X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fuser%2Fprogramming-interface.itely;h=efd842df2531bdea894218ae78ea19d89f7dff18;hb=35b0fbb1259956969f25dc2ee09872193a97b61c;hp=e55d26471bb677b0bbf0ceadd2b2346ccea27240;hpb=e3fbf0543b38e5c20155cef9dc48d70e91da45c2;p=lilypond.git diff --git a/Documentation/user/programming-interface.itely b/Documentation/user/programming-interface.itely index e55d26471b..efd842df25 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/programming-interface.itely +++ b/Documentation/user/programming-interface.itely @@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ version that you are working on. See TRANSLATION for details. @end ignore +@c \version "2.11.61" + @node Interfaces for programmers @chapter Interfaces for programmers Advanced tweaks may be performed by using Scheme. If you are not familiar with Scheme, you may wish to read our -@ref{Scheme tutorial}. +@rlearning{Scheme tutorial}. @menu * Music functions:: @@ -20,7 +22,9 @@ not familiar with Scheme, you may wish to read our * Building complicated functions:: * Markup programmer interface:: * Contexts for programmers:: -* Scheme procedures as properties:: +* Scheme procedures as properties:: +* Using Scheme code instead of \tweak:: +* Difficult tweaks:: @end menu @@ -230,7 +234,7 @@ turning off Point and Click). To do this, we return a @code{void} music expression. That is why the form -that is returned is the @code{(make-music ...)}. With the +that is returned is the @code{(make-music ...)}. With the @code{'void} property set to @code{#t}, the parser is told to actually disregard this returned music expression. Thus the important part of the void music function is the @@ -251,7 +255,7 @@ noPointAndClick = @subsection Functions without arguments In most cases a function without arguments should be written -with an identifier, +with an variable, @example dolce = \markup@{ \italic \bold dolce @} @@ -263,13 +267,13 @@ without arguments, @example displayBarNum = #(define-music-function (parser location) () - (if (eq? #t (ly:get-option display-bar-numbers)) + (if (eq? #t (ly:get-option 'display-bar-numbers)) #@{ \once \override Score.BarNumber #'break-visibility = ##f #@} #@{#@})) @end example To actually display bar numbers where this function is called, -invoke lilypond with +invoke @command{lilypond} with @example lilypond -d display-bar-numbers FILENAME.ly @@ -359,7 +363,7 @@ traLaLa = { c'4 d'4 } Due to parser lookahead In this example, the assignment happens after parser has verified that -nothing interesting happens after @code{traLaLa = @{ ... @}}. Without +nothing interesting happens after @code{traLaLa = @{ ... @}}. Without the dummy statement in the above example, the @code{newLa} definition is executed before @code{traLaLa} is defined, leading to a syntax error. @@ -389,9 +393,9 @@ define some Scheme code in a macro (to be called later), use @end example -@refbugs +@knownissues -Mixing Scheme and LilyPond identifiers is not possible with the +Mixing Scheme and LilyPond variables is not possible with the @code{--safe} option. @@ -404,21 +408,21 @@ it takes up time. Time is a rational number that measures the length of a piece of music in whole notes. A music object has three kinds of types: -@itemize @bullet +@itemize @item music name: Each music expression has a name. For example, a note -leads to a @internalsref{NoteEvent}, and @code{\simultaneous} leads to -a @internalsref{SimultaneousMusic}. A list of all expressions -available is in the Program reference manual, under -@internalsref{Music expressions}. +leads to a @rinternals{NoteEvent}, and @code{\simultaneous} leads to +a @rinternals{SimultaneousMusic}. A list of all expressions +available is in the Internals Reference manual, under +@rinternals{Music expressions}. @item @q{type} or interface: Each music name has several @q{types} or interfaces, for example, a note is an @code{event}, but it is also a @code{note-event}, a @code{rhythmic-event}, and a @code{melodic-event}. All classes of music are listed in the -Program reference, under -@internalsref{Music classes}. +Internals Reference, under +@rinternals{Music classes}. @item C++ object: Each music object is represented by an object of the C++ @@ -426,19 +430,19 @@ class @code{Music}. @end itemize The actual information of a music expression is stored in properties. -For example, a @internalsref{NoteEvent} has @code{pitch} and +For example, a @rinternals{NoteEvent} has @code{pitch} and @code{duration} properties that store the pitch and duration of that note. A list of all properties available is in the internals manual, -under @internalsref{Music properties}. +under @rinternals{Music properties}. A compound