Re: Letters as Left hand fingering

[Nick Payne]

On 16/05/12 17:43, David Kastrup wrote:
> Nick Payne<address@hidden>  writes:
>
> > 2012/5/15 Pierre Perol-Schneider<address@hidden>:
> > > Hi Group,
> > >
> > > Sometimes I need to put a letter in front of a number as a fingering.
> > > Is there any possibility to declare "m" (for ex;) as a number so that I
> > > could code<a-m1>   as a fingering ?
> > Do you mean for right hand (stroke) fingering? The following enables
> > you to use -\A etc for strokefingering. The additional
> > my-stroke-finger function isn't needed for this but gives better
> > alignment of the characters when you have a succession of them:
> >
> > \version "2.15.32"
> >
> > % shortcuts for stroke finger indications
> > % can't use a or p, so use upper case for all
> > P = #(define-music-function (parser location) ()
> >      (apply make-music
> >          (append
> >              (list
> >                  'StrokeFingerEvent
> >                  'origin location)
> >              (list 'digit 1))))
> What about
>
> P=-\rightHandFinger 1
>
> Seems a bit simpler.

Sure is. Probably better to use P=\rightHandFinger #1, and can then use 
- or ^ or _ as needed.

Nick