On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 16:35:01 +0200 Antonio PALAMA' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i) If I use the technique suggetsd by the manual for percussion staves > i.e. > \score > { > \apply #(drums->paper 'drums) etc. > > Then I am not able to specify other requests for the \paper context like > e.g. > linewidth = 27.\cm What version of Lilypond are you using? If it occurs on 1.7.29, could you provide a short example which demonstrates this?
If it's on 1.6.x, then please wait a few days or weeks until 1.8.0 is released and then try it on that. > ii) I would like to typeset the percussion staff with a style that is > widely used in italian concert band scores i.e. > > - a single line staff with no symbol at the left end > - notes above the line are stemup, almost touch the line and are > interpreted as snare drum notes > - rests above the line are centered some 2.5 noteheads above the line so > that 1/4 rests almost touch the stave > - notes below the line are stemdown, almost touch the line and are > interpreted as either bass drum or cymbals or both according to text markup > - rests below the line are treated similarly to rests above the line > - full measure rests that interest all the percussion voices lie below > the line and touch it This is all possible to do in Lilypond with #'(extra-offset), although it wouldn't be pretty. You might be able to define a new context that does this all automatically, though. (sorry, my knowledge of Lilypond doesn't extend that far) Cheers, - Graham _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user