Re: Modify ly:duration->string

On 2026-05-10 06:36, Thomas Morley wrote:
> #(pretty-print (ly:duration->string (ly:make-duration -3)))
> returning:
> "log = -3"
> 
> Is it possible to let it return "maxima" (similar for "longa", "breve")?
> To be more precise, this is a request to modify ly:duration->string (I
> have already some clumsy custom code to deal with negative durations).
Are you looking for `duration->lily-string`?

https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/blob/d41c7ad45aa1558e91776f398bfd490d94222366/scm/define-music-display-methods.scm#L104

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Dan