1 ;;;; translator-property-description.scm -- part of backend documentation
3 ;;;; source file of the GNU LilyPond music typesetter
5 ;;;; (c) 1998--2003 Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@cs.uu.nl>
6 ;;;; Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
9 (define-public all-translation-properties '())
11 (define (translator-property-description symbol type? description)
12 (if (not (equal? #f (object-property symbol 'translation-doc)))
14 (ly:warn (string-append "Redefining " (symbol->string symbol) "\n"))
18 (set-object-property! symbol 'translation-type? type?)
19 (set-object-property! symbol 'translation-doc description)
20 (set! all-translation-properties (cons symbol all-translation-properties))
25 (translator-property-description 'acceptHashTable vector? "Internal
26 variable: store table with MusicName to Engraver entries.")
27 (translator-property-description 'acknowledgeHashTable vector?
28 "Internal variable: store interface to engraver smob table for current
29 context. Don't mess with this.")
30 (translator-property-description 'aDueText string? "text for begin of a due")
31 (translator-property-description 'alignBassFigureAccidentals boolean?
32 "If true, then the accidentals are aligned in bass figure context.")
34 (translator-property-description 'allowBeamBreak boolean?
35 "If true allow line breaks during beams.")
36 (translator-property-description 'associatedVoice string? "Name of the
37 Voice that has the melody for this LyricsVoice.")
38 (translator-property-description 'associatedVoiceContext ly:context? "The context object of the Voice that has the melody for this LyricsVoice.")
39 (translator-property-description 'autoBeamSettings list? "Specifies
40 when automatically generated beams should begin and end. The elements
45 function shortest-duration-in-beam time-signature
49 function = begin or end
50 shortest-duration-in-beam = numerator denominator; eg: 1 16
51 time-signature = numerator denominator, eg: 4 4
53 unspecified or wildcard entries for duration or time-signature
56 The user can override beam begin or end time by pushing a wildcard entries
57 '(begin * * * *) or '(end * * * *) resp., eg:
59 property Voice.autoBeamSettings push #'(end * * * *) = #(ly:make-moment 1 4)
63 ((end * * 3 2) . ,(ly:make-moment 1 2))
64 ((end 1 16 3 2) . ,(ly:make-moment 1 4))
65 ((end 1 32 3 2) . ,(ly:make-moment 1 8))
73 (translator-property-description 'autoAccidentals list? "List of
74 different ways to typeset an accidental. All algorithms in the list
75 are tried, and the one returning the most accidentals is used.
76 Each entry is either a symbol containg a context name or a name-value
77 pair containing an algorithm-description.
78 The list must begin with a symbol (context name).
79 The symbols denote in which context THE FOLLOWING algorithms (until next symbol)
80 will be interpreted. All notes in the interpretation context will share accidentals.
81 The contexts must be stated in order, innermost first.
85 This is the default algorithm. Accidentals are typeset if the note changes
86 the accidental of that note in that octave. Accidentals lasts to the end of the measure
87 and then as many measures as specified in the value. I.e. 1 means to the end
88 of next measure, -1 means to the end of previous measure (that is: no duration at all), etc. #t means forever.
90 Accidentals are typeset if the note is different from
91 the previous note on the same pitch in any octave. The value has same meaning as in
95 (translator-property-description 'autoBeaming boolean? "If set to true
96 then beams are generated automatically.")
98 (translator-property-description 'autoCautionaries list? "List similar to
99 autoAccidentals, but it controls cautionary accidentals rather than
100 normal ones. Both lists are tried, and the one giving the most accidentals
101 wins. In case of draw, a normal accidental is typeset.
103 (translator-property-description 'automaticBars boolean? " If set to true then bar lines will not be printed
104 automatically; they must be explicitly created with @code{bar}
105 keywords. Unlike with the @code{cadenza} keyword, measures are
106 still counted. Bar generation will resume according to that
107 count if this property is set to zero.
