Le 26/11/2022 à 11:32, Lukas-Fabian Moser a écrit :
Hi Werner,In the NR, most such functions have its argument starting with `#`, for example ``` \ottava #-2 ``` Are there still cases where `#` is mandatory for numbers? Otherwise the documentation could be updated to remove all `#`.Yes, there are: In markup, for example. \markup \fontsize 3 Hi is still illegal.I'm all for removing the # escape (and string quotes and/or #' for symbols) in the documentation where it's possible; my own LilyPond style feels much more relaxed since I found out how many of those I can omit.\version "2.23.10" \removeWithTag dyn \new Staff = upper { \tag dyn <>\mf \ottava -1 a4_boringly }But of course there's always the danger of beginners tripping up on this because they do not recognise the situations where #/'/"" are still needed.
FWIW, the last one
a4_boringly
is something I wouldn't do, since
a_boringly
does not work ("a_boringly" is interpreted as a pitch name).
Personally, I tend to leave out # when possible for numbers,
and also leave out #' for symbols when possible because it
is not only shorter, but allows the syntax highlighting program
to highlight them specially if they're built-ins, be it
in Frescobaldi or in the documentation via Pygments.
On the other hand, I usually use " marks (but not # when
not required) around strings, because I might want to add
spaces in them, and once again because it makes the syntax
highlighting more useful.
For \new Staff = <this>, I never settled my mind :-) It
expects a string, but then one could argue that accepting
a symbol here would more sense.
Best,
Jean
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