Re: Why no numbers allowed in variables?

[Maarten Deen]

On 2018-10-03 10:13, David Kastrup wrote:
> Maarten Deen <address@hidden> writes:

> > But the solution offered by Kieren did not work in 2.16.2 (didn't test
> > other versions).
>
> 2.16.2 is, like, really old.  Released more than 5 years ago.  If you
> are doing typesetting of new scores, there is really not much of a 
> point
> of fighting the constraints of software as old as that.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining it isn't possible there. It's 
just that I have that version installed on my Ubuntu system as it is the 
one in apt and it was the first one I tested with so my first idea was 
"why doesn't this work with me".
It is perfectly fine that it works in 2.18.2 because I do most of my 
typesetting with that version anyway (installed on my Windows system), 
but I do again want to express that I hope this wasn't some side effect 
of some other change that may or may not disappear in a future version.
Since if this would be a documented feature, there does not need to be 
an annual discussion about it ;)

Regards,
Maarten