Re: Figured Bass commands in property-init.ly

[Mats Bengtsson]

Carl D. Sorensen wrote:
> There are twe elements of figured bass notation that are an integral part of 
> the notation, so Graham said we should make predefined commands for them.  Doea 
> anybody object to
>
> figuredBassExtendersOn = {
>   \set useBassFigureExtenders = ##t
> }
> figuredBassExtendersOff = {
>   \set useBassFigureExtenders = ##f
> }
>
>   
For the case that you enter the figured bass directly within a Staff 
context (see bottom of
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Entering-figured-bass#Entering-figured-bass)
these macros will not work, since the figures are typeset at the Staff 
level, not at the Voice level.
When I recently defined similar macros myself, I ended up doing
figuredBassExtendersOn = {\set useBassFigureExtenders = ##t \set 
Staff.useBassFigureExtenders = ##t }
in order to have something that works both when the figures are typeset 
in a Staff and in a FiguredBass
context.
> or
>
> figuredBassBelowStaffOn = {
>   \override Staff.BassFigureAlignmentPositioning
>      #'direction = #DOWN
> }
> figuredBassBelowStaffOff = {
>   \override Staff.BassFigureAlignmentPositioning
>     #'direction = #UP
> }
>   
These macros are only relevant in the case when your previous macros 
failed, i.e. in the
case where figured bass is typeset within a Staff context. You might 
also want to consider if
these macros should set stacking-dir on BassFigureAlignment.

   /Mats