110 (translator-property-description 'barAlways boolean? "If set to true a bar line is drawn after each note.
112 (translator-property-description 'barCheckLastFail ly:moment? "Where in the measurze did the last barcheck fail?")
114 (translator-property-description 'barCheckSynchronize boolean? "If
115 true then reset measurePosition when finding a barcheck. Turn off when
116 using barchecks in polyphonic music.")
117 (translator-property-description 'barNumberVisibility procedure? "Procedure that takes an int and returns whether the corresponding bar number should be printed")
118 (translator-property-description 'bassFigureFormatFunction procedure? "DOCME")
119 (translator-property-description 'beamMelismaBusy boolean? "Signal if a beam is present.")
120 (translator-property-description 'beatLength ly:moment? "The length of one beat in this time signature.")
121 (translator-property-description 'beatGrouping list?
122 "List of beatgroups. Eg. in 5/8 time #(list 2 3).")
125 (translator-property-description 'breakableSeparationItem ly:grob?
126 "The breakable items in this time step, for this staff.")
128 (translator-property-description 'breakAlignOrder list? "Defines the order in which
129 prefatory matter (clefs, key signatures) appears, eg. this puts the
130 key signatures after the bar lines:
133 \\property Score.breakAlignOrder = #'(
143 (translator-property-description 'busyGrobs list? "
144 a queue of (END-MOMENT . GROB) conses. This is for internal (C++) use only.
145 Use at your own risk. This property contains the grobs for which END-MOMENT >= NOW.
148 (translator-property-description 'centralCPosition number? "Place of
149 the central C, measured in half staffspaces. Usually determined by
150 looking at clefPosition and clefGlyph.")
152 (translator-property-description
153 'changeMoment moment-pair?
154 "duration that voices are examined for differences, when
155 part-combining. Usually unset or zero when combining threads into one
156 voice, and 1 (or the duration of one measure) when combining voices
159 (translator-property-description
160 'chordNameFunction procedure?
161 "The function that converts lists of pitches to chord names.")
162 (translator-property-description
163 'chordNoteNamer procedure?
164 "Function that converts from a pitch object to a text markup. Used for single pitches.")
165 (translator-property-description
166 'chordRootNamer procedure?
167 "Function that converts from a pitch object to a text markup. Used for chords.")
168 (translator-property-description
169 'chordNameExceptions list?
170 "Alist of chord exceptions. Contains (CHORD . MARKUP) entries.")
171 (translator-property-description
172 'chordNameExceptionsFull list?
173 "Alist of chord exceptions. Contains (CHORD . (MARKUP)) entries.")
174 (translator-property-description
175 'chordNameExceptionsPartial list?
176 "Alist of partial chord exceptions. Contains (CHORD . (PREFIX-MARKUP SUFFIX-MARKUP)) entries.")
177 (translator-property-description
178 'chordNameSeparator markup?
179 "The markup object used to separate parts of a chord name.")
181 (translator-property-description 'chordChanges boolean? "Only show changes in chords scheme?")
182 (translator-property-description 'clefGlyph string? "Name of the symbol within the music font")
183 (translator-property-description 'clefOctavation integer? "Add
184 this much extra octavation. Values of 7 and -7 are common.")
186 (translator-property-description 'clefPosition number? "Where should
187 the center of the clef symbol go? On systems with an odd number of
188 stafflines, the value 0 puts the clef on the middle staffline; a
189 positive value shifts it up, a negative value shifts it down. The
190 unit of this distance is the half staff space.")
192 (translator-property-description 'combineParts boolean? "try to combine parts?")
193 (translator-property-description 'connectArpeggios boolean? " If
194 set, connect all arpeggios that are found. In this way, you can make
195 arpeggios that cross staves.
197 (translator-property-description 'createKeyOnClefChange boolean? "Print a key signature whenever the clef is changed.")
