2 (define all-translation-properties '())
4 (define (translator-property-description symbol type? description)
5 (if (not (equal? #f (object-property symbol 'translation-doc)))
7 (ly-warn (string-append "Redefining " (symbol->string symbol) "\n"))
11 (set-object-property! symbol 'translation-type? type?)
12 (set-object-property! symbol 'translation-doc description)
13 (set! all-translation-properties (cons symbol all-translation-properties))
18 (translator-property-description 'CONTEXTNAMEMinimumVerticalExtent number-pair? "minimum vertical extent, same format as CONTEXTNAMEVerticalExtent [fixme, naming]")
19 (translator-property-description 'CONTEXTNAMEVerticalExtent number-pair? "hard coded vertical extent.
20 The format is a pair of dimensions, for example, this sets the sizes
21 of a staff to 10 (5+5) staffspaces high.
24 property Staff.StaffVerticalExtent = #(-5.0 . 5.0)
28 (translator-property-description 'CONTEXTNAMExtraVerticalExtent number-pair? "extra vertical extent, same format
29 CONTEXTNAMEMinimumVerticalExtent [fixme, naming]")
30 (translator-property-description 'Generic_property_list list? "description of the conversion.
32 Defines names and types for generic properties. These are properties
33 than can be plugged into the backend directly. See the init file
34 @file{generic-property.scm} for details. For internal use only,
37 (translator-property-description 'aDueText string? "text for begin of a due")
38 (translator-property-description 'associatedVoice string? "Name of the Voice that has the melody for this LyricsVoice.")
39 (translator-property-description 'autoBeamSettings list? "
40 Specifies when automatically generated beams should begin and end. The elements have the format:
44 function shortest-duration-in-beam time-signature
48 function = begin or end
49 shortest-duration-in-beam = numerator denominator; eg: 1 16
50 time-signature = numerator denominator, eg: 4 4
52 unspecified or wildcard entries for duration or time-signature
55 The user can override beam begin or end time by pushing a wildcard entries
56 '(begin * * * *) or '(end * * * *) resp., eg:
58 property Voice.autoBeamSettings push #'(end * * * *) = #(make-moment 1 4)
62 ((end * * 3 2) . ,(make-moment 1 2))
63 ((end 1 16 3 2) . ,(make-moment 1 4))
64 ((end 1 32 3 2) . ,(make-moment 1 8))
70 (translator-property-description 'automaticPhrasing boolean? " If set,
71 the @ref{Lyric_phrasing_engraver} will match note heads of context
72 called Voice X to syllables from LyricsVoice called
73 X-<something>. This feature is turned on by default. See the example
74 file @file{lyrics-multi-stanza.ly}.
77 (translator-property-description 'automaticMelismata boolean? " If
78 set, \addlyrics will assume that beams, slurs and ties signal
79 melismata, and align lyrics accordingly.
82 (translator-property-description 'barAlways boolean? " If set to true a bar line is drawn after each note.
84 (translator-property-description 'barCheckNoSynchronize boolean? "If set, don't reset measurePosition when finding a bbarcheck. This
85 makes bar-checks for polyphonic music easier.")
86 (translator-property-description 'barNonAuto boolean? " If set to true then bar lines will not be printed
87 automatically; they must be explicitly created with @code{bar}
88 keywords. Unlike with the @code{cadenza} keyword, measures are
89 still counted. Bar generation will resume according to that
90 count if this property is set to zero.
92 (translator-property-description 'beamMelismaBusy boolean? "Signal if a beam is set when automaticMelismata is set")
93 (translator-property-description 'breakAlignOrder list? "Defines the order in which
94 prefatory matter (clefs, key signatures) appears, eg. this puts the
95 key signatures after the bar lines:
98 \\property Score.breakAlignOrder = #'(
108 (translator-property-description 'centralCPosition number? "Place of the central C. Usually determined by looking at clefPosition and clefGlyph.")
