Re: Rehearsal mark "I"

[Mats Bengtsson]

It turns out that the easy answer to your question was to use
\set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-alphabet
which includes the "I" in the automatically generated rehearsal
marks. A more general flexible solution remains to be implemented,
though.

   /Mats


Mats Bengtsson wrote:
> The easiest way is to insert the I manually and use the automatic
> handling for the rest:
> \score{
>   {\repeat unfold 8 {c'1 \mark \default | }
>    c' \mark \markup{\bold "I"}
>   \repeat unfold 18 {c'1 \mark \default | }}
> }
>
> Of course, it's also trivial to add a property includeI in the
> implementation that handles your wish, but then we should maybe
> look into something even more flexible. For example, some
> publishers exclude "J" instead of "I". Also, I have seen some
> scores printed in Sweden that actually use also the letter "Å"
> "Ä" and "Ö" are rearsal letters. The most flexible solution is
> probably to add a property where you can add a list of the letters
> to be used (in Unicode, to support all languages).
>
> Any better ideas? Otherwise, I might provide a patch (for free).
>
>   /Mats
>
> Hans Aberg wrote:
>
> > Other programs may not honor the tradition of excluding the rehearsal  
> > mark "I" (like Transcribe <http://www.seventhstring.com/>).  
> > Therefore, it would be good if the letter can somehow be included.
> >
> >   Hans Aberg
> >
> >
> >
> >
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