Re: Redefining \parenthesisOpenSymbol

[Vaughan McAlley]

On 8 August 2013 18:45, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> Vaughan McAlley <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Most scores I do (renaissance choral editions) have no slurs and
>> hundreds of \melisma and \melismaEnds. My source code would look a lot
>> nicer if I could redefine ( and ) to mean \melisma and \melismaEnd.
>> What is wrong with this code?
>>
>> \version "2.16.1"
>>
>> slurStart = #(make-span-event 'SlurEvent START)
>> slurEnd = #(make-span-event 'SlurEvent STOP)
>> parenthesisOpenSymbol = \melisma
>> parenthesisCloseSymbol = \melismaEnd
>>
>> \score {
>>   <<
>>     \new Staff {
>>       \new Voice = "musicNotes" {
>>         \relative c' {
>>           c8 \slurStart d e f \slurEnd % slurred
>>           g ( a b c ) % no slur, but with melisma
>>           c,1
>>         }
>>       }
>>     }
>>     \new Lyrics \lyricsto "musicNotes" {
>>       Li -- ly -- pond.
>>     }
>>   >>
>> }
>
> melisma and melismaEnd are not permitted as articulations.  After issue
> 3487 has passed
> <URL:http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3487>, you'll be
> able to write
>
> \version "2.17.24"
>
> slurStart = #(make-span-event 'SlurEvent START)
> slurEnd = #(make-span-event 'SlurEvent STOP)
> "(" = \melisma
> ")" = \melismaEnd
>
> \score {
>   <<
>     \new Staff {
>       \new Voice = "musicNotes" {
>         \relative c' {
>           c8 \slurStart d e f \slurEnd % slurred
>           g ( a b c ) % no slur, but with melisma
>           c,1
>         }
>       }
>     }
>     \new Lyrics \lyricsto "musicNotes" {
>       Li -- ly -- pond.
>     }
>   >>
> }
>
> and have it worked as expected since one point of that issue is not to
> make assumptions about what you assign to the parens: it can be music,
> events, music functions...  If you are really feeling nasty, it can be a
> number.
>
> But in LilyPond's current state, it can only be an articulation.
>
> --
> David Kastrup
>
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Thanks, that’s great! And what a nicely timed issue...

Vaughan