Hello On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 22:50:05 +0000, Anthony W. Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Note that this will require somebody to take my code, check it, and > create a proper patch to add it :-) or help me to do it, which I'm quite > happy to do but need help with! I also agree with you that a format-mark-alphabet function would be useful. It's easy to code, and it gives new users an easy way to use this kind of rehersal marks.
Based on your mail I've created a patch for this. I see no reason to exclude this kind of rehersal mark, as other popular programs (for example Sibelius) provides this. With this patch and my format-mark-barnumber patch we'll provide four different types of rehersal marks: letters, numbers, barnumbers, and alphabet. All with or without surrounding boxes. This gives our users more flexibility than most other programs I've tried. Erlend > > By the way, a bit further down the docu claims that the default is > format-mark-numbers. This does not appear to be true, both from the > example at the start, and from my experience. This para should > presumably be modified (once all these functions are added) to read: > > "The file 'scm/translation-functions.scm' contains the definitions of > format-mark-letters (the default), format-mark-alphabet, > format-mark-number and format-mark-barnumber, along with their -box- > equivalents (format-mark-box-letters etc). These can be used as > inspiration for other formatting functions." > > Not that anyone is suggesting that these functions won't be added, but I > think we do need them in the standard install. Without them, you can't > cater for some fifty percent of band music, which will lose you all the > military bands. Certainly in the UK, bandsmen play two instruments (from > different families - which often includes strings), and that could > easily lose you a load of orchestras, too. > > > >Regards, > > Erlend Aasland > > > Cheers, > Wol > -- > Anthony W. Youngman - wol at thewolery dot demon dot co dot uk > HEX wondered how much he should tell the Wizards. He felt it would not be a > good idea to burden them with too much input. Hex always thought of his > reports > as Lies-to-People. > The Science of Discworld : (c) Terry Pratchett 1999 > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-devel mailing list > lilypond-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel >
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