voice1
> }

\version "2.16"

Vafþrúðnismál = {
  a b c
}

\score {
  \Vafþrúðnismál
}

GNU LilyPond 2.16.0
Processing `ddd.ly'
Parsing...
Interpreting music...
Preprocessing graphical objects...
Finding the ideal number of pages...
Fitting music on 1 page...
Drawing systems...
Layout output to `ddd.ps'...
Converting to `./ddd.pdf'...
Success: compilation successfully completed


I did not claim that everything in the world can be an identifier, but
clearly more than [a-zA-Z].

-- 
David Kastrup