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+/*
+  This file is part of LilyPond, the GNU music typesetter.
+
+  Copyright (C) 2010 Nicolas Sceaux <nicolas.sceaux@free.fr>
+
+  LilyPond is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  LilyPond is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with LilyPond.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#include "note-column.hh"
+#include "lily-guile.hh"
+#include "grob.hh"
+
+LY_DEFINE (ly_note_column__accidentals, "ly:note-column::accidentals",
+	   1, 0, 0, (SCM note_column),
+	   "Return the first accidentals found in @var{note_column}, or #f.")
+{
+  Grob *grob = unsmob_grob (note_column);
+  LY_ASSERT_SMOB (Grob, note_column, 1);
+  Grob *acc = Note_column::accidentals (grob);
+  if (acc)
+    return acc->self_scm ();
+  else
+    return SCM_BOOL_F;
+}
+
+LY_DEFINE (ly_note_column__dot_column, "ly:note-column::dot-column",
+	   1, 0, 0, (SCM note_column),
+	   "Return the dot column of @var{note_column}, or #f.")
+{
+  Grob *grob = unsmob_grob (note_column);
+  LY_ASSERT_SMOB (Grob, note_column, 1);
+  Grob *dot_column = Note_column::dot_column (grob);
+  if (dot_column)
+    return dot_column->self_scm ();
+  else
+    return SCM_BOOL_F;
+}