Re: Where is define-line-markup defined/documented?

[Richard Shann]

On Thu, 2014-09-04 at 14:17 +0100, Mark Knoop wrote:
> At 13:41 on 04 Sep 2014, Neil Puttock wrote:
> >On 4 September 2014 13:18, Richard Shann <address@hidden>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> this illustrates the meaning, but doesn't hint at how to create a
> >> variant of the procedure (in my case, make-small-markup is too
> >> small).
> >
> >If I recall, it's a scheme macro which generates these.  It only works
> >for existing markup commands; if you wanted to use this with your own
> >command you'd first have to create it via define-markup-command.
> 
> Aha, I see it in scm/markup-macros.scm.

and, indeed, it is described in painstaking detail, I only have to get
my head round it - Thanks!

Richard

>  And indeed this works:
> 
> \version "2.18.0"
> 
> #(define-markup-command (smallish layout props text) (markup?)
>   "Not quite as small..."
>   (interpret-markup layout props
>     #{\markup \override #'(font-size . -0.5) { \normal-text #text }#}))
> 
> \markup \small "test"
> \markup \smallish "test"
> \header { title = #(make-smallish-markup "test") }
>