Re: Function for note string to fraction?

[Peter Bjuhr]

On 2014-05-20 12:51, David Kastrup wrote:
> You want to enter a duration in a simple manner and use it in several
> contexts.  One as markup, one as a duration or length.
>
> The suggestion was to let LilyPond see it not as a string but as a
> duration and go from there instead of writing your own duration parser.
>
> I don't understand the problem you have with that.

I think the suggestion is great, at least for the purpose of the script 
I'm trying to write!

Best
Peter