4.4.4 Kevesebb gépelés változókkal és függvényekkel

By this point, you’ve seen this kind of thing:

hornNotes = \relative { c''4 b dis c }
\score {
  {
    \hornNotes
  }
}

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You may even realize that this could be useful in minimalist music:

fragmentA = \relative { a'4 a8. b16 }
fragmentB = \relative { a'8. gis16 ees4 }
violin = \new Staff {
  \fragmentA
  \fragmentA
  \fragmentB
  \fragmentA
}
\score {
  {
    \violin
  }
}

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However, you can also use these variables (also known as macros, or user-defined commands) for tweaks:

dolce = \markup { \italic \bold dolce }
padText = { \once \override TextScript.padding = #5.0 }
fthenp=_\markup { \dynamic f \italic \small { 2nd } \hspace #0.1 \dynamic p }
violin = \relative {
  \repeat volta 2 {
    c''4._\dolce b8 a8 g a b
    \padText
    c4.^"hi there!" d8 e' f g d
    c,4.\fthenp b8 c4 c-.
  }
}
\score {
  {
    \violin
  }
\layout { ragged-right=##t }
}

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These variables are obviously useful for saving typing. But they’re worth considering even if you only use them once – they reduce complexity. Let’s look at the previous example without any variables. It’s a lot harder to read, especially the last line.

violin = \relative {
  \repeat volta 2 {
    c''4._\markup { \italic \bold dolce } b8 a8 g a b
    \once \override TextScript.padding = #5.0
    c4.^"hi there!" d8 e' f g d
    c,4.\markup { \dynamic f \italic \small { 2nd }
      \hspace #0.1 \dynamic p }
    b8 c4 c-.
  }
}

So far we’ve seen static substitution – when LilyPond sees \padText, it replaces it with the stuff that we’ve defined it to be (ie the stuff to the right of padtext=).

LilyPond can handle non-static substitution, too (you can think of these as functions).

padText =
#(define-music-function (padding) (number?)
  #{
    \once \override TextScript.padding = #padding
  #})

\relative {
  c'''4^"piu mosso" b a b
  \padText #1.8
  c4^"piu mosso" d e f
  \padText #2.6
  c4^"piu mosso" fis a g
}

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Using variables is also a good way to reduce work if the LilyPond input syntax changes (see Updating files with convert-ly). If you have a single definition (such as \dolce) for all your input files (see Stíluslapok), then if the syntax changes, you only need to update your single \dolce definition, instead of making changes throughout every ‘.ly’ file.


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