198 (translator-property-description 'crescendoText markup? "Text to print at start of non-hairpin crecscendo, ie: @samp{cresc.}")
199 (translator-property-description 'crescendoSpanner symbol? "Type of spanner to be used for crescendi. One of: @samp{hairpin}, @samp{line}, @samp{dashed-line}, @samp{dotted-line}. If unset, hairpin type is used.")
200 (translator-property-description 'decrescendoText markup? "Text to print at start of non-hairpin decrecscendo, ie: @samp{dim.}")
201 (translator-property-description 'currentBarNumber integer? "Contains the current barnumber. This property is incremented at
204 (translator-property-description 'currentCommandColumn ly:grob? "Grob that is X-parent to all current breakable (clef, key signature, etc.) items.")
205 (translator-property-description 'currentMusicalColumn ly:grob? "Grob that is X-parent to all non-breakable items (note heads, lyrics, etc.).")
206 (translator-property-description 'defaultBarType string? "Sets the default type of bar line. Available bar types: [FIXME];
208 This variable is typically read at Score level, so overriding
209 Staff.defaultBarType will have no effect.
212 (translator-property-description 'devNullThread symbol? "User control of Thread_devnull_engraver: one of
215 Behave in normal way: remove one set of grobs when in unisolo.
217 Remove any grob that comes along.
222 (translator-property-description 'devNullVoice symbol? "User control of Voice_devnull_engraver: one of
225 Behave in normal way: remove spanners when in unisolo.
227 Remove any spanners that come along.
232 (translator-property-description 'decrescendoSpanner symbol? "Type of spanner to be used for decrescendi. One of: @samp{hairpin}, @samp{line}, @samp{dashed-line}, @samp{dotted-line}. If unset, hairpin type is used.")
234 (translator-property-description 'dynamicAbsoluteVolumeFunction procedure? "
237 (translator-property-description 'explicitClefVisibility procedure? "visibility-lambda function for clef changes.")
239 (translator-property-description 'explicitKeySignatureVisibility
240 procedure? "visibility-lambda function for explicit Key changes;
241 \\override of #'break-visibility will set the visibility for normal
242 (ie. at the start of the line) key signatures.")
244 (translator-property-description 'extraNatural boolean? "Whether to typeset an
245 extra natural sign before accidentals changing from a non-natural to
249 (translator-property-description 'extraVerticalExtent number-pair?
250 "extra vertical extent, same format as MinimumVerticalExtent")
253 (translator-property-description 'finalizations list? "List of expressions to evaluate before proceeding to next time step. Internal variable.")
254 (translator-property-description 'followVoice boolean?
255 "if set, note heads are tracked across staff switches by a thin line")
256 (translator-property-description 'fontSize number?
257 "Used to set the relative size of all grobs
258 in a context. This is done using the @code{Font_size_engraver}.")
260 (translator-property-description
261 'fingeringOrientations list?
262 "List of symbols, containing left, right, up and/or down. This list determines where fingerings are put wrt. to the chord being fingered.")
264 (translator-property-description 'forceClef boolean? "Show clef symbol, even if it hasn't changed. Only active for the first clef after the property is set, not for the full staff.")
266 (translator-property-description 'graceSettings vector?
267 "Overrides for grace notes. This
268 property should be manipulated through the @code{add-grace-property}
271 (translator-property-description 'highStringOne boolean? "Whether the
272 1st string is the string with highest pitch on the instrument (used by
273 the automatic string selector).")
275 (translator-property-description 'ignoreMelismata boolean?
276 "Ignore melismata for this @ref{LyricsVoice}.")
277 (translator-property-description 'instr markup? "see @code{instrument}")
278 (translator-property-description 'instrument markup? " If @code{Instrument_name_engraver}
279 @cindex Instrument_name_engraver
281 added to the Staff translator, then the @code{instrument} property
282 is used to label the first line of the staff and the @code{instr}
283 property is used to label subsequent lines. If the
284 @code{midiInstrument} property is not set, then @code{instrument}
285 is used to determine the instrument for MIDI output.")
287 (translator-property-description 'instrumentEqualizer procedure? "[DOCUMENT-ME]")
288 (translator-property-description 'instrumentSupport list? "
289 list of grobs to attach instrument name to.
291 (translator-property-description 'keyAccidentalOrder list? "
292 Alist that defines in what order alterations should be printed.
293 The format is (NAME . ALTER), where NAME is from 0 .. 6 and ALTER from -1, 1.
295 (translator-property-description 'keySignature list? "The current key signature. This is an alist containing (NAME . ALTER) or ((OCTAVE . NAME) . ALTER) or ((OCTAVE . NAME) . (ALTER . BARNUMBER)) pairs, where NAME is from 0.. 6 and ALTER from -2,-1,0,1,2. The optional barnumber contains the number of the measure of the accidental. FIXME: describe broken tie entries.")
297 (translator-property-description 'lastKeySignature list? "Last key
298 signature before a key signature change.")
300 (translator-property-description 'localKeySignature list? "the key
301 signature at this point in the measure. The format is the same as for keySignature. Is reset at every bar line."
303 (translator-property-description 'localKeySignatureChanges list? "Experimental.
305 (translator-property-description 'majorSevenSymbol markup? "How should
306 the major7 be formatted in a chord name?")
307 (translator-property-description 'measureLength ly:moment? "Length of one
308 measure in the current time signature last?")
309 (translator-property-description 'measurePosition ly:moment? "How much
310 of the current measure (measured in whole notes) have we had. This
311 can be set manually to create incomplete measures (anacrusis, upbeat),
312 the start of the music.
314 (translator-property-description 'melismaBusy boolean? "Signifies
315 whether a melisma is active. This can be used to signal melismas on
316 top of those automatically detected. ")
317 (translator-property-description 'melismaBusyProperties list?
318 "List of properties (symbols) to
319 determine whether a melisma is playing. Setting this property will
320 influence how lyrics are aligned to notes. For example, if set to
321 @code{#'(melismaBusy beamMelismaBusy)}, only manual melismata
322 (i.e. setting @code{melismaBusy} to @code{#t}) and manual beams are
323 considered. Possible values include @code{melismaBusy},
324 @code{slurMelismaBusy}, @code{tieMelismaBusy}, and
325 @code{beamMelismaBusy}")
328 (translator-property-description 'metronomeMarkFormatter procedure?
329 "How to produce a metronome markup.
330 Called with 2 arguments, event and context.")
331 (translator-property-description 'midiInstrument string? "Name of the
332 MIDI instrument to use ")
333 (translator-property-description 'midiMinimumVolume number? "[DOCUMENT-ME]")
334 (translator-property-description 'midiMaximumVolume number? "[DOCUMENT-ME]")
335 (translator-property-description 'minimumFret number? "The tablature
336 auto string-selecting mechanism selects the highest string with a fret
337 not less than minimumFret")
338 (translator-property-description 'minimumVerticalExtent number-pair?
339 "minimum vertical extent, same format as VerticalExtent")
340 (translator-property-description 'recordEventSequence procedure?
341 "Upon termination of this context,
342 this function is called with current context and a list of music
343 objects. The list of contains entries with start times, music objects
344 and whether they're processed in this context.")
346 (translator-property-description 'noDirection boolean? "Don't set directions by a2-engraver when part-combining.")
347 (translator-property-description
348 'originalCentralCPosition integer?
349 "Used for temporary overriding central C in octavation brackets. ")
350 (translator-property-description 'othersolo boolean? "FIXME")
351 (translator-property-description 'ottavation string? "If set, the text
352 for an 8va spanner. Changing this implies a new text spanner. ")
353 (translator-property-description 'pedalSustainStrings list? "List of string to print for sustain-pedal. Format is
354 (UP UPDOWN DOWN), where each of the three is the string to print when
355 this is done with the pedal.")
356 (translator-property-description 'pedalUnaCordaStrings list? "see pedalSustainStrings.")
