Re: more leadsheet questions

[Martin Tarenskeen]

On Fri, 21 Mar 2014, Robin Bannister wrote:

> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> \version "2.18.0"
>
> simile = \markup { \bold \fontsize #1 \char ##x066A } % arabic
> simileCN = \once \override ChordNames.ChordName #'text = #simile
>
> \chords { c1:m |  \simileCN c:m | \simileCN c:m |  c:m }
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
>
> Or you can draw the simile yourself, as with the markup in
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2009-03/msg00709.html
>
> But note that that thread was for version 2.12 so it uses a
> #'stencil override; nowadays a #'text override is sufficient.


Thanks, both work perfectly! I already could not imagine I would be the 
first and only person with this question.

Shouldn't something frequently used like this be found in the snippets, or 
better still, included in LilyPond, instead of just in the mailinglist 
archives?

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MT