Mike Stickles <m...@grtbooks.com> writes: > In the weekly service files I'm generating for my church, near the end > is the text for a dismissal prayer. This prayer pretty much always has > the same beginning and ending text, but a section in the middle varies > from service to service. I've been trying (without success) to encode > these in variables so I can have the beginning and ending pre-coded in > my template, and just have the middle part in the include file for > that service. > > In other words, I'm trying to turn something like this: > > \markup { > \column { \override #'(line-width . 92) { > \wordwrap { > This is the beginning of the rather long dismissal prayer, > which would be in the first variable; > followed here by the service-specific part which goes in > the include file; > and then this part, which would be in the second variable, > goes at the end to complete the prayer. > } > } } > } > > Into something like this: > > PrayerBeginning = \markup { This is the beginning of the rather long > dismissal prayer, which would be in the first variable; } > PrayerEnding = \markup { and then this part, which would be in the > second variable, goes at the end to complete the prayer. } > TodaysMiddle = \markup { followed here by the service-specific part > which goes in the include file; } > > \markup { > \column { \override #'(line-width . 92) { > \wordwrap { > \PrayerBeginning > \TodaysMiddle > \PrayerEnding > } > } } > } > > And have it still print as a single, word-wrapped > paragraph. Unfortunately, this (and every variation I've tried that > will actually compile) treats each variable as if the text it > represents were enclosed in double-quotes as a single string. > > Does anyone know if this is even possible, and if so, how would I do it?
PrayerBeginning = \markuplist { This is the beginning of the rather long dismissal prayer, which would be in the first variable; } PrayerEnding = \markuplist { and then this part, which would be in the second variable, goes at the end to complete the prayer. } TodaysMiddle = \markuplist { followed here by the service-specific part which goes in the include file; } \markup { \column { \override #'(line-width . 92) { \wordwrap { \PrayerBeginning \TodaysMiddle \PrayerEnding } } } } -- David Kastrup