Re: Function for note string to fraction?

[David Kastrup]

Peter Bjuhr <address@hidden> writes:

> On 2014-05-20 10:26, David Kastrup wrote:
>> Mark Polesky <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Then you would use it like this:
>>>
>>> \set Timing.baseMoment = #(note-to-moment "4.")
>> Anything wrong with
>>
>> \set Timing.baseMoment = #(ly:duration-length #{ 4. #})
>>
>>
>> Ok, you need 2.19 for it, but it seems like one of the cheaper
>> ways to ask the parser for input.
>>
>
> Thanks, indeed it is cheaper. But I'm not sure if I can use it. This
> is part of a larger whole. Basically the user is intended to input a
> string with the duration, and the string will be used both for
>
> \set Timing.baseMoment
>
> and for markup via
>
> \note

We probably should let \note accept a duration, but it's not actually
hard to pick apart and use \note-by-number on the parts.

-- 
David Kastrup