Re: chords as markups?

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On 6 sept. 2012, at 00:11, luis jure <address@hidden> wrote:

> 
> i've been asked to typeset in lilypond a couple of chords with some
> non-standard notation (please see the attached image).
> 
> i wouldn't know how to tweak the chord mode in lilypond to achieve
> this, so i was thinking of using \markup's. but elsewhere i'm using
> \chords, and the results are very different in both cases (spacing between
> characters, height of superscript, etc).
> 
> i'd need some help to either:
> 
> 1) tweak the chord notation in chord mode to obtain something like the
> attached image,
> 
> or
> 
> 2) tweak the \markup properties to look reasonable similar to something
> written in chord mode.
> 
> i'd be very grateful for any pointers.
> 
> 
> best,
> 
> 
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not pretty, but effective...

#(define (kludge grob)
 (ly:grob-set-property! grob 'text "foo")
 (ly:text-interface::print grob))

\new ChordNames \chordmode {
 a b c:7
 \once \override ChordNames . ChordName #'stencil =
#(ly:make-unpure-pure-container kludge (lambda (grob b e) (kludge grob)))
 d
}

The reason we can't just override the text property is because it is junked and 
reset internally in LilyPond.
The unpure-pure-container makes sure that the chord is taken into account in 
horizontal spacing calculations.  Anytime you override a stencil, try to use an 
unpure-pure-container.

Cheers,
MS