On Oct 21, 2023, at 01:12, Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> wrote: > > > >>> Some debugging shows it seems to be the latter: All top-level >>> definitions are available as paper variables within a book's paper >>> block, together with all paper variables of the top-level paper >>> block: >>> >>> Is this really intentional? >> >> https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/5917 >> https://codereview.appspot.com/567450043 > > Really? I would never have expected that this quite innocent-looking > patch makes top-level definitions (outside of any block) available as > paper variables within `\book`. The comment in `book.cc` only talks > about `\header` blocks. How does this influence stuff outside of > `\header`? And how does it influence `\paper`? > > In case this patch is really the cause, can the behaviour be > restricted to `\header` blocks as announced in the commit message?
I might have been mistaken. I don't have much time to give to LilyPond these days. — Dan
