Re: Supporting ♯ and ♭

[Richard Shann]

On Mon, 2014-10-06 at 15:53 +0200, Malte Meyn wrote:
> You can try to add another “language” (or add alias entries to the 
> english language) in the file define-note-names.scm. I’m not sure 
> whether this will work (does Scheme support Unicode?) but it would be 
> definitely a simple solution.

This does work, for example after the line
 (cis . ,(ly:make-pitch -1 0 SHARP))
adding the line      
  (c♯ . ,(ly:make-pitch -1 0 SHARP))

makes c♯ available for indicating c sharp.

Richard


> 
> Am 06.10.2014 um 15:49 schrieb MarcM:
> >
> > In an effort to make lilypond syntax easier for people to adopt, i'd love to
> > see lilypond support the ♯ and ♭alterations Unicode symbols.
> >
> > I know using '#' would not work due to conflict with scheme but what about
> > using the Unicode symbols?
> >
> > "g g g e♭" would be easier to write and read then "g g g ef"
> >
> >
> > How much work would that require?
> >
> > http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/266f/index.htm
> > http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/266d/index.htm
> >
> >
> >
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