On 2021-11-08 11:36 am, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
3. Is there an ly:string->duration [or similar] function, that will
take "4." and turn it into a duration that I can use to generate the
right glyph(s)?
Technically, you could create string->duration:
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#(define (string->duration str)
(let* ((parser (ly:parser-clone '()))
(music (ly:parse-string-expression parser str)))
(if (ly:duration? music) music (ly:error "Expecting duration"))))
{ b' $(string->duration "4.") c'' $(string->duration "8") }
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But it would seem better to let the parser do the work by having the
function accept a ly:duration? directly. Certainly, it would be easier
to use:
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\timeII 3 4. % logically \time 9/8
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-- Aaron Hill
