Re: function does not replicate \markup?

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On 2012-06-24 12:36, David Kastrup wrote:
> Thunderbird does not really seem to like quoting code... This now was 
> a mixed HTML/plain text mail. The plain text version looked actually 
> fine, so it is not quite clear why you would need a combined mail just 
> to get the correct plain text version out. The HTML rendition here 
> used non-breakable spaces... 
I will try to make the mails plain text!


> Then you should not be using a mark.  If you want to be using a
> textscript, this is actually more fun to do with current versions of
> LilyPond (2.15.not-too-old). It would look something like
> fN = #(define-event-function (parser location fretp ) (string?)
>      #{
>          _\markup { \box \italic \small #fretp }
>      #})
That was my first attempt! Seems like I'm thinking a bit ahead


> The closest you can get with 2.14 is something like
>
> fN = #(define-music-function (parser location fretp ) (string?)
>    (make-music 'TextScriptEvent
>                'text (markup #:box #:italic #:small $fretp)
>                'direction DOWN))
>
> if you are lucky, and even then you will have to use it as
>
> -\fN "whatever"
Aha! Suddenly a light came on!

A BIG Thank You for persevering while I get my act together!

// Anders

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