changes: mention that decimal numbers can be written without #

[lilypond.git] / ly / music-functions-init.ly

diff --git a/ly/music-functions-init.ly b/ly/music-functions-init.ly
index 061e696d08f01f967924c674367e095cb245086a..7e9feba98f5728c22114289b6fb4cac70e9c94f7 100644 (file)
--- a/ly/music-functions-init.ly
+++ b/ly/music-functions-init.ly
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@
 
 %% TODO: using define-music-function in a .scm causes crash.
 
+absolute =
+#(define-music-function (parser location music)
+   (ly:music?)
+   (_i "Make @var{music} absolute.  This does not actually change the
+music itself but rather hides it from surrounding @code{\\relative}
+commands.")
+   (make-music 'RelativeOctaveMusic 'element music))
+
 acciaccatura =
 #(def-grace-function startAcciaccaturaMusic stopAcciaccaturaMusic
    (_i "Create an acciaccatura from the following music expression"))
@@ -178,14 +186,16 @@ balloonGrobText =
    (symbol? number-pair? markup?)
    (_i "Attach @var{text} to @var{grob-name} at offset @var{offset}
  (use like @code{\\once})")
-   (make-music 'AnnotateOutputEvent
-              'symbol grob-name
-              'X-offset (car offset)
-              'Y-offset (cdr offset)
-              'text text))
+   (make-event-chord
+    (list
+     (make-music 'AnnotateOutputEvent
+                 'symbol grob-name
+                 'X-offset (car offset)
+                 'Y-offset (cdr offset)
+                 'text text))))
 
 balloonText =
-#(define-music-function (parser location offset text) (number-pair? markup?)
+#(define-event-function (parser location offset text) (number-pair? markup?)
    (_i "Attach @var{text} at @var{offset} (use like @code{\\tweak})")
    (make-music 'AnnotateOutputEvent
               'X-offset (car offset)
@@ -332,6 +342,13 @@ displayMusic =
    (display-scheme-music music)
    music)
 
+displayScheme =
+#(define-scheme-function (parser location expr) (scheme?)
+   (_i "Display the internal representation of @var{expr} to the console.")
+   (newline)
+   (display-scheme-music expr)
+   expr)
+
 
 
 endSpanners =
@@ -438,9 +455,7 @@ harmonics played on a fretted instrument by touching the strings at @var{fret}."
   #{
     \set harmonicDots = ##t
     \temporary \override TabNoteHead.stencil = #(tab-note-head::print-custom-fret-label (number->string fret))
-    \temporary \override NoteHead.Y-extent = #(ly:make-unpure-pure-container ly:grob::stencil-height
-                                       (lambda (grob start end)
-                                               (ly:grob::stencil-height grob)))
+    \temporary \override NoteHead.Y-extent = #grob::always-Y-extent-from-stencil
     \temporary \override NoteHead.stencil = #(lambda (grob) (ly:grob-set-property! grob 'style 'harmonic-mixed)
                                             (ly:note-head::print grob))
     #(make-harmonic
@@ -968,7 +983,7 @@ partial =
     (descend-to-context
      (context-spec-music (make-music 'PartialSet
                                     'origin location
-                                    'partial-duration dur)
+                                    'duration dur)
                         'Timing)
      'Score))
 
@@ -1024,9 +1039,23 @@ usually contains spacers or multi-measure rests.")
 
 relative =
 #(define-music-function (parser location pitch music)
-   ((ly:pitch? (ly:make-pitch 0 0 0)) ly:music?)
-   (_i "Make @var{music} relative to @var{pitch} (default @code{c'}).")
-   (ly:make-music-relative! music pitch)
+   ((ly:pitch?) ly:music?)
+   (_i "Make @var{music} relative to @var{pitch}.  If @var{pitch} is
+omitted, the first note in @var{music} is given in absolute pitch.")
+   ;; When \relative has no clear decision (can only happen with
+   ;; scales with an even number of steps), it goes down (see
+   ;; pitch.cc).  The following formula puts out f for both the normal
+   ;; 7-step scale as well as for a "shortened" scale missing the
+   ;; final b.  In either case, a first note of c will end up as c,
+   ;; namely pitch (-1, 0, 0).
+   (ly:make-music-relative! music
+                            (or pitch
+                                (ly:make-pitch
+                                 -1
+                                 (quotient
+                                  ;; size of current scale:
+                                  (ly:pitch-steps (ly:make-pitch 1 0))
+                                  2))))
    (make-music 'RelativeOctaveMusic
               'element music))
 
@@ -1339,6 +1368,8 @@ as a first or second voice.")
               'quoted-context-id "cue"
               'quoted-music-name what
               'quoted-voice-direction dir
+               ;; following is inverse of instrumentTransposition for
+               ;; historical reasons
               'quoted-transposition pitch))
 
 transposition =
@@ -1346,8 +1377,7 @@ transposition =
    (_i "Set instrument transposition")
 
    (context-spec-music
-    (make-property-set 'instrumentTransposition
-                       (ly:pitch-negate pitch))
+    (make-property-set 'instrumentTransposition pitch)
     'Staff))
 
 tuplet =