Re: use of \caesura requires \include "gregorian.ly", according to the Notation Reference

[Kenneth Wolcott]

Hi Phil;

  Lilypond 2.22.2 Notation Reference explicitly states that.

  Thanks for your 2.23 documentation link as it does help, but by no
means looks like what I need (see attachment).

Thanks,
Ken


On Sun, May 1, 2022 at 2:27 AM Phil Holmes <mail@philholmes.net> wrote:
>
> AFAICS there is no requirement to use gregorian.ly to get a caesura.
> Why do you think there is?
>
> See
> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.23/Documentation/notation/expressive-marks-as-curves#breath-marks
>
>
> On 01/05/2022 06:38, Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
> > Hi;
> >
> > I see that the use of \caesura requires \include "gregorian.ly",
> > according to the Notation Reference.
> >
> > But doing this completely screws up all the default display Lilypond
> > code that I've been using all along.
> >
> > I'm trying to engrave "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", which definitely
> > does not belong in the Gregorian time period or style.
> >
> > Yet this piece of music does have two instances of a caesura.
> >
> > Is there a solution to this conundrum?  Can I safely cherry pick the
> > definition of the caesura out of the "gregorian.ly" file?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ken Wolcott
> >
> >

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