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

[ario]

On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 14:02, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
> 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"

Yes, I did that. I use keyboard USA/International here.
Isn't there some string indicating (as in HTML code) to lily (or is it
finally TeX that would have to do it?) that I want a specific character
number such and so from the font?

Thanks for your help.
arie

>    /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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