Re: varC clefs in 2.19

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From: "James" <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden, "lilypond-devel" <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 9:26:56 AM
Subject: Re: varC clefs in 2.19

On 30/05/14 10:24, James wrote:
> On 29/05/14 23:11, address@hidden wrote:
>> I was just looking over the "changes" page for the current 
>> development version (2.19.x) and the section with the new clef glyphs 
>> caught my eye.  The example given for; \clef "varC" *seems* to be 
>> alto clef only.
>
> Yes that seems right from the file changes.
>
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=commit;h=476c0adbf748f1adcb6927a6197d13f3790c8a9b
>  
>
>
> scm/parser-clef.scm is the file that (I think) determines the position.
>
>
>> This clef in any position is a 'C' clef as it marks middle C.  I'm 
>> sure it must be possible to redefine the clef's position somehow, but 
>> this strikes me as an oversight, especially with all the other clef 
>> transpositions which are readily available.
> Seems to be a documentation oversight actually if you look at the diff 
> for the file parser-clef.scm there _is_ a tenor version.
>
> I'm not a programmer, but I seem to remember trying to document these 
> other clefs in that are in this file more coherently in, say, the 
> appendix. I just never got fully around to it.
>
> However can you see if this 'tenor' version is what you wanted?
>
> James

Sorry for replying to my own post. I forget sometimes that not everyone 
necessarily reads the code or cares about looking in the code tree in git

Assuming you can understand these files I am referring to then it should 
be obvious, but just in case (and so I apologize if I am patronizing 
you) you should be able to use

\clef "tenorvarC"

James


I must confess that I've not been using 2.19.  My comments were based on my 
encounter with the "changes" page.  If \clef "tenorvarC" puts that 'varC' clef 
in the tenor position then my question is answered.

Thanks!

-David