109 (translator-property-description 'changeMoment moment-pair? "duration that voices are examined for differences, when part-combining. Usually unset or zero when combining threads into one voice, and 1 (or the duration of one measure) when combining voices into one staff.")
110 (translator-property-description 'chordChanges boolean? "Only show changes in chords scheme?")
111 (translator-property-description 'clefGlyph string? "Name of the symbol within the music font")
112 (translator-property-description 'clefOctavation integer? "Add
113 this much extra octavation. Values of 7 and -7 are common.")
114 (translator-property-description 'clefPitches list? "an alist mapping GLYPHNAME to the position of the central C for that symbol")
115 (translator-property-description 'clefPosition number? "Where should the center of the symbol go?")
116 (translator-property-description 'combineParts boolean? "try to combine parts?")
117 (translator-property-description 'connectArpeggios boolean? " If
118 set, connect all arpeggios that are found. In this way, you can make
119 arpeggios that cross staffs.
121 (translator-property-description 'createKeyOnClefChange boolean? "Print a key signature whenever the clef is changed.")
122 (translator-property-description 'crescendoText string? "Text to print at start of non-hairpin crecscendo, ie: @samp{cresc.}")
123 (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.")
124 (translator-property-description 'decrescendoText string? "Text to print at start of non-hairpin decrecscendo, ie: @samp{dim.}")
125 (translator-property-description 'currentBarNumber integer? "Contains the current barnumber. This property is incremented at
128 (translator-property-description 'currentCommandColumn ly-grob? "Grob that is X-parent to all current breakable (clef, key signature, etc.) items.")
129 (translator-property-description 'currentMusicalColumn ly-grob? "Grob that is X-parent to all non-breakable items (note heads, lyrics, etc.).")
130 (translator-property-description 'defaultBarType string? "Sets the default type of bar line. Available bar types: [FIXME];
132 This variable is typically read at Score level, so overriding
133 Staff.defaultBarType will have no effect.
136 (translator-property-description 'devNullThread symbol? "User control of Thread_devnull_engraver: one of
139 Behave in normal way: remove one set of grobs when in unisolo.
141 Remove any grob that comes along.
146 (translator-property-description 'devNullVoice symbol? "User control of Voice_devnull_engraver: one of
149 Behave in normal way: remove spanners when in unisolo.
151 Remove any spanners that come along.
156 (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.")
158 (translator-property-description 'easyPlay boolean? "Copy note names into note head grob property")
160 (translator-property-description 'explicitClefVisibility procedure? "visibility-lambda function for clef changes.")
162 (translator-property-description 'explicitKeySignatureVisibility
163 procedure? "visibility-lambda function for explicit Key changes;
164 \override of #'visibility-lambda will set the visibility for normal
165 (ie. at the start of the line) key signatures.")
168 (translator-property-description 'followThread boolean?
169 "if set, note heads are tracked across staff switches by a thin line")
170 (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.")
171 (translator-property-description 'forgetAccidentals boolean? "do
172 not set localKeySignature when a note alterated differently from
173 localKeySignature is found.
175 Causes accidentals to be printed at every note instead of
176 remembered for the duration of a measure.
178 (translator-property-description 'graceAccidentalSpace number? "amount space to alot for an accidental")
179 (translator-property-description 'graceAlignPosition dir? "put the grace note before or after the main note?")
180 (translator-property-description 'instr markup? "see @code{instrument}")
181 (translator-property-description 'instrument markup? " If @code{Instrument_name_engraver}
182 @cindex Instrument_name_engraver
184 added to the Staff translator, then the @code{instrument} property
185 is used to label the first line of the staff and the @code{instr}
186 property is used to label subsequent lines. If the
187 @code{midiInstrument} property is not set, then @code{instrument}
188 is used to determine the instrument for MIDI output.")
