Re: defining custom note heads

[Eric Knapp]

Thanks, Victor!  I see the correct syntax now and I have it working.
This is really great, I've been trying to do this for a long time.

-Eric

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 1:23 PM, V!ctor Adán <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello Eric,
>
> here are a few more examples.
> The first (headCircle) is the one I had given before. It just  calls
> musicgryph inside a markup.
> The second (headTriW) just draws a triangle. Notice how you can set the size
> with the fontsize command.
> The third (headXinD) combines (with the combine directive) a drawn circle
> (draw-circle) with a mysicglyph.
>
> Notice how "halign" and "lower" are used to move things around.
>
> Hope these help,
>
> Victor.
>
> %%%%%%% START %%%%%%%%
> \version "2.11.50"
>
> headCircle = {\once \override NoteHead  #'stencil =
> #ly:text-interface::print
>               \once \override NoteHead #'text = #(markup #:musicglyph
> "scripts.flageolet" ) }
> headTriW = {\once \override NoteHead  #'stencil = #ly:text-interface::print
>             \once \override NoteHead #'text = #(markup  #:lower .5
> #:fontsize -3 #:triangle #t) }
> headXinD = { \once \override NoteHead  #'stencil = #ly:text-interface::print
>             \once \override NoteHead #'text = #(markup  #:combine #:halign
> -0.7 #:draw-circle 0.85 0.2 #f #:musicglyph "noteheads.s2cross") }
>
>
> \score{
>    {
>       \relative c'
>       {\headCircle c4.  %%% just use musicglyph
>       \headTriW d       %%% just draw
>       \headXinD e       %%% combine drawing with musicglyph
>       f                       %%% normal notehead
>       }
>    }
> }
> %%%%%%% END %%%%%%%%
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Eric Knapp <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> I have it working when you define glyphs, like this:
>>
>> headCircle  = {\once \override NoteHead  #'stencil =
>> #ly:text-interface::print
>>              \once \override NoteHead #'text = #(markup #:musicglyph
>> "scripts.flageolet" ) }
>>
>> What I can't get to work is what Victor mentioned but didn't give and
>> example for. Here's what he said,
>>
>>  "But you can also draw lines, circles, etc. basically anything you can
>> do in a markup. See
>>
>> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Text-markup-commands#Text-markup-commands";
>>
>> I can't figure out the exact syntax for when you use markup and not a
>> glyph. I would love an example like the one above with markup.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -Eric
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 12:09 PM, James E. Bailey <address@hidden>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 10:20 AM, v!ictor address@hidden <address@hidden> 
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello Brian,
>> >
>> > There are two things you need to do to create arbitrary noteheads from
>> >
>> > within lilypond:
>> >
>> > 1. change the NoteHead stencil to the text interface:
>> >
>> > \once \override NoteHead  #'stencil = #ly:text-interface::print
>> >
>> > 2. define the text attribute of the NoteHead. you can put any markup
>> >
>> > command you want. The easiest thing to do is to simply call a
>> >
>> > musicglyph, as in the example below. With musicglyph you can use any
>> >
>> > of the feta font glyphs:
>> >
>> >
>> > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/The-Feta-font#The-Feta-font
>> >
>> > But you can also draw lines, circles, etc. basically anything you can
>> >
>> > do in a markup. See
>> >
>> >
>> > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Text-markup-commands#Text-markup-commands
>> >
>> >
>> > Am 07.07.2008 um 18:04 schrieb Eric Knapp:
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I'm trying to get the second option below to work. This is one where
>> > you use markup commands to create the notehead. I can't get the syntax
>> > right, could you also provide an example of that?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > -Eric
>> >
>> >
>> > They work in tandem, not independantly, first, you change the NoteHead
>> > stencil to the text interface, (see previous code), then you define the
>> > musicglyph that you want to use as a notehead.
>> > See http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=475
>> > (and just as I finish complaining that I can never find anything on the
>> > lsr…)
>>
>>
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