Re: Compute \tempo from variables

[Aaron Hill]

On 2024-02-01 7:36 am, David Hobach wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to compute the \tempo directive from variables, but couldn't 
> yet figure out how to do it.
>
> For example, let's say I have two variables such as
> myTempoBase = 4
> myTempo = 80
>
> Then I'd like to do something such as
> global = {
>         \key c \major
>         \time 4/4
>         \tempo \myTempoBase = \myTempo
> }
>
> I'd expect it to resolve to \tempo 4 = 80. The above code however fails 
> on 2.24.1.
>
> Any ideas?

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myTempoBase = ##{ 4 #}
%%%%

That seems to work.  Otherwise, myTempoBase is just a number and not a 
duration.


-- Aaron Hill