+@c All commands below should work in the middle of the line;
+@c we thus must not use @vindex directly since it works only if placed
+@c on a line of its own. To overcome this problem, we define a
+@c replacement macro using the internal definition of @vindex which
+@c delimits arguments in the standard way (i.e., with braces).
+
+@tex
+\gdef\lilyvindex#1{\doind{vr}{\code #1}\ignorespaces}
+@end tex
+