189 (translator-property-description 'keyAccidentalOrder list? "
190 Alist that defines in what order alterations should be printed.
191 The format is (NAME . ALTER), where NAME is from 0 .. 6 and ALTER from -1, 1.
193 (translator-property-description 'keyOctaviation boolean? "")
194 (translator-property-description 'keySignature list? "The current key signature. This is an alist containing (NAME . ALTER) pairs, where NAME is from 0.. 6 and ALTER from -2,-1,0,1,2 ")
196 (translator-property-description 'localKeySignature list? "the key
197 signature at this point in the measure. The format is an alist with
198 entries of the form (NAME . ALTER)
199 or ((OCTAVE . NAME) . ALTER),
200 where NAME is from 0.. 6 and ALTER from -2,-1,0,1,2"
203 (translator-property-description 'measureLength moment? "Length of one
204 measure in the current time signature last?")
205 (translator-property-description 'measurePosition moment? " How much
206 of the current measure (measured in whole notes) have we had. This
207 can be set manually to create incomplete measures (anacrusis, upbeat),
208 the start of the music.
210 (translator-property-description 'melismaBusy boolean? "Signifies
211 whether a melisma is active. This can be used to signal melismas on
212 top of those automatically detected. ")
213 (translator-property-description 'melismaEngraverBusy boolean? "See @ref{(lilypond)melismaBusy}. This is set automatically.")
214 (translator-property-description 'midiInstrument string? "Name of the
215 MIDI instrument to use ")
216 (translator-property-description 'noAutoBeaming boolean? "If set to true then beams are not generated automatically.
218 (translator-property-description 'noDirection boolean? "Don't set directions by a2-engraver when part-combining.")
219 (translator-property-description 'noResetKey boolean? "Do not
220 reset local key to the value of keySignature at the start of a measure,
221 as determined by measurePosition.
223 Do not reset the key at the start of a measure. Accidentals will be
224 printed only once and are in effect until overridden, possibly many
227 (translator-property-description 'oneBeat moment? " How long does one beat in the current time signature last?")
228 (translator-property-description 'pedalSustainStrings list? "List of string to print for sustain-pedal. Format is
229 (UP UPDOWN DOWN), where each of the three is the string to print when
230 this is done with the pedal.")
231 (translator-property-description 'pedalUnaChordaStrings string? "see pedalSustainStrings.")
232 (translator-property-description 'pedalSostenutoStrings string? "see pedalSustainStrings.")
234 (translator-property-description 'phrasingPunctuation string? "")
235 (translator-property-description 'rehearsalMark number-or-string? "")
236 (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")
237 (translator-property-description 'scriptDefinitions list? "
238 Description of scripts. This is used by Script_engraver for typesetting note-super/subscripts. See @file{scm/script.scm} for more information
241 (translator-property-description 'scriptHorizontal boolean? " Put
242 scripts left or right of note heads. Support for this is limited.
243 Accidentals will collide with scripts.
246 (translator-property-description 'skipBars boolean? " Set to true to
247 skip the empty bars that are produced by multimeasure notes and rests.
248 These bars will not appear on the printed output. If not set (the
249 default) multimeasure notes and rests expand into their full length,
250 printing the appropriate number of empty bars so that synchronization
251 with other voices is preserved.
255 @@lilypond[fragment,verbatim,center]
256 r1 r1*3 R1*3 \\\\property Score.skipBars= ##t r1*3 R1*3
262 (translator-property-description 'slurBeginAttachment symbol?
263 "translates to the car of grob-property 'attachment of NoteColumn. See
266 (translator-property-description 'slurEndAttachment symbol? "translates to the cdr of grob-property 'attachment of NoteColumn. See @ref{Slur}.")
267 (translator-property-description 'slurMelismaBusy boolean? "Signal a slur if automaticMelismata is set.")
268 (translator-property-description 'solo boolean? "set if solo is detected by the part combiner.")
269 (translator-property-description 'soloADue boolean? "set Solo/A due texts in the part combiner?.")
270 (translator-property-description 'soloIIText string? "text for begin of solo for voice ``two'' when part-combining.")
271 (translator-property-description 'soloText string? "text for begin of solo when part-combining.")
272 (translator-property-description 'sparseTies boolean? "only create one tie per chord.")
