Re: Abbreviating 'complex' commands

[Jethro Van Thuyne]

Thomas Morley (15 Aug 2013 @ 19:47)
> 2013/8/15 Jethro Van Thuyne <address@hidden>:
> > Phil Holmes (15 Aug 2013 @ 19:35)
> >
> > > > Is it possible to alias a command with "arguments", e.g. \change Staff =
> > > > "upper" to \csu?
> > > >
> > > > Jethro
> > >
> > >
> > > Have you tried?
> >
> > I have: csu=#change Staff = "upper"
> >
> > Parser says:
> > error: GUILE signaled an error for the expression beginning here
> >
> > Jethro
>
> Example:
>
> \version "2.16.2"
>
> csu = \change Staff = "up"
> csd = \change Staff = "down"
>
> \new PianoStaff <<
>  \new Staff = "up" {
>    <e' c'>8
>    \csd
>    g8 fis g
>    \csu
>    <g'' c''>8
>    \csd
>    e8 dis e
>    \csu
>  }
>  \new Staff = "down" {
>    \clef bass
>    % keep staff alive
>    s1
>  }

Wonderful, I was making things more difficult than they were...

Thanks!