tl;dr How to define a noop expression in lilypond?
Hello, I play the organ and sometimes need to transcribe some sheet music for it. I use lilypond for this.
For pedaling symbols I defined some shortcuts like these:
lt = -\tweak direction #DOWN \rtoe
lh = \lheel
rt = \rtoe
rh = -\tweak direction #UP \lheel
c4\lt
One reason is that I'm used to slightly other kind of notation than the default, the other is just to make it shorter to write.
A 3rd benefit of this is, that I could disable this by redefining it to empty symbols.
This would be great, because I usually do several different format editions from the same music by using include "...". E.g. on sheet music with 3 staffs (man I, man II, pedal) there is enough space for pedaling symbols, but on a combined 2 staff sheet (man I, man II + pedal) there is not.
Currently I use the empty chord as the empty expression in these cases like this:
lt = <>
lh = <>
rt = <>
rh = <>
\include "includes/music.ily"
\score { … }
But this seams not to be exactly noop, because it has side effects if combined with other accents like \staccato.
c4\lt\staccato
Does anyone know how to define a really neutral expression in lilypond?
