Re: another fingering question

[Anthony W. Youngman]

In message <address@hidden>, Jan Nieuwenhuizen 
<address@hidden> writes
> 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

My only comment here is that (when using \markup) it does not appear to 
be a shorthand for *override*. It seems to be a shorthand for *specify*. 
In other words, an override is optional - but IME (2.2) ^ and _ are a 
necessity.
> and [^_-]<DIGIT> is a shorhand for
>
>  \markup { \finger "<DIGIT>" }
>
> Jan.
Seeing as we're discussing this, is there a mechanism whereby fingering 
can be added automatically? For example, " bes' " would always 
automatically be fingered "1" (brass players will recognise a transposed 
Bb :-)

This would be great for printing "teaching parts" - just set the option 
at the start and it'll print the fingering automatically.

Cheers,
Wol
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