Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com> writes: > On 18 July 2016 at 14:01, Andrew Bernard wrote: >> Hi Mojca, >> >> Why can’t you simply use the lilypond fingering instruction? You can stack >> fingerings as per your MWE, and they are easy to enter. > > 1.) I want to enter both finger number *and* button name. So something > like "2 B4" (where 2 is the finger number and B4 is the button name). > In addition it is usually helpful to have a bit more control about > whether or not finger numbers are actually typeset, their style > (potentially different from button name to be distinguishable with > ease) and placement. > > I totally agree that fingerings alone are much easier to enter and I > would prefer to be able to write something like > <f-"2.B4" a-"3.B5"> > but as far as I understand this is currently not really supported.
Well, those are text scripts and not fingerings, but one may do something akin to
"\\-" = #(define-event-function (m) (markup?) #{ \tweak text \markup \normal-text #m -1 #}) { <f\-"2.B4" a\-"3.B5"> }
> I also totally agree that the fingerings are *the most sensible* place > where this information should be entered. (Placing the information > inside the lyrics is "kind-of horrible" idea, but I don't know how to > achieve the desired layout if I start from fingerings.) I thought that what made you go to lyrics etc was alignment: having everything appear at one height. > > 2.) Even if I somehow tweak this to work with some complex syntax, it > will look like "drunken lyrics" because I have absolutely no control > of the vertical placement. Ah yes, you were coming to that. > I would really like all the buttons / fingers to be aligned > vertically, otherwise it looks horrible (I can post the example > again). But if someone can show me how to tweak the fingerings > properly to satisfy my needs, I'll gladly use those instead. I don't think this will work according to your desires, namely providing a semi-independently readable rendering of the button sequences. -- David Kastrup
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