Re: convert-ly doesn't convert figured bass

[Mats Bengtsson]

Now I understand how your file is supposed to work!
I attach a version modified to version 2.2. To be able to run convert-ly
on it, I first replaced all occurencies of '{<' to some dummy like '{#'
and similarly I replaced '>}' with '&}'. After the conversion, I could
then change back from '{ #' to '{ <' and from '& }' to '> }'.
The only other thing I had to update was the text markup with the title,
see the attached file.

   /Mats

Laura Conrad wrote:
> > > > > > "Mats" == Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden> writes:
>
>
>     Mats> I actually don't remember version 1.6 well enough to understand how
>     Mats> your example ever has worked. Did really the FiguredBass context
>     Mats> typeset also ordinary music at that time?
>
> No, it didn't typeset the music, but it ignored it except for the
> lengths.  So once you had the bass line entered, you just found the
> notes with the figures on them and added them.
>
>     Mats> Nowadays, the idea is to have a separate FiguredBass context which
>     Mats> only contains the figures.
>
> But then you have to tell it (again) what the lengths of the notes
> between the figures are.  And proofread that again.
>
>     Mats> Another possibility would be to use text markup commands instead,
>     Mats> see for example
>     Mats> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2004-10/msg00352.html
>
> If that's what the input/test/figured-bass-alternate.ly  example is
> doing, I tried it and wasn't able to get it to work.  That is, the
> example file works, and as long as I'm only adding one figure to a
> note, it works in my file, but when I try to add two figures, like
> this:
>
>          f_\markup { \column <6 5>}
>
> lily tells me:
>
>
> Now processing: `testfigures-markup.ly'
> Parsing...
> /home/lconrad/music/telemann/solo5/testfigures-markup.ly:24:30: error: syntax 
> error, unexpected STRING, expecting '<':
>          f_\markup { \column <
>                               6 5>}
>
> /home/lconrad/music/telemann/solo5/testfigures-markup.ly:24:33: error: Have to 
> be in Lyric mode for lyrics:
>          f_\markup { \column <6 5
>                                  >}
>
> /home/lconrad/music/telemann/solo5/testfigures-markup.ly:24:34: error: syntax 
> error, unexpected '}':
>
> }      
>
> I'm attaching the test file.  Obviously I have the syntax wrong, but
> it looks to me like what the example's doing.
>
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        Mats Bengtsson
        Signal Processing
        Signals, Sensors and Systems
        Royal Institute of Technology
        SE-100 44  STOCKHOLM
        Sweden
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\version "2.2.0"
\header {
        composer = "Francesco Maria Veracini (1690-1768)"
        crossRefNumber = "1"
        footnotes = ""
        tagline = "Lily was here 1.6.8 -- automatically converted from ABC"
        title = "Sonata Sesta"
}
voiceB = \notes {
\set Score.defaultBarType = "empty"

\set Staff.instrument = treble
     r4 ^\markup{ \italic \huge "Largo" } e''4)    f''4    \bar "|"   f''4    
e''4    b''4    \bar "|"  
 b''8    gis''8    b''8    f''16    e''16    b''8    d''8    \bar "|"   d''4    
c''4    a''4    \bar "|"   f''8    d''8    b''8    g''8    d'''8    f''8    
\bar "|"   e''4.    g''8    e''8    c''8    \bar "|"   a''8    f''8    a''8    
d''8    d'''8    f''8    \bar "|"   b''4.    g''8    c'''4   ~    \bar "|"   
% 9
   c'''8    a''8    b''4.    c'''8    \bar "|"   c'''4    r8   e''8    f''8    
g''8    \bar "|"   bes'4    g''4    bes'4    \bar "|"   bes'4    a'8    f''8    
g''8    a''8    \bar "|"   c''4    a''4    c''4    \bar "|"   c''4    b'!8    
g''8    a''8    b''8    \bar "|"   d''4    b''4    d''4    \bar "|"   d''4    
c''8    e''8    a''8    g''8    \bar "|"   % 17
   f''4.    d''8    b''8    a''8    \bar "|"   gis''4.    e''8    a''4   ~    
\bar "|"   a''8    fis''8    gis''4.    a''8    \bar "|"   a''2    f''!4    
\bar "|"   f''4    e''8    b''8    e''8    e''8    \bar "|"   e''4    dis''8    
a''8    d''!8    d''8    \bar "|"   d''4.    b'8    c''4   ~    \bar "|"   c''8 
   d''8    b'4.    a'8    \bar "|"   a'2. ^\fermata   \bar "|."   
}
voiceC = \notes {
\set Score.defaultBarType = "empty"

