On Sun, Mar 29, 2026 at 2:51 PM <[email protected]> wrote:

>  What is a symbol, it is mentioned once in [1],
>  "1.2.7 LilyPond compound variables" under section "Property alists" ?
>
>  Reading other texts it seems it is some glorified enum, is that so ?
>
>  What is the difference between a variable and a symbol ?
>

I believe you are referring to this (I'm guessing version 2.24):

https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/extending/lilypond-compound-variables

Please note that most people won't search the documentation to find what
you mean.  Please be precise in future emails.

Other people can answer your question better than I can, now that the
reference is clearer.

--
Knute Snortum

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