On Wed, 2016-04-13 at 11:00 +0100, Phil Holmes wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Shann" <rich...@rshann.plus.com> > To: <lilypond-user@gnu.org> > Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 10:37 AM > Subject: Tuplet number direction > > > >I wonder if someone could illuminate the tuplet direction property - I > > wanted to put the tuplet number above rather than below and looked up: > > > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/internals/tupletnumber > > > > direction (direction): > > > > tuplet-number::calc-direction > > > > If side-axis is 0 (or X), then this property determines whether the > > object is placed LEFT, CENTER or RIGHT with respect to the other object. > > Otherwise, it determines whether the object is placed UP, CENTER or > > DOWN. Numerical values may also be used: UP=1, DOWN=-1, LEFT=-1, > > RIGHT=1, CENTER=0. > > > > from this I tried > > > > \override TupletBracket #'tuplet-number::calc-direction = #UP (WRONG) > > > > which (having stared at LilyPond syntax over the years) looked fishy and > > indeed did not work. So I resorted to stabbing in the dark: > > > > > > \override TupletBracket #'direction = #UP > > > > which does work. I wonder if some words of wisdom could help me and > > others to go more directly to the answer in this (and other?) case(s). > > > > Richard > > > I'm not an expert in the internals, but it looks to me that the IR lists the > properties with below the property, a default. Thus the default font-shape > is 'italic, and the default direction is given by > tuplet-number::calc-direction. Direction has an argument of (direction) and > it therefore expects a direction as the argument. In this case, #UP is a > possible argument.
Ah, yes! that fits with the font-shape (symbol): 'italic entry, since tuplet numbers are usually in italics. I think it would help to have the format of this information (property-name default value ...) somewhere easily visible (e.g. an "explain" link on the top of each box or headings or ...) Thank you very much I feel that information may stick. Richard _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user