Re: Where can I find reasonable definitions of ''Identity predicates'(?) that we use in our own .scm files?

[James]

Hello,

On 17 December 2011 22:18, James <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> As part of a tracker issue and for my own education I'm trying to
> understand the 'types' (if that is the correct term - from Wikipedia
> of Scheme I'm wondering of they are 'Identity predicates') of the
> variables (again if that is the correct term) in the listings in some
> of the scm files.
>
> For example in the printed IR I might see:
>
> --snip--
> figuredBassAlterationDirection (direction)
> Where to put alterations relative to the main figure.
>
> figuredBassFormatter (procedure)
> A routine generating a markup for a bass figure.
>
> ignoreFiguredBassRest (boolean)
> Don’t swallow rest events.
>
> implicitBassFigures (list)
> A list of bass figures that are not printed as numbers, but only as
> --snip--
>
> What I am interested in are the different 'types' ((list), (boolean),
> (procedure), (direction) and so on) and what they mean in a scm
> context so I can assign correct text strings for documentation. So if
> I had a Property of ABC and I wanted to use a True or False or maybe a
> single integer and so on, which would be the correct 'type' to list.
>
> I'm not asking for specific answers in as much as pointer to a scm
> website perhaps or some online doc that I could look at and glean.
>
> I'm trying to create a new scm/paper-properties.scm type-file to help
> move forward 'http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1392',
> I am well out of my comfort/knowledge zone I realise, but am hoping to
> get an idea of how the whole autogenerated doc process for things like
> Appendixes and the IR work by 'having a go'.
>
> --
> --
>
> James

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/predefined-type-predicates

Seems to list them...

doh!



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James