Re: Issue 1029 in lilypond: \thumb should behave like other fingerings

[Xavier Scheuer]

2010/6/4 Frédéric Bron <address@hidden> :

> added to issue 1029 and to LSR.
>
> What next can a frog do for this?

Hi (yeah, me again)!  :)

I have no authority in development, nor in bug policy, but I have a
proposal about how to handle this issue.

Actually I think we could "divide" this issue into 2 separate ones:

  1. short-term fix: change "thumb" definition (avoid-slur . around
     + add other "Fingering" properties that also exists for Script),
     but keeping \thumb engraved by "Script_engraver".
     Here is what I think could be fine:

("thumb"
     . (
        (script-stencil . (feta . ("thumb"  . "thumb")))
        (avoid-slur . around)
        (padding . 0.5)
        (direction . ,UP)
        (slur-padding . 0.2)
        (staff-padding . 0.5)))


  2. mid(long)-term fix: transfer \thumb to "New_fingering_engraver".
     Actually I would rather call that "extending New_fingering_engraver"
     It would be also cool to add the possibility for
     "New_fingering_engraver" to support _finger changes_, whose
     currently suggested input is as a TextScript:
       c^\markup { \finger "2 - 3" }
     (see NR 1.7.1).

My suggestion is to kindly ask Frédéric to take care of #1, i.e.
changing "thumb" definition in Script, and so close this issue 1029.

And open a new issue "Extend New_fingering_engraver" to also print
\thumb and /custom Fingering markups/ (useful to, for example, finger
changes), see #2.

What do you think guys of this double proposal?
Frédéric, Carl, Bug Squad members?

Cheers,
Xavier

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Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden>