Re: using 'flat' or # in a title

[Bram Boskamp]

Well, David Boersma just answered my question with this LaTeX solution:

title = "All the things you C$\sharp$";

And it works for me!
(using lilypond 1.3.121)

Bram

On 17 Jul 2001, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:

> Bram Boskamp <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Is it possible to use the flat or sharp sign in a score title?
> 
> It used to be, but now it seems you need a little hacking before you
> can do:
> 
>     \header {
>     title="TeX \fetachar\fetasharp"
>     }
> 
>     \score {
>       \notes c
>     }
> 
> 
> You'd need to do something like below.
> 
> Mats, any idea why this was dropped -- can't we bake a nicer interface
> than this klugde below?
> 
> --- tex/lilyponddefs.tex.orig Tue Jul 17 16:07:44 2001
> +++ tex/lilyponddefs.tex      Tue Jul 17 16:14:03 2001
> @@ -4,10 +4,17 @@
>  %% this file defines various macros to accomodate lilypond output
>  %%
>  %% let's not make par before endinput
> -%
> +
>  % TeXbook ex 7.7
>  \def\ifundefined#1{\expandafter\ifx\csname#1\endcsname\relax}
> -%
> +
> +% The feta characters
> +\input feta20.tex
> +
> +\font\fetasixteen=feta16
> +\def\fetafont{\fetasixteen}
> +\def\fetachar#1{\hbox{\fetasixteen#1}}
> +
>  % If we must make titles, do so, before we're Skipped.
>  \ifx\mustmakelilypondtitle\undefined\else\makelilypondtitle\fi
>  \ifx\mustmakelilypondpiecetitle\undefined\else\makelilypondpiecetitle\fi
> @@ -20,7 +27,6 @@
>  \fi
>  \SkipLilydefs
>  
> -
>  % need to do some stuff to turn pagenumbering off
>  \ifundefined{documentclass}
>          \input lilypond-plaintex
> @@ -28,12 +34,8 @@
>          \input lilypond-latex
>  \fi
>  
> -
> -%
>  \def\botalign#1{\vbox to 0pt{\vss #1}}
>  \def\leftalign#1{\hbox to 0pt{#1\hss}}
> -
> -\input feta20.tex
>  
>  % Attempt to keep lilypiecetitle together with the piece:
>  \def\myfilbreak{\par\vfil\penalty200\vfilneg}
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter
> http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien       | http://www.lilypond.org
> 
>