357 (translator-property-description 'pedalSostenutoStrings list? "see pedalSustainStrings.")
358 (translator-property-description 'pedalSustainStyle symbol? "A symbol
359 that indicates how to print sustain pedals: text, bracket or mixed
361 (translator-property-description 'pedalUnaCordaStyle symbol? "see pedalSustainStyle.")
362 (translator-property-description 'pedalSostenutoStyle symbol? "see pedalSustainStyle.")
364 (translator-property-description 'rehearsalMark number-or-string? "The
365 last rehearsal mark printed.")
366 (translator-property-description 'repeatCommands list? "This property is read to find any command of the form (volta . X), where X is a string or #f")
367 (translator-property-description 'scriptDefinitions list? "
368 Description of scripts. This is used by Script_engraver for typesetting note-super/subscripts. See @file{scm/script.scm} for more information
371 (translator-property-description 'restNumberThreshold number?
372 "If a multimeasure rest takes less
373 than this number of measures, no number is printed. ")
375 (translator-property-description 'scriptHorizontal boolean? " Put
376 scripts left or right of note heads. Support for this is limited.
377 Accidentals will collide with scripts.
379 (translator-property-description 'skipBars boolean? "If set to true, then
380 skip the empty bars that are produced by multimeasure notes and rests.
381 These bars will not appear on the printed output. If not set (the
382 default) multimeasure notes and rests expand into their full length,
383 printing the appropriate number of empty bars so that synchronization
384 with other voices is preserved.
388 @@lilypond[fragment,verbatim,center]
389 r1 r1*3 R1*3 \\\\property Score.skipBars= ##t r1*3 R1*3
395 (translator-property-description 'skipTypesetting boolean?
396 "When true, all no typesetting is done at
397 this moment, causing the interpretation phase to go a lot faster. This can
398 help with debugging large scores.")
399 (translator-property-description 'slurMelismaBusy boolean? "Signal if a slur is present.")
400 (translator-property-description 'solo boolean? "set if solo is detected by the part combiner.")
401 (translator-property-description 'soloADue boolean? "set Solo/A due texts in the part combiner?.")
402 (translator-property-description 'soloIIText string? "text for begin of solo for voice ``two'' when part-combining.")
403 (translator-property-description 'soloText string? "text for begin of solo when part-combining.")
404 (translator-property-description 'sparseTies boolean? "only create one tie per chord.")
405 (translator-property-description 'splitInterval number-pair? "part-combiner will separate its two voices (or threads) when interval between the two voices is contained in this range.")
406 (translator-property-description 'split-interval boolean? "set if part-combiner separated voices based on splitInterval.")
407 (translator-property-description 'squashedPosition integer? " Vertical position of
408 squashing for Pitch_squash_engraver.")
409 (translator-property-description 'stringOneTopmost boolean? "Whether the 1st string is printed on the
410 top line of the tablature.")
411 (translator-property-description 'stavesFound list? "list of all staff-symbols found.")
412 (translator-property-description 'stanza markup? "Stanza `number' to
413 print before the start of a verse. Use in LyricsVoice context.")
414 (translator-property-description 'stemLeftBeamCount integer? "
415 Specify the number of beams to draw on the left side of the next note.
416 Overrides automatic beaming. The value is only used once, and then it
419 (translator-property-description 'stemRightBeamCount integer? "idem, for the right side.")
420 (translator-property-description 'stringTunings list? "The tablature strings tuning. Must be a list of the different semitons pitch of each string (starting by the lower one).")
421 (translator-property-description 'subdivideBeams boolean? "If set, multiple beams will be subdivided at beat
422 positions - by only drawing one beam over the beat.")
423 (translator-property-description 'systemStartDelimiter symbol? "Which grob to make for the start of the system/staff? Set to @code{SystemStartBrace}, @code{SystemStartBracket} or @code{SystemStartBar}.")
424 (translator-property-description 'tablatureFormat procedure?
