On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM Paul Hodges <[email protected]> wrote:

> *From: * Simon Albrecht <[email protected]>
> * To: * Jeff Kopmanis <[email protected]>
> * Cc: * <[email protected]>
> * Sent: * 23/09/2025 21:33
> * Subject: * Input language
>
> On 23.09.25 18:59, Jeff Kopmanis wrote:
> > I tend to use "bes" for B-flat and didn't even know that "bf" was
> > available.  Same for "cis" for C#.  Maybe I've learned something?
>
> That depends on input language, which is set using \language ;) at the
> beginning of a document. You’ll find it in the docs. bf and cs I think
> should be \language "english".
>
>
> If you want to change the language of an existing LilyPond file,
> Frescobaldi has a function to add or change the \language statement and
> convert all the existing notation.  When I get files in another language,
> it's the first thing I do!
>

Tools -> Music Transformations -> Pitch -> Pitch Name Language, in case
you're wondering.

--
Knute Snortum

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