Issue 1594 in lilypond: In figured bass, _ direction indicator does not work

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Status: Accepted
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Labels: Type-Defect Priority-Medium

New issue 1594 by address@hidden: In figured bass, _ direction  
indicator does not work
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1594

In figured bass, attaching a text script to a skip (because one has to mark
tasto solo parts with "t.s.") works, but it is not possible to use the _
direction indicator to print it below the staff. ^ and - work fine. Simple
test case attached.

The problem happens in 2.12 as well as in 2.13.

AFAICS, the problem is that in figured bass, _ is redefined in the parser to
mean an empty figure, so the parser does not detect it as a direction
modifier, even if it is used outside of a bass figure, i.e. not inside  
<...>.

Attachments:
        fb_figuremode_direction.ly  388 bytes
        fb_figuremode_direction.pdf  20.4 KB