Never mind, it appears that adding "\etc" does what I am trying to do:
makeRed = -\tweak color "red" \etc On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 5:53 PM Ahanu Banerjee <athecell...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the quick reply. I am looking to create a function that can > apply to more than one type of object, in this instance, slurs, > articulations, and possibly fingerings. All the examples I have seen > require specifying the object. Is it possible to have a function behave > like "-\tweak" that acts on the object that follows it regardless of type? > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 5:49 PM Jean Abou Samra <j...@abou-samra.fr> > wrote: > >> On 29/01/2023 23:45, Ahanu Banerjee wrote: >> > How can I define a function that applies one or more tweaks to the >> object that comes after it? >> > >> > example: I want the following expression to be a function called >> "\makeRed": >> > -\tweak color "red" >> > >> > so that I can type \makeRed \downbow instead of -\tweak color "red" >> \downbow >> >> You will find examples here: >> >> >> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/substitution-function-examples >> >> Jean >> >> >>
