On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 9:29 AM, Richard Shann <rich...@rshann.plus.com> wrote:
> [...] > > > > > > > I played around with the with the accidental and made a button. > > > > > > Is that to say you made a palette button that would run the script > > > I > > > sent when clicked? > > > > Yes > > A series of palette buttons to support microtone accidentals is one way > to go - there is a Gregorian Chant palette that works that way, though > in that case the scripts are more complicated because several notes are > involved for each button to create the > > Gregorian groupings. > Gregorian groupings for those that would like to do this if I were going to live a lot longer. However this may be smeller (?) to what I may want to do with more than one accidental (*more than one glyph*) per note, but thin I would have to work in Lilypond to do this. Let me see how this goes first. > > > > > > > > > tried several things to cause it not to work. > > > > > > > > The note past to Lilypond may have 4 parts/variables: note name, > > > > accidental, octave, duration. There is no space between the > > > > variables so this string is not nested Scheme code? > > > > > > It is LilyPond's syntax for a note, everything except the note name > > > is > > > optional, the defaults being the natural accidental, the octave > > > below > > > middle C (unless in relative mode when the default is relative to > > > the > > > last note) and the duration of the last note. LilyPond reads this > > > and > > > decides what should be typeset. By including "makam.ly" LilyPond > > > expects "k" as a possible accidental and will typeset the glyph it > > > has > > > for that. > > > > What I am getting at the string that is past to Lilypond is not > > Scheme code because it does not have spacing between the variables? > > No, Denemo does not pass Scheme code to LilyPond, because LilyPond > requires a file containing LilyPond's syntax. > > > > > > > Python handles this? > > > > > > Python is not used in LilyPond itself, only some converter programs > > > like midi2ly and so on. The parsing of LilyPond syntax is handled > > > in > > > C++ and Scheme. But, again, this is not the mailing list for > > > LilyPond > > > questions - anything you read here may be just a fuzzy > > > understanding of > > > LilyPond, there are a dozen or so experts on the workings of > > > LilyPond > > > on their list, only too happy to see more music typeset by > > > LilyPond. > > > > Basically I have been asking about how Denemo talks to Lilypond. > > Denemo writes out a file and then starts the LilyPond program passing > it the filename, LilyPond then generates a PDF file which Denemo then > displays. > Is a file the string past for each note? I ask because the PDF is updated each time the string is past. > > > The font question was baste on the assumption the that Denemo only > > has a sub set of subset font. So I was trying to find out what > > could be added to Denemo > > The only thing you have to add to Denemo is the LilyPond syntax that > you want Denemo to pass to LilyPond. But in addition it is nice to tell > Denemo what to display to you when you have attached a "k" to a note, > so as to make it easy to decipher the Denemo Display and be sure you > attached the right thing. > So that comes back once more to the question - can LilyPond create the > typeset you want? If it can and you know what syntax LilyPond wants > then I can help you make Denemo pass that syntax to LilyPond. > > 0k that should work for me. I may have to get some help from Lilypond, if it does not. I think Graham Greed has created most of them I am reading his web sit to see what he may have done. > > > > > and though you would know were the accidentals were in Lilypond > > because you had to get your matching code some were (the names of the > > accidentals that you use like "k"). > drawing the glyph in the Denemo Display is optional - you could just > put the letter "k" next to the note, and you would know that you had > attached a "k" as the accidental. It would not be so nice to look at > but the typesetting would still be fine. > I do not like that idea, but that may be ok for some things. > > > > BTW I have been looking at the cade that you sent for makam.ly. > > Was it written by Lilypond (.ly)? > > Do you mean this: > NO > > > > The example (see below) was: > > > > > > (let ((tag "makam")) > > > (d-DirectivePut-note-postfix tag "k") > > > (d-DirectivePut-note-override tag DENEMO_OVERRIDE_AFFIX) > > > (d-DirectivePut-note-graphic tag > > > "accidentals.sharp.slashslashslash.stem") > > > (d-DirectivePut-note-gx tag -10) > > > (d-SetSaved #f)) > > That is a Scheme program. It is calling a sequence of procedures that > Denemo provides - the ones named x-XXXXX. If you put that script into a > palette button and click on the button it will be executed and the > result is that a Denemo Directive will be attached to the note at the > cursor. If you move the cursor to a new note and click again an > identical Denemo Directive will be attached to that note. The Denemo > Display and the LilyPond typesetting will change to match. > > > What program language is it? > > or do you mean the code that is in the file "makam.ly"? That is > LilyPond syntax YES > > > Is it just calls to libraries? No clue!! It change as you poke > > around, very strange. > > poke??? > > Richard > Thank you, ƒ
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