On Sun, 2023-09-17 at 14:58 +0200, Jean Abou Samra wrote:
> Le dimanche 17 septembre 2023 à 12:56 +0100, Richard Shann a écrit :
> > I can't figure out why this:
> >
> > \version "2.24.0"
> > {
> > \set fingeringOrientations = #'( left right up down) <c' -0 c
> > ''-1
> > e ''-2 g''-3 >
> > }
> >
> > outputs the 0 and 3 fingerings down and up respectively and the
> > other
> > two right with nothing on left.
> >
> > Is there a limitation to two note chords? Or what?
> > I'm consulting
> > https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/direction-and-placement
>
>
> fingeringOrientations isn't a list with one entry per fingering. It's
> a list of orientations that LilyPond is *allowed* to choose for
> fingerings. It will always prefer putting fingerings on the right
> rather than on the left, if allowed to.
Oh, I see, thank you. I've realised I gave the wrong link to the page I
read that mentioned fingeringOrientations, it was in "Selected
Snippets" I can't in fact find where this variable is described...
Richard
>
>
> Best,
> Jean
>