music expression is a music object that contains other music objects in its properties. A list of objects can be stored in the @code{elements} property of a music object, or a single @q{child} music object in the @code{element} object. For example, -@internalsref{SequentialMusic} has its children in @code{elements}, -and @internalsref{GraceMusic} has its single argument in +@rinternals{SequentialMusic} has its children in @code{elements}, +and @rinternals{GraceMusic} has its single argument in @code{element}. The body of a repeat is stored in the @code{element} -property of @internalsref{RepeatedMusic}, and the alternatives in +property of @rinternals{RepeatedMusic}, and the alternatives in @code{elements}. @@ -450,10 +454,10 @@ This section explains how to gather the information necessary to create complicated music functions. @menu -* Displaying music expressions:: -* Music properties:: -* Doubling a note with slurs (example):: -* Adding articulation to notes (example):: +* Displaying music expressions:: +* Music properties:: +* Doubling a note with slurs (example):: +* Adding articulation to notes (example):: @end menu @@ -462,7 +466,6 @@ to create complicated music functions. @cindex internal storage @funindex \displayMusic -@funindex \displayLilyMusic When writing a music function it is often instructive to inspect how a music expression is stored internally. This can be done with the @@ -575,6 +578,8 @@ of the @code{NoteEvent} object, The note pitch can be changed by setting this 'pitch property, +@funindex \displayLilyMusic + @example #(set! (ly:music-property (first (ly:music-property someNote 'elements)) 'pitch) @@ -589,7 +594,7 @@ d' @subsection Doubling a note with slurs (example) Suppose we want to create a function which translates -input like @samp{a} into @samp{a( a)}. We begin +input like @code{a} into @code{a( a)}. We begin by examining the internal representation of the music we want to end up with. @@ -796,7 +801,7 @@ Here, what we want to set (the @q{place}) is the @q{elements} property of (the @code{'elements}, @code{'duration}, @code{'pitch}, etc, that we see in the @code{\displayMusic} output above). The new value is the former elements property, with an extra item: the -@code{MarcatoEvent} expression, which we copy from the +@code{ArticulationEvent} expression, which we copy from the @code{\displayMusic} output, @example @@ -810,7 +815,7 @@ original list. This is what we want: the same list as before, plus the new @code{ArticulationEvent} expression. The order inside the elements property is not important here. -Finally, once we have added the @code{MarcatoEvent} to its elements +Finally, once we have added the marcato articulation to its @code{elements} property, we can return @code{result-event-chord}, hence the last line of the function. @@ -847,6 +852,7 @@ Stencil object given a number of arguments. * Markup construction in Scheme:: * How markups work internally:: * New markup command definition:: +* New markup list command definition:: @end menu @@ -859,14 +865,14 @@ The @code{markup} macro builds markup expressions in Scheme while providing a LilyPond-like syntax. For example, @example (markup #:column (#:line (#:bold #:italic "hello" #:raise 0.4 "world") - #:bigger #:line ("foo" "bar" "baz"))) + #:larger #:line ("foo" "bar" "baz"))) @end example @noindent is equivalent to: @example \markup \column @{ \line @{ \bold \italic "hello" \raise #0.4 "world" @} - \bigger \line @{ foo bar baz @} @} + \larger \line @{ foo bar baz @} @} @end example @noindent @@ -881,7 +887,7 @@ LilyPond markup syntax and Scheme markup syntax. @code{(markup markup1 markup2 ... )} @item @code{\command} @tab @code{#:command} @item @code{\variable} @tab @code{variable} -@item @code{\center-align @{ ... @}} @tab @code{#:center-align ( ... )} +@item @code{\center-column @{ ... @}} @tab @code{#:center-column ( ... )} @item @code{string} @tab @code{"string"} @item @code{#scheme-arg} @tab @code{scheme-arg} @end multitable @@ -894,7 +900,7 @@ useful when defining new markup commands (see @ref{New markup command definition}). -@refbugs +@knownissues The markup-list argument of commands such as @code{#:line}, @code{#:center}, and @code{#:column} cannot be a variable or @@ -1111,9 +1117,106 @@ to the @code{interpret-markup} function, with the @code{layout} and Note: there is now an internal command @code{\smallCaps} which can be used to set text in small caps. See -@ref{Overview of text markup commands}, for details. +@ref{Text markup commands}, for details. + +@knownissues + +Currently, the available combinations of arguments (after the standard +@var{layout} and @var{props} arguments) to a markup command defined with +@code{define-markup-command} are limited as follows. + +@table @asis +@item (no argument) +@itemx @var{list} +@itemx @var{markup} +@itemx @var{markup markup} +@itemx @var{scm} +@itemx @var{scm markup} +@itemx @var{scm scm} +@itemx @var{scm scm markup} +@itemx @var{scm scm markup markup} +@itemx @var{scm markup markup} +@itemx @var{scm scm scm} +@end table + +@noindent +In the above table, @var{scm} represents native Scheme data types like +@q{number} or @q{string}. + +As an example, it is not possible to use a markup command @code{foo} with +four arguments defined as + +@example +#(define-markup-command (foo layout props + num1 str1 num2 str2) + (number? string? number? string?) + ...) +@end example + +@noindent +If you apply it as, say, + +@example +\markup \foo #1 #"bar" #2 #"baz" +@end example + +@cindex Scheme signature +@cindex signature, Scheme +@noindent +@command{lilypond} complains that it cannot parse @code{foo} due to its +unknown Scheme signature. + + +@node New markup list command definition +@subsection New markup list command definition +Markup list commands are defined with the +@code{define-markup-list-command} Scheme macro, which is similar to the +@code{define-markup-command} macro described in +@ref{New markup command definition}, except that where the latter returns +a single stencil, the former returns a list stencils. +In the following example, a @code{\paragraph} markup list command is +defined, which returns a list of justified lines, the first one being +indented. The indent width is taken from the @code{props} argument. +@example +#(define-markup-list-command (paragraph layout props args) (markup-list?) + (let ((indent (chain-assoc-get 'par-indent props 2))) + (interpret-markup-list layout props + (make-justified-lines-markup-list (cons (make-hspace-markup indent) + args))))) +@end example +Besides the usual @code{layout} and @code{props} arguments, the +@code{paragraph} markup list command takes a markup list argument, named +@code{args}. The predicate for markup lists is @code{markup-list?}. + +First, the function gets the indent width, a property here named +@code{par-indent}, from the property list @code{props} If the property +is not found, the default value is @code{2}. Then, a list of justified +lines is made using the @code{make-justified-lines-markup-list} +function, which is related to the @code{\justified-lines} +built-in markup list command. An horizontal space is added at the +beginning using the @code{make-hspace-markup} function. Finally, the +markup list is interpreted using the @code{interpret-markup-list} +function. + +This new markup list command can be used as follows: +@example +\markuplines @{ + \paragraph @{ + The art of music typography is called \italic @{(plate) engraving.@} + The term derives from the traditional process of music printing. + Just a few decades ago, sheet music was made by cutting and stamping + the music into a zinc or pewter plate in mirror image. + @} + \override-lines #'(par-indent . 4) \paragraph @{ + The plate would be inked, the depressions caused by the cutting + and stamping would hold ink. An image was formed by pressing paper + to the plate. The stamping and cutting was completely done by + hand. + @} +@} +@end example @node Contexts for programmers @section Contexts for programmers @@ -1168,7 +1271,7 @@ where @var{proc} is a Scheme function, taking three arguments. When interpreted, the function @var{proc} is called for every layout object found in the context @var{context}, with the following arguments: -@itemize @bullet +@itemize @item the layout object itself, @item the context where the layout object was created, and @item the context where @code{\applyOutput} is processed. @@ -1178,8 +1281,8 @@ arguments: In addition, the cause of the layout object, i.e., the music expression or object that was responsible for creating it, is in the object property @code{cause}. For example, for a note head, this is a -@internalsref{NoteHead} event, and for a @internalsref{Stem} object, -this is a @internalsref{NoteHead} object. +@rinternals{NoteHead} event, and for a @rinternals{Stem} object, +this is a @rinternals{NoteHead} object. Here is a function to use for @code{\applyOutput}; it blanks note-heads on the center-line: @@ -1248,8 +1351,8 @@ can be inserted with a grob closure. Here is a setting from @noindent In this example, both @code{ly:self-alignment-interface::x-aligned-on-self} and @code{ly:self-alignment-interface::centered-on-x-parent} are called -with the grob as argument. The results are added with the @code{+} -function. To ensure that this addition is properly executed, the whole +with the grob as argument. The results are added with