Richard Shann-2 wrote
> To do this I think I need to have an additional property to be used via
> something like this
>
> (if (ly:context-property-where-defined context 'compact)
> ...
>
> to decide whether to format the chord symbol in a compact fashion or to
> use the default formatting.
> If this sounds right, could someone advise what the LilyPond syntax
> would be needed to trigger this conditional?
> I was guessing it might be
>
> \layout {
> \context {
> \ChordNames
> compact = ##t
> }
>
> but whatever I try I just get an empty list for that property.
As far as I know, to introduce a custom context property like this, you
first need to add it to the list of:
all-translator-properties
using a procedure like:
translator-property-description
as found in:
scm/define-context-properties.scm
After that you should be able to set it to #t like you want.
HTH,
-Paul
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