Re: Suggestions for macro tools to generate .ly files

[Nicolas Sceaux]

"Jack O'Quin" <address@hidden> writes:

> [...]
> Conceptually, something like this should suffice...
>
>    %% B-flat major arpeggio, second inversion
>    \exercise{f-1  bf-1 \pos{3} d-3 f-1  bf-1 \pos{7} d-1 |
>              f-4 d-1 bf-2 f-2 \pos{5} d-1 bf-2 |}

> [...]

>   %% B-flat major arpeggio, second inversion
>   \version "2.0.0"
>   \include "english.ly"
>   fingerings = \notes \relative c, {
>       \clef bass \key bf \major
>       \repeat volta 2 {f-1  bf-1  d-3\startGroup f-1  bf-1\stopGroup
>                    d-1\startGroup | f-4 d-1 bf-2 f-2\stopGroup
>                    d-1\startGroup bf-2\stopGroup}
>   }
>   tablature = \notes \relative c, {
>       f bf
>       \property TabStaff.minimumFret = #3
>       d f bf 
>       \property TabStaff.minimumFret = #7
>       d | f d bf f
>       \property TabStaff.minimumFret = #5
>       d bf |
>   }
>   \score { 
>       \include "fingerings.ly"
>   }
>
>   %% fingerings.ly contains..
>   \notes <<
>       \time 3/4
>       \context Staff \fingerings
>       \context TabStaff \relative c, {
>       \applyoutput #(outputproperty-compatibility 
>                      (make-type-checker 'staff-symbol-interface)
>                      'line-count 4)
>       \property TabStaff.stringTunings =  #'(-5 -10 -15 -20)
>       \tablature
>       }
>   >> 
>   \paper{ papersize = "letter"
>       \translator {
>           \StaffContext \consists "Horizontal_bracket_engraver"
>       } }

I'd definitely use LilyPond itself for that kind of work, but a more
recent version (2.3.x), featuring user-defined music functions.
If you want, I may help you doing that.

The following sections of the manual are worth reading:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.3/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Programmer-interfaces-for-input.html

nicolas