Regards,
David Pounder > ------- Original Message ------- > From: Ian Hulin <i...@hulin.org.uk> > To: Lilypond Frogs List <fr...@lilynet.net> > Sent: 15.2.10, 17:40:48 > Subject: [frogs] Da Capos, Codas and Segnos > > Hi Frogs and Developers, > This is by way of limbering up for a discussion on the GLISS list when > it gets going. > > I'm trying to think of all the commoner combinations of Segnos, Codas > and Da Capo instructions so maybe we can work out a consistent syntax > for addressing what are, after all, variations on the theme of repeat > blocks. > > Here are the ones I can think of off the top of my head > > Da Capo al Fine: > > A "Fine" B "Da Capo al Fine" ==> A B A > > Dal Sego Al Fine > > A "§" B "Fine" C "Dal Segno Al Fine" ==> A B C B > > Da Capo Al Coda > > A B "©" C "Da Capo al Coda" "©" D ==> A B C A B D > > Dal Segno Al Coda > > A "§" B C "©" D "Dal Segno al Coda" E ==> A B C D B C E > > Firstly, can anyone think of any more combinations I may have missed here? > > Secondly, what I had in mind was this kind of thing: > > * \dalsegno and \dacapo - both of these start off a segno/dacapo > section. I know it's a bit weird that the \dacapo command would > have to be at the start of the score, but I think it would be > beneficial in terms of syntax checking. > > * \dalsegno and \dacapo both take a keyword and a music expression > as parameters. The keyword is either /coda/, /fine/ or it is > omitted. If it is omitted it defaults to /fine/. > > * \fine - checks if a \dacapo or \dalsegno block are current and > that the last \dalsegno or \dacapo used a /fine/ keyword. If so > it, generates a double bar and "Fine" markup. > > * \tocoda - checks if a \dacapo or \dalsegno block are current, and > that the last \dalsegno or \dacapo used a /coda/ keyword. If so > it generates a double bar and "Al ©" markup. (For © read the coda > hot-cross-bun sign). > > * \endDaCapo, \endDalSegno terminate the block. They firstly check > if a block is current, and what kind of keyword was used. If the > block was started with a /fine/ keyword, it generates a double bar > and a markup "Dal Segno"|"Da Capo" al "Fine"|"Coda", depending on > the type of block and the keyword parameter used. > o If the coda keyword was used a \break is generated and the © > markup generated ready for the next music expression. > > Comments welcome. > > Cheers, > > Ian > > > > _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
