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Re: Accidental-only in figured bass
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Accidental-only in figured bass |
Date: |
Sun, 03 Jul 2016 13:55:33 +0200 |
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Urs Liska <address@hidden> writes:
> Am 03.07.2016 um 13:27 schrieb David Kastrup:
>> Urs Liska <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Am 03.07.2016 um 12:54 schrieb David Kastrup:
>>>> Urs Liska <address@hidden> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> I have the impression I'm missing something stupid, but I'm unable to
>>>>> figure out (pun intended) how to print something like
>>>>>
>>>>> 7
>>>>> #
>>>>>
>>>>> instead of
>>>>>
>>>>> 7
>>>>> #3
>>>>>
>>>>> in figuremode.
>>>>>
>>>>> How can I achieve that?
>>>> Anything wrong with \figures { < 7 _+ > } here?
>>>
>>> No, except that it isn't explicitly mentioned on
>>> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/figured-bass (you
>>> can only extract it from two general examples while it's not listed on
>>> the list of provided functions).
>>
>> Vertical spaces and brackets can be included in figures:
>>
>> \figures {
>> <[12 _!] 8 [6 4]>
>> }
>> [image src="lilypond/3a/lily-426e6f45.png" alt="[image of music]"
>> text="image of music"]
>>
>
> OK, but then this should be disentangled: adding a vertical space but
> *not* add an (undocumented) natural at the same time.
Oh, I'm not really fond of the documentation. I also find the table
with "examples" at the end of the node distracting since the examples
only include the graphical output but not the corresponding input.
In short: the documentation sucks. It requires deduction and educated
guesses to figure out its meaning. But in the current state, your
proposed change does not help a lot in making it more coherent.
--
David Kastrup
Re: Accidental-only in figured bass, Jean Brefort, 2016/07/03