Hi Robert, As I briefly mentioned \shapeII is in the openlilylib project. It's a generalisation of the builtin \shape. The openlilylib directory containing that is called 'notation-snippets/shaping-bezier-curves'. There is a well written paper there on how to use it with good examples.
Andrew On 6 October 2016 at 18:22, Robert Blackstone <blackstone.rob...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 5 Oct 2016, at 19:03 , Kieren MacMillan <kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> > wrote: > > Did you download and install the openlilylib framework on your path? > > > Hi Kieren, > > No, I didn't. Frankly, I had no idea that something like that would be > necessary. > On 6 October 2016 at 18:22, Robert Blackstone <blackstone.rob...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 5 Oct 2016, at 19:03 , Kieren MacMillan <kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> > wrote: > > Did you download and install the openlilylib framework on your path? > > > Hi Kieren, > > No, I didn't. Frankly, I had no idea that something like that would be > necessary. > There was no separate log-file but I copied he text from the console (I > use TeXShop as the LilyPond editor) and pasted it in the Post Script of > this mail. It speaks of a fatal error but nevertheless generates a nice pdf > (with no improvement of the tie-distances of course). But I should have > noticed the error warnings like " error: unknown escaped string: > `\shapeII' " etc. > > Anyway, I will follow your advice and download and install the > openlilylib framework on my path. > It is terra incognita for me but I'll have a go at it and if and when I > get stuck I will scream for some more help. > > Thanks for your help. > > Best regards, > Robert > > > %%%%%%%%% text in the console %%%%%%%% > > Feeding tie_distance from_barline_at_system_break-test2_ly.tex to > lilypond... Please wait... > Processing `tie_distance from_barline_at_system_break-test2_ly.tex' > Parsing... > tie_distance from_barline_at_system_break-test2_ly.tex:10:31: error: > syntax error, unexpected SCM_TOKEN, expecting '.' or '=' or ',' > system-system-spacing > #' basic-distance = #5 > tie_distance from_barline_at_system_break-test2_ly.tex:25:3: error: > unknown escaped string: `\shapeII' > > > \shapeII #'((() () () (-0.6 . 0)) > tie_distance from_barline_at_system_break-test2_ly.tex:25:3: error: > unrecognized string, not in text script or \lyricmode > > > \shapeII #'((() () () (-0.6 . 0)) > tie_distance from_barline_at_system_break-test2_ly.tex:25:12: warning: > Ignoring non-music expression > \shapeII > #'((() () () (-0.6 . 0)) > tie_distance from_barline_at_system_break-test2_ly.tex:27:17: error: > unrecognized string, not in text script or \lyricmode > ) > Tie > Interpreting music... > Preprocessing graphical objects... > Finding the ideal number of pages... > Fitting music on 1 page... > Drawing systems... > Layout output to `/var/folders/mx/58psmpkj72vfd8pmqc1vmbrh0000gp > /T//lilypond-MFFoGy'... > Converting to `tie_distance from_barline_at_system_break-test2_ly.pdf'... > Deleting `/var/folders/mx/58psmpkj72vfd8pmqc1vmbrh0000gp > /T//lilypond-MFFoGy'... > fatal error: failed files: "tie_distance from_barline_at_system_break- > test2_ly.tex" > Finished. > > %%%%%%%%%% > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > >
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