Re: Putting finger substitution in the LilyPond manual

2021-10-24 Thread Carl Sorensen
Cc: Mark Stephen Mrotek ; lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Putting finger substitution in the LilyPond manual On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 10:22 AM Carl Sorensen wrote: > > I think this should be a snippet, rather than text in a section. Rather than > telling, just show (and one can s

Re: Putting finger substitution in the LilyPond manual

2021-10-24 Thread Knute Snortum
On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 10:22 AM Carl Sorensen wrote: > > I think this should be a snippet, rather than text in a section. Rather than > telling, just show (and one can show three different methods in one snippet). > > The snippet could be as simple as: > > \version "2.21" > > \header { > lsrt

Re: Putting finger substitution in the LilyPond manual

2021-10-24 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 10/24/21, 10:33 AM, "lilypond-user on behalf of Knute Snortum" wrote: On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 8:46 AM Mark Stephen Mrotek wrote: > > Knute, > > Some instructions are here > https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/notation/inside-the-staff#fingering-instruc

Re: Putting finger substitution in the LilyPond manual

2021-10-24 Thread Valentin Petzel
Actually the discussed solutions here are arguably better than the documentation example, because that one simply uses a markup event instead of a fingering event, which will cause problems in positioning. Cheers, Valentin 24.10.2021 18:32:32 Knute Snortum : > On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 8:46 AM M

Re: Putting finger substitution in the LilyPond manual

2021-10-24 Thread Knute Snortum
On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 8:46 AM Mark Stephen Mrotek wrote: > > Knute, > > Some instructions are here > https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/notation/inside-the-staff#fingering-instructions > although it refers mainly to stringed instrument. Thank you Mark. So no need for a new section, b

RE: Putting finger substitution in the LilyPond manual

2021-10-24 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
Behalf Of Knute Snortum Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2021 7:36 AM To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Putting finger substitution in the LilyPond manual In this thread (1) we discussed how to notate the piano technique of holding down one note and changing fingers without releasing the note. Wikipedia

Re: Putting finger substitution in the LilyPond manual

2021-10-24 Thread Jean Abou Samra
> Any thoughts on this? Just provide a patch on the development repository at this point. It is easier to discuss specifics with concrete material. The contributor's guide has all you need to know, and feel free to ask for assistance with Git, Texinfo or anything. Thanks in advance. Jean

Putting finger substitution in the LilyPond manual

2021-10-24 Thread Knute Snortum
In this thread (1) we discussed how to notate the piano technique of holding down one note and changing fingers without releasing the note. Wikipedia calls this "substitution." (2) I would like to put a section in the manual that explains how to notate this. It seems to be a fairly common thing i