Re: {SPAM 02.4} Re: Repeating \markup commands

[Malte Meyn]

Am 08.04.2018 um 20:13 schrieb David Sumbler:
> \version "2.19.81"
> nar = ^\markup \whiteout \pad-markup #2 \etc
>
> Unfortunately the above produces "syntax error, unexpected \etc"
> The older version works fine.

That’s because that’s a very recent change that hasn’t been released yet 
so “\version "2.19.81"” isn’t correct.

In current master it works. That means that it’ll be available for you 
in 2.21.0 or perhaps 2.19.82/2.20.0.

> It would be nice to get the newer version to work, because in principle
> this type of syntax should make it much easier for me to create my own
> functions in future instead of bothering the list so often.  But so far
> I haven't been able to get it to work even after trying quite a lot of
> small changes (purely on a "trial and error" basis