Speaking as a newbie, I also love this idea, as I’m understanding it. I had been surprised not to find a template for the “lead sheets” I’ve been making.
On Jan 18, 2015, at 6:59 PM, Tom Cloyd <tomcloydm...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have to say that I like this idea a LOT. Like Urs' suggestion too. Seems > like this should just be a part of the "package" - kind of an adjunct to the > exceptional documentation that has always been a part of Lily. > > Tom > (classic guitar) > > On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Tom Cloyd <tomcloydm...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have to say that I like this idea a LOT. Like Urs' suggestion too. Seems > like this should just be a part of the "package" - kind of an adjunct to the > exceptional documentation that has always been a part of Lily. > > Tom > (classic guitar) > > On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Urs Liska <u...@openlilylib.org> wrote: > > Am 18.01.2015 um 20:42 schrieb Kieren MacMillan: > Hello all! > > I recently sent a post about my choral piece, and had to *not* use my choral > stylesheet. Seeing what the default output looks like lit a fire under my > butt to get a stylesheet project going ASAP — I haven’t really seen a default > Lilypond score (as opposed to tiny snippets) in at least two years, and had > honestly forgotten how unelegant it looks. > > My idea is that we have a basic set of stylesheets for the main types of > scores — e.g., piano solo, organ solo, instrumental solo/part, choir, full > score, etