On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 2:27 AM samarutuk <samaru...@aim.com> wrote: <SNIP>
> Surely some people could benefit from a solution like that. As noted, it > would be very handy for educational purposes in general. Of course, you can > do it manually, but for more extensive scores it is very tedious, typos can > creep in and there is a lot of extra text which makes the Lilypond code > more confusing. The manual fingering function is also single digit as far > as I know. For brass instruments with valves, you usually need one to three > or four digits (see screenshot in attachment) and sometimes also other > characters or brackets for alternate fingerings/slide positions. > > Kind regards > Andreas > You may not be aware of this, but LilyPond is developed and maintained by volunteers. If you wish to have fingering information for brass instruments automatically calculated by LilyPond, you have a few choices: 1. Post a feature request on bug-lilyp...@gnu.org. This probably won't get the feature implemented, but it will be documented as a desired feature. And then perhaps it could be implemented as a GSoC project. 2. Offer to pay a developer to create the feature. It would probably cost more than you are willing to pay, however. 3. Learn how to do it yourself, and contribute a merge request that implements the feature. Nearly all features in LilyPond have been added this way. I created fret diagrams and the fret_diagram_engraver and FretBoards context because I was interested in them. Mike Solomon developed the woodwind fingering diagrams because he was interested in them, etc. It's more work for you, but it's the only sure way to have the features added. Please don't think I'm mocking you or making fun of you. I'm not. I'm just trying to help you understand the realities of getting features added to LilyPond. Thanks, Carl >