425 "Function formatting a tab notehead; it takes
426 a string number, a list of string tunings and Pitch object. It returns the text as a string.")
428 (translator-property-description 'tieMelismaBusy boolean? "Signal whether a tie is present.")
429 (translator-property-description 'timeSignatureFraction number-pair?
430 "pair of numbers, signifying the time signature. For example #'(4 . 4)
431 is a 4/4 time signature.")
433 (translator-property-description 'timing boolean? " Keep administration of measure length, position, bar number, etc?
434 Switch off for cadenzas.")
435 (translator-property-description 'tonic ly:pitch?
436 "The tonic of the current scale")
437 (translator-property-description 'transposing integer? "Transpose the MIDI output. Set this property to the number of half-steps to transpose by.")
438 (translator-property-description 'tremoloFlags integer? "Number of tremolo flags to add if none is specified.")
439 (translator-property-description 'tupletNumberFormatFunction procedure?
440 "Function taking a music as input, producing a string. This function is called to determine the text to print on a tuplet bracket.")
444 (translator-property-description 'tupletInvisible boolean? "
445 If set to true, tuplet bracket creation is switched off
446 entirely. This has the same effect as setting both
447 @code{tupletNumberVisibility} and @code{tupletBracketVisibility} to
448 @code{#f}, but as this does not even create any grobs, this setting
449 uses less memory and time.")
451 (translator-property-description 'tupletSpannerDuration ly:moment? "
452 Normally a tuplet bracket is as wide as the
453 @code{ imes} expression that gave rise to it. By setting this
454 property, you can make brackets last shorter. Example
457 @@lilypond[verbatim,fragment]
458 context Voice imes 2/3 @{
459 property Voice.tupletSpannerDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1 4)
465 (translator-property-description 'unirhythm boolean? "set if unirhythm is detected by the part combiner.")
466 (translator-property-description 'unisilence boolean? "set if unisilence is detected by the part combiner.")
467 (translator-property-description 'unison boolean? "set if unisono is detected by the part combiner. .")
468 (translator-property-description 'verticalAlignmentChildCallback
469 procedure? "what callback to add to children of a vertical alignment.
470 It determines what alignment procedure is used on the alignment
472 (translator-property-description 'verticalExtent number-pair? "hard
473 coded vertical extent. The format is a pair of dimensions, for
474 example, this sets the sizes of a staff to 10 (5+5) staffspaces high.
477 property Staff.verticalExtent = #(-5.0 . 5.0)
480 VerticalExtent, MinimumVerticalExtent and ExtraVerticalExtent are
481 predefined in all relevant contexts to @code{#f}, so they will not
484 Note that these VerticalExtents can only operate on vertical groups,
485 and therefore only work in contexts which contain an
486 @code{Axis_group_engraver}.
489 (translator-property-description 'voltaOnThisStaff boolean?
490 "Normally, volta brackets are put only on the topmost staff. Setting
491 this variable to true, will force a bracket to be on this staff as
494 (translator-property-description 'voltaSpannerDuration ly:moment? "maximum duration of the volta bracket.
496 Set to a duration to control the size of the brackets printed by
497 @code{\\alternative}. It specifies the number of whole notes duration
498 to use for the brackets. This can be used to shrink the length of
499 brackets in the situation where one alternative is very large. It may
500 have odd effects if the specified duration is longer than the music
501 given in an @code{\\alternative}.
503 (translator-property-description 'whichBar string?
504 "This property is read to determine what type of barline to create.
508 \\property Staff.whichBar = \"|:\"
511 This will create a start-repeat bar in this staff only.
513 If not set explicitly (by property or @code{\\bar}), this is set
514 according to values of @code{defaultBarType}, @code{barAlways},
515 @code{barNonAuto} and @code{measurePosition}.
517 Valid values are described in @ref{(lilypond-internals)bar-line-interface}.
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524 (define-public default-melisma-properties '(melismaBusy slurMelismaBusy tieMelismaBusy beamMelismaBusy))