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== MediaWiki variables for current stable and unstable LilyPond versions ==

Jean,

what do you think about adding [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Variable MediaWiki variables] that indicate the current stable and unstable LilyPond versions (without the ‘micro’ value)?  I suggest

 <nowiki>{{LILYSTABLE}}</nowiki> → 2.24
 <nowiki>{{LILYDEVEL}}</nowiki> → 2.25

and maybe

 <nowiki>{{LILYSTABLEDOC}} → https://lilypond.org/docs/{{LILYSTABLE}}/Documentation</nowiki>
 <nowiki>{{LILYDEVELDOC}} → https://lilypond.org/docs/{{LILYDEVEL}}/Documentation</nowiki>

Such variables would reduce maintainance of yet-to-be-written templates.  In particular, I would like to add <code><nowiki>Template:convert-ly</nowiki></code>: it would tell users that the snippet in question needs conversion with <code>convert-ly</code> (showing a link to the documentation) for newer versions. -- [[User:Lemzwerg|Lemzwerg]] ([[User talk:Lemzwerg|talk]]) 05:46, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

:Sounds OK to me. [[User:Jean Abou Samra|Jean Abou Samra]] ([[User talk:Jean Abou Samra|talk]]) 08:34, 28 December 2025 (UTC)
::Great!  However, it seems to me that you have to add some piece of PHP code to do that...  This means I cannot do it by myself. -- [[User:Lemzwerg|Lemzwerg]] ([[User talk:Lemzwerg|talk]]) 07:00, 30 December 2025 (UTC)
:::Ah, do you need them to be variables as opposed to templates? [[User:Jean Abou Samra|Jean Abou Samra]] ([[User talk:Jean Abou Samra|talk]]) 08:30, 30 December 2025 (UTC)
::::Do I?  I honestly don't know.  Please advise. -- [[User:Lemzwerg|Lemzwerg]] ([[User talk:Lemzwerg|talk]]) 12:36, 30 December 2025 (UTC)
:::::Please try templates first. Seems to me that the use case for variables is when you want programmatically generated stuff like the current date. [[User:Jean Abou Samra|Jean Abou Samra]] ([[User talk:Jean Abou Samra|talk]]) 19:40, 30 December 2025 (UTC)
::::::It seems to work fine, thanks!  However, for more serious template handling I think that the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:ParserFunctions ParserFunctions] extension would be necessary. -- [[User:Lemzwerg|Lemzwerg]] ([[User talk:Lemzwerg|talk]]) 06:43, 31 December 2025 (UTC)
:::::::Added. [[User:Jean Abou Samra|Jean Abou Samra]] ([[User talk:Jean Abou Samra|talk]]) 08:01, 31 December 2025 (UTC)
::::::::Thanks! -- [[User:Lemzwerg|Lemzwerg]] ([[User talk:Lemzwerg|talk]]) 14:41, 1 January 2026 (UTC)