Re: how to include various ascii characters (like: !) in the text?

[Mats Bengtsson]

If you want ASCII character 214, you just need a text editor that
enables you to input that ASCII value as a character.
In Emacs, for example, type
CTRL-Q 3 2 6 RETURN
(since 326 is octal for 214). If you have a German or nordic
keyboard, you can also press Ö, since it has character code 214 in
the Latin 1 encoding. If you have a Cyrillic keyboard, I'm sure you
can just press the desired key directly unless your editor plays
some funny games.

To set the font, you'll have to say something like:
\property Lyrics . LyricText \override #'font-name = #"wncyr10"

  /Mats

ario wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 06:47, Graham Percival wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 05:31:43 +0200
> > ario <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > If I include a '!' in the lyrics, lilypond complains.
> > > I tried using typing "!", and '!' but none works.
> > > I need this feature to use the complete Cyrillic character set.
> > > Does anybody know how to include all ascii characters?
> > > Having to input the ascii numbering would do too for me.
> >
> > I believe you want \\!
>
>
> Thanks for answering Graham, I made a mistake, I put 
> words={
>
> } "!"
>
> With the "!" within the brackets it works :/
> But still I'm afraid that this is not the solution. When I do
>
> WordsFouFO = \lyrics {"#"} it says:
>
> ly2dvi:error: LaTeX failed on the output file.
> ly2dvi:error: The error log is as follows:
> ! You can't use `macro parameter character #' in restricted horizontal
> mode.
> <argument> ...utscale \magfontOLYUomMMBo \hbox {##
>                                                   }
> With \lyrics{\\#} it says:
> Parsing...Backtrace:
> 0* }
> ERROR: In expression }:
> ERROR: Unbound variable: }
>
> etc...
>
> Isn't there a method to tell that I want ascii character 214 from font
> wncyr10 for instance?
> And does one know where I can get the Cyrillic R, mirrorred about its
> vertical axis, and this character which resembles most the 'X', but with
> some more small lines? (sorry, I don't know the name of it).
>
> thanks,
> arie
>
>
>
> > Cheers,
> > - Graham
>
>
>
>
>
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