Re: variable and tie

[David Kastrup]

Gianmaria Lari <address@hidden> writes:

> On 9 May 2018 at 10:45, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Gianmaria Lari <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>> > On 13 April 2018 at 09:13, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Gianmaria Lari <address@hidden> writes:
>> >> >
>> >> > At the moment I do this
>> >> >
>> >> > \version "2.19.81"
>> >> > var = {a b \tag #'lastnote a}
>> >> > {\removeWithTag #'lastnote \var a ~ a}
>> >> >
>> >> > but I would like to know if there are other solution (maybe better?).
>> >>
>> >> 2.21.0 (current master) ac"cepts it as-is.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> David Kastrup
>> >>
>> >
>> > What about this David:
>> >
>> > \version "2.19.81"
>> > var = {a b c d}
>> > {\var( \var )}
>> >
>> >
>> > Will it work in the future?

[image equivalent to { a b c d( a b c d) }

>> Probably not what you had in mind.  ( and ) are not treated differently:
>> they are attached to the last note of a preceding phrase, similarly any
>> other post-event.  But you could probably write
>>
>> {<>( \var \var )}
>>
>> instead to get what I presume to be the desired effect.

[which would be equivalent to { a( b c d a b c d) }]

> hihi :)
>
> This is exactly what I wanted. But I don't understand why your code works
> and mine doesn't.
> Isn't "var" a phrase and 'd' the last note of the that phrase?

This sounds like a misunderstanding.  At least it does not make sense to
me.

-- 
David Kastrup