Re: Fretboard scales

[Thomas Morley]

2013/5/15 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
> Vaylor Trucks <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> According to the LSR, the \scale markup is used to create fretboard
>> scale diagrams (see http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=790).
>
> Uh, no?  This LSR _defines_ the \scale markup to create those diagrams.
> _After_ loading the definition, this is what the \scale markup will do.
>
>> However, according to the 2.16 manual, \scale does something else
>> entirely.
>
> Which is the reason that the name "\scale" chosen in the LSR code is a
> fabulously bad idea and will likely break unrelated code.
>
>> Is there another way to create fretboard scale diagrams?
>
> Well, take the LSR code, and where it says "\scale" or "scale", write
> "\scale-diagram" or "scale-diagram", respectively.
>
> Since that changes both definition and use of "\scale", you should be
> fine.  Possibly also requires using convert-ly for converting from 2.14
> syntax to 2.16 syntax, but I haven't checked.
>
> --
> David Kastrup
>
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http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=790
is changed, following David's suggestion.

-Harm