Re: Function for note string to fraction?

[David Kastrup]

Peter Bjuhr <address@hidden> writes:

> On 2014-05-20 12:23, David Kastrup wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>> >
>>> Maybe you misunderstood me!? I meant that the
>>> >functionality was intended for a larger script...
>> So?
>
> Maybe it was me that misunderstood you instead! Did you mean to use
> \note like in your previous example:
>
> \markup { \note { 4. } }
>
> ?
>
> But why should \note-by-number be used for the parts, I didn't follow that?

You want to enter a duration in a simple manner and use it in several
contexts.  One as markup, one as a duration or length.

The suggestion was to let LilyPond see it not as a string but as a
duration and go from there instead of writing your own duration parser.

I don't understand the problem you have with that.

-- 
David Kastrup