Re: Create Shortcut for minimumFret

[David Kastrup]

Kale Good <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi All,
> I'm using lilypond to create a guitar method book; I'm using a lot of
> tab. I was wondering if there was a way to create a shortcut for \set
> Tabstaff.minimumFret = 
>
> I started using this the other day for right hand fingerings
> #(define RH rightHandFinger)
>
> and was hoping something like this would work, but I've not had any
> luck yet.
> #(define TabStaff.minimumFret)

Huh?  What's that supposed to be?

Somewhat amusingly, in 2.17.6 (?) or later you can write

#(define tmf '(TabStaff minimumFret))

{ \set \tmf = 7 }

But you are more likely angling for

tmf =
#(define-music-function (parser location fret) (index?)
   #{ \set TabStaff.minimumFret = #fret #})

{ \tmf 5 }

or similar.

-- 
David Kastrup