Aaron Hill <lilyp...@hillvisions.com> writes:
> On 2021-11-13 7:15 am, Aaron Hill wrote:
>> It makes perfect sense that it could be generalized to accept any
>> music.
>
> Continuing my trend for hastily written/researched code, consider the
> attached. There is almost certainly an easier way of doing things,
> and who knows what I have broken in the process.
>
> For reference, here is what the user would be able to do:
>
> %%%%
> \fixed c' {
> \time 3/4 | g4 a b
> \time 7/8 | g4 a b8 a b
> \time \kieren 5 8 | g4 a8 b a
> \time \kieren 3 4. | g4 a8 b4. a
> \time \kieren 2 { 8[ 8.] } | g4 a16 b a b8.
>
> \bar "||"
> \break
>
> \override Score.TimeSignature.style = #'kieren
>
> \time 3/4 | g4 a b
> \time 7/8 | g4 a b8 a b
> \time \kieren 5 8 | g4 a8 b a
> \time \kieren 3 4. | g4 a8 b4. a
> \time \kieren 2 { 8[ 8.] } | g4 a16 b a b8.
>
> \bar "|."
> }
> %%%%
>
> Cosmetically, I do not like the alignment in some in the fractions. I
> believe the dot should have no effect on the horizontal alignment of
> the note head with the number, but I am out of time to refine further.
> I suspect \markup \score might not be the best tool for the job in the
> long run, though it certainly allows for very permissive ly:music? as
> a denominator. (I should test with \tuplets...)
>
> P.S. Kieren: I apologize if my naming things "kieren" in the code
> offends. Hopefully, you would consider it an honor for the feature to
> carry your name, as you are certainly the strong voice for its
> inclusion.
I think that where a feature is not generally associated with a
particular name, it's not really helpful to use a name in that manner.
So I'd rather use something like \musicFraction or so to indicate this
kind of construct.
--
David Kastrup
