Re: Guitar chord formatting in Lout?

[Valeriy E. Ushakov]

On Fri, Mar 05, 1999 at 04:17:50PM +0100, Paul A Blampied wrote:

> I have tried defining @Chord as:
> 
> def   @Chord
>   left chord
>   right arg
> {chord ^//0.2f arg}
> 
> but it has several problems, such as:
> 
> i) if it has no left argument;

This is not a problem of this definition.  If symbol expects argument
user must supply it.

> ii) if the chord should appear above the middle of a word.

Use `/' instead of `//' and mark the postion with `^'.

E.g.

    def "%"
      left chord
      right word
    { { Helvetica Base -1p } @Font chord ^/1fo word }

And in the document:

    @LP { lines 0.7fe } @Break {
    {e-}% S^un streaking {D}% c^old an old man wandring {A}% l^onely,
    {a-}% t^aking time the {e-}% only way he {D}% kn^ows.
    {e-}% L^egs hurting {D}% b^ad as he bends to pick a {A}% d^og end.
    He {a-}% g^oes down to the {e-}% b^og and warms his {D}% f^eet.
    }

I used `%' and explicitely braced its left argument since the source
is more readble this way (@Chord looks too intrusive).  Change/package
to suit your needs.  Tweak spacing to suit your aesthetic feelings.

HTH

SY, Uwe
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