273 (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.")
274 (translator-property-description 'split-interval boolean? "set if part-combiner separated voices based on splitInterval.")
275 (translator-property-description 'squashedPosition integer? " Vertical position of
276 squashing for Pitch_squash_engraver.")
277 (translator-property-description 'staffsFound list? "list of all staff-symbols found.")
278 (translator-property-description 'stanza string? "Stanza `number' to print at start of a verse. Use in LyricsVoice context.")
281 (translator-property-description 'stemLeftBeamCount integer? "
282 Specify the number of beams to draw on the left side of the next note.
283 Overrides automatic beaming. The value is only used once, and then it
286 (translator-property-description 'stemRightBeamCount integer? "idem, for the right side.")
287 (translator-property-description 'stz string? "Abbreviated form for a stanza, see also Stanza property.")
288 (translator-property-description 'textNonEmpty boolean? " If set
289 to true then text placed above or below the staff is not assumed to
290 have zero width. @code{\fatText} and @code{\emptyText} are predefined
293 (translator-property-description 'tieMelismaBusy boolean? "Signal ties when automaticMelismata is set.")
294 (translator-property-description 'timeSignatureFraction number-pair? "
295 pair of numbers, signifying the time signature. For example #'(4 . 4) is a 4/4time signature.")
296 (translator-property-description 'timing boolean? " Keep administration of measure length, position, bar number, etc?
297 Switch off for cadenzas.")
298 (translator-property-description 'transposing integer? "Transpose the MIDI output. Set this property to the number of half-steps to transpose by.")
299 (translator-property-description 'tremoloFlags integer? "Number of tremolo flags to add if none is specified.")
300 (translator-property-description 'tupletNumberFormatFunction procedure?
301 "Function taking a music as input, producing a string. This function is called to determine the text to print on a tuplet bracket.")
303 (translator-property-description 'tupletInvisible boolean? "
304 If set to true, tuplet bracket creation is switched off
305 entirely. This has the same effect as setting both
306 @code{tupletNumberVisibility} and @code{tupletBracketVisibility} to
307 @code{#f}, but as this does not even create any grobs, this setting
308 uses less memory and time.")
309 (translator-property-description 'tupletSpannerDuration moment? "
310 Normally a tuplet bracket is as wide as the
311 @code{ imes} expression that gave rise to it. By setting this
312 property, you can make brackets last shorter. Example
315 @@lilypond[verbatim,fragment]
316 context Voice imes 2/3 @{
317 property Voice.tupletSpannerDuration = #(make-moment 1 4)
323 (translator-property-description 'unirhythm boolean? "set if unirhythm is detected by the part combiner.")
324 (translator-property-description 'unisilence boolean? "set if unisilence is detected by the part combiner.")
325 (translator-property-description 'unison boolean? "set if unisono is detected by the part combiner. .")
326 (translator-property-description 'verticalAlignmentChildCallback
327 procedure? "what callback to add to children of a vertical alignment.
328 It determines what alignment procedure is used on the alignment
330 (translator-property-description 'voltaSpannerDuration moment? "maximum duration of the volta bracket.
332 Set to a duration to control the size of the brackets printed by
333 @code{\\alternative}. It specifies the number of whole notes duration
334 to use for the brackets. This can be used to shrink the length of
335 brackets in the situation where one alternative is very large. It may
336 have odd effects if the specified duration is longer than the music
337 given in an @code{\\alternative}.
339 (translator-property-description 'weAreGraceContext boolean? ".")
340 (translator-property-description 'whichBar string?
341 "This property is read to determine what type of barline to create.
345 \\property Staff.whichBar = \"|:\"
348 This will create a start-repeat bar in this staff only.
350 If not set explicitly (by property or @code{\bar}), this is set
351 according to values of @code{defaultBarType}, @code{barAlways},
352 @code{barNonAuto} and @code{measurePosition}.
354 Legal values are described in @ref{(lilypond-internals)bar-line-interface}.