Re: Markup in a variable

[Aaron Hill]

On 2021-04-28 10:43 pm, Mark Probert wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> I'm getting myself confused. I have an include file -- foo.ily -- and I
> want to define different instrument names for later use, like
>
>  altoSax = { \markup { \fontsize #-2 {
>   Alto Saxophone \concat { E { \raise #0.5 \teeny \flat }}}}}
>  tenorSax = { \markup { \fontsize #-2 {
>   Tenor Saxophone \concat { B { \raise #0.5 \teeny \flat }}}}}
>
> but when I do this I get an error "markup outside of text script or
> \lyricmode."
>
> What is the correct way to do this kind of thing?

You have an extra pair of braces around your \markup.  Consider:

%%%%
\version "2.22.0"

foo = \markup { lorem ipsum }

\markup \bold \foo
\new Staff \with { instrumentName = \foo }
{ g'^\markup \italic \foo }
%%%%


-- Aaron Hill