Re: [tablatures] string number in TabStaff: show or hide?

[Marc Hohl <marc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Federico Bruni schrieb:
> Marc Hohl wrote:
> > Federico Bruni schrieb:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've done some small tests with 2.13.4 and it seems to work great.
> > >
> > > I have question for Marc and for all the other tablature users.
> > > I can see the default behaviour is still printing the string numbers 
> > > in the TabStaff.
> > You mean the string nubers in the normal staff, right? :-)
>
> yes
>
> [..]
> > > Should this (hide string number) be the default settings?
> > The problem is that the string numbers appear in a *normal* staff
> > which should somehow (automagically) know that there will be
> > another *TabStaff* dealing with exactly the same input if you want
> > it to remove the string numbers.
> > As far as I know, this isn't possible in lilypond.
> > And globally assuming that every guitarist will use normal and 
> > tablature notation
> > in every case is too far from reality, I think.
>
> Yes, of course.. I didn't think about that, you are right.
> So nevermind.. I just wanted to be sure that you didn't forget this 
> issue, but now I can see you didn't at all
No problem at all - at first glance, I thought this could be easily 
done, but I was wrong;
so my first response was simply too enthusiastic...
> > > If we agree on this change, it could be added in the next 
> > > soon-coming version.
> > > Otherwise, I'll keep using my override ;-)
> > As an alternative, it is possible to write a music function which 
> > takes your guitar music
> > as input and creates both normal and tablature staves - within this 
> > function, you can
> > make the string numbers disappear as default.
> >
> > CombinedTabStaff = #(define-music-function (aprser location music) 
> > (ly:music?)
> >  #{
> >    <<
> >      \new Staff \with { \override Staff.StringNumber #'transparent = 
> > ##t } { $music }
> >      \new TabStaff { $music }
> >    >>
> >  #}
> >
> > (This is untested and perhaps buggy, but in gerneral, it won't be too 
> > difficult ...
> > With such a function you can use
> >
> > \CombinedTabStaff { ...your music here ... }
> > to get a normal staff without string numbers and a tab staff as well.
>
> thanks, but I'll keep using this simple code (that you suggested me 
> some weeks ago) in my personal-tab-settings file :-)
>
>
> \layout {
>   \context {
>     \Staff
>     \override StringNumber #'transparent = ##t
>   }
> }
Ok.

Greetings

Marc
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