the @code{+} +function. To ensure that this addition is properly executed, the whole thing is enclosed in @code{ly:make-simple-closure}. In fact, using a single procedure as property value is equivalent to @@ -1262,3 +1365,145 @@ In fact, using a single procedure as property value is equivalent to The inner @code{ly:make-simple-closure} supplies the grob as argument to @var{proc}, the outer ensures that result of the function is returned, rather than the @code{simple-closure} object. + + +@node Using Scheme code instead of \tweak +@section Using Scheme code instead of @code{\tweak} + +The main disadvantage of @code{\tweak} is its syntactical +inflexibility. For example, the following produces a syntax error. + +@example +F = \tweak #'font-size #-3 -\flageolet + +\relative c'' @{ + c4^\F c4_\F +@} +@end example + +@noindent +With other words, @code{\tweak} doesn't behave like an articulation +regarding the syntax; in particular, it can't be attached with +@code{^} and @code{_}. + +Using Scheme, this problem can be circumvented. The route to the +result is given in @ref{Adding articulation to notes (example)}, +especially how to use @code{\displayMusic} as a helping guide. + +@example +F = #(let ((m (make-music 'ArticulationEvent + 'articulation-type "flageolet"))) + (set! (ly:music-property m 'tweaks) + (acons 'font-size -3 + (ly:music-property m 'tweaks))) + m) + +\relative c'' @{ + c4^\F c4_\F +@} +@end example + +@noindent +Here, the @code{tweaks} properties of the flageolet object +@code{m} (created with @code{make-music}) are extracted with +@code{ly:music-property}, a new key-value pair to change the +font size is prepended to the property list with the +@code{acons} Scheme function, and the result is finally +written back with @code{set!}. The last element of the +@code{let} block is the return value, @code{m} itself. + + + +@node Difficult tweaks +@section Difficult tweaks + +There are a few classes of difficult adjustments. + +@itemize + + +@item +One type of difficult adjustment is the appearance of spanner objects, +such as slur and tie. Initially, only one of these objects is created, +and they can be adjusted with the normal mechanism. However, in some +cases the spanners cross line breaks. If this happens, these objects +are cloned. A separate object is created for every system that it is +in. These are clones of the original object and inherit all +properties, including @code{\override}s. + + +In other words, an @code{\override} always affects all pieces of a +broken spanner. To change only one part of a spanner at a line break, +it is necessary to hook into the formatting process. The +@code{after-line-breaking} callback contains the Scheme procedure that +is called after the line breaks have been determined, and layout +objects have been split over different systems. + +In the following example, we define a procedure +@code{my-callback}. This procedure + +@itemize +@item +determines if we have been split across line breaks +@item +if yes, retrieves all the split objects +@item +checks if we are the last of the split objects +@item +if yes, it sets @code{extra-offset}. +@end itemize + +This procedure is installed into @rinternals{Tie}, so the last part +of the broken tie is translated up. + +@lilypond[quote,verbatim,ragged-right] +#(define (my-callback grob) + (let* ( + ; have we been split? + (orig (ly:grob-original grob)) + + ; if yes, get the split pieces (our siblings) + (siblings (if (ly:grob? orig) + (ly:spanner-broken-into orig) '() ))) + + (if (and (>= (length siblings) 2) + (eq? (car (last-pair siblings)) grob)) + (ly:grob-set-property! grob 'extra-offset '(-2 . 5))))) + +\relative c'' { + \override Tie #'after-line-breaking = + #my-callback + c1 ~ \break c2 ~ c +} +@end lilypond + +@noindent +When applying this trick, the new @code{after-line-breaking} callback +should also call the old one @code{after-line-breaking}, if there is +one. For example, if using this with @code{Hairpin}, +@code{ly:hairpin::after-line-breaking} should also be called. + + +@item Some objects cannot be changed with @code{\override} for +technical reasons. Examples of those are @code{NonMusicalPaperColumn} +and @code{PaperColumn}. They can be changed with the +@code{\overrideProperty} function, which works similar to @code{\once +\override}, but uses a different syntax. + +@example +\overrideProperty +#"Score.NonMusicalPaperColumn" % Grob name +#'line-break-system-details % Property name +#'((next-padding . 20)) % Value +@end example + +Note, however, that @code{\override}, applied to +@code{NoteMusicalPaperColumn} and @code{PaperColumn}, still works as +expected within @code{\context} blocks. + +@end itemize + + + + +