IMHO, the \fret-diagram-verbose syntax is the direction to go. But the syntax, which uses \fret-diagram-verbose should be optimized. Here is one, even less verbose syntax than what is presented previously:
Some remarks of the possible syntax: - number of ';' marks could give the number of strings, - string numbers are not needed; strings may be given from left to right - first number could give the fret position - space may be used to separate multiple frets in one string - a number attached with '-' mark could denote the fingering - only notes on the same fret position (and also fingering!?) may have a slur (for example, vertical or diagonal slurs are not allowed), therefore, slur notation may be used Then there could be some interface to the verbose syntax, what about: - an empty 6-string \fret-diagram ";;;;;;" - an empty 4-string \fret-diagram ";;;;" - muted and open strings in a \fret-diagram "0;x;x;0;0;0;" - fis major chord given in a simply filled \fret-diagram "2;2;4;4;4;2;" - c major scale given in a multiply filled \fret-diagram ";3;0 2 3;0 2;0 1;;" - fingered g major chord in a \fret-diagram "3-1;5-3;5-4;4-2;3-1;3-1;" - slurred, fingered c major chord in a \fret-diagram "x;3-1-(;5-4;5-3;5-2;3-1-); Other options may be given using some \override or similar before using \fret-diagram. There has been a request to be able to use an user-defined markup in a place of a fret position, see http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2004-02/msg00042.html Syntax for such a FretChord context could be taken from TabStaff context, see http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.3/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Non-guitar-tablatures.html I think that this extended feature could be an issue, not for the next, but next-to-next major release. In general, it means just making a FretChord context, which could be interpreted then for different purposes. Greetings, Heikki Junes _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
