Re: another fingering question

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

David Raleigh Arnold writes:

> -4 4- and 3-4 are all very useful in fingering, and they have been
> requested and used for years.  Why should c_-5 c^5- or c_5-4 remain a
> problem?

You're just trolling, right?

Anyway, there's this tiny implementation detail called language
specification that someone needs to deal with.  See lily/parser.yy

^ and _ are provided as a shorthand for:

  \override Script #'direction = UP/DOWN

and [^_-]<DIGIT> is a shorhand for

  \markup { \finger "<DIGIT>" }

Jan.

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