\set Staff.instrument = bass
 \key a \minor \clef bass
   a,2    a4    \bar "|"   gis2.    \bar "|"   e2.    \bar "|"   a,2    c4    
\bar "|"   d2    b,4    \bar "|"   c2    r4   \bar "|"   f2    f4    \bar "|"   
g2    e4   ~    \bar "|"   % 9
   e8    f8    g4    g,4    \bar "|"   c4    c,4    c4    \bar "|"   d4    e4   
 c4    \bar "|"   f2.    \bar "|"   fis2.    \bar "|"   g2.    \bar "|"   gis2. 
   \bar "|"   a2    c4    \bar "|"   % 17
   d2    dis4    \bar "|"   e2    c4   ~    \bar "|"   c8    d8    e4    e,4    
\bar "|"   a4    c'4    a4    \bar "|"   gis2    g!4    \bar "|"   fis2    f4 
   \bar "|"   <<e4.\figures { <3+ 7 >}>>    gis8    a4    \bar "|"   
<<d4\figures { <7 >}>>    <<e4\figures { <4 5 >}>>    <<e,4\figures { <3+ >}>>  
  \bar "|"   
a,2. ^\fermata   \bar "|."   
}
figuredBass = \notes {
\context FiguredBass {
 \key a \minor 
   a,2    <<a4\figures { <6> }>>    \bar "|"   <<gis4\figures { <7> }>> 
<<s2\figures { <6> }>>    \bar "|"   <<e2.\figures { <_+> }>>    \bar "|"   
<<a,4\figures { <4 5> }>> <<s4\figures { <3> }>>    <<c4\figures { <6> }>>    
\bar "|"   d2    <<b,4\figures { <5 6> }>>    \bar "|"   c2    r4   \bar "|"   
f2    <<f4\figures { <6> }>>    \bar "|"   
g2    e4   ~    \bar "|"   % 9
   e8    f8    g4    g,4    \bar "|"   c4    c,4    c4    \bar "|"   
<<d4\figures { <6-> }>>    <<e4 \figures { <5- 6> }>>  
 c4    \bar "|"   <<f4\figures { <4-> }>> <<s2\figures { <3> }>>    \bar "|"   
<<fis2.\figures { <5> }>>    \bar "|"   <<g4\figures { <4 5> }>> <<s2\figures { 
<3> }>>    \bar "|"   <<gis2. \figures { <5> }>>
   \bar "|"   <<a4\figures { <4 5> }>> <<s4\figures { <3> }>>   c4    \bar "|"  
 % 17
   d2    dis4    \bar "|"   <<e2\figures { <_+> }>>    c4   ~    \bar "|"   c8  
  d8    <<e4\figures { <3+> }>>    e,4    
\bar "|"   a4    c'4    <<a4\figures { <6> }>>    \bar "|"   <<gis4\figures { 
<7> }>> <<s4\figures { <6> }>>    g!4    \bar "|"   <<fis4\figures { <7> }>> 
<<s4\figures { <6+> }>>   <<f4 \figures { <6!> }>>
   \bar "|"   <<e4.\figures { <3+ 7> }>>    gis8    a4    \bar "|"   
<<d4\figures { <7> }>>    <<e4\figures { <4 5> }>>    <<e,4\figures { <3+& }>>  
  \bar "|"   
a,2. ^\fermata   \bar "|."   
}}

voicedefault = \notes {
\set Score.defaultBarType = "empty"

\time 3/4 \key a \minor 
}\score{
        \notes <<

        \context Staff="1"
        {
            \voicedefault
            \voiceB 
        }

        \context Staff="2"
        {
            \voicedefault
<<          \voiceC 
            \figuredBass
>>
        }

    >>
        \paper {
            \context 
            {
                \StaffContext
            }
        }
        \midi {}
}