Also for Lyrics you can then do
\score {
\new Lyrics \with {
\override LyricText.before-line-breaking =
#(lambda (grob)
(ly:grob-set-property! grob 'text (htmldecode (ly:grob-property grob
'text))))
} \lyricmode {
Thìs ïs â téşt
}
}
Cheers,
Valentin
Am Mittwoch, 3. Juli 2024, 14:31:28 MESZ schrieb Valentin Petzel:
> Hello,
>
> I’ve taken some time to create a function for decoding html-style entities.
> So instead of entering
>
> \markup { á è ç â ... }
>
> you can do
>
> \markup\htmldecode { á è ç â ... }
>
> or
>
> \markup\htmldecode { "á" "è" "ç" "â" ... }
>
> or
>
> \markup\htmldecode { &:xE1; &:xE8; &:xE7; &:xE2; ... }
>
> (I’ve added the option of using a : to specify unicode number as the default
> # has a special meaning in Lilypond and will thus require quotes.)
>
> The file is quite large because it contains a mapping of entity-strings to
> unicode entities. But simply include the file and use \htmldecode where ever
> you need.
>
> Cheers,
> Valentin
>
> Am Mittwoch, 3. Juli 2024, 11:14:52 MESZ schrieb Jean Abou Samra:
> > Le mercredi 03 juillet 2024 à 08:26 +0100, Raphael Mankin a écrit :
> > > Thank you. The obvious is what generally escapes one. But character
> > > picking is a PITA. I shall have to add a French keyboard to my layouts.
> > > AZERTY :-(
> >
> > Have you tried a Compose key?
> >
> > At least under a GNOME Linux desktop, this is very easy to enable:
> > open Settings app, select the "Keyboard" tab and click "Compose key"
> > (under "Special Character Entry"). You can configure a key of your
> > keyboard to be a "Compose key" which makes it insert various special
> > characters when you type this key followed by one of many predefined
> > sequences. For example:
> >
> > Compose ' e → é
> > Compose ` a → à
> > Compose " i → ï
> > Compose > a → â
> > Compose , c → ç
> >
> > This is incredibly convenient to type all sorts of unusual characters
> > without changing your keyboard layout (for another example, I typed
> > the arrows above with "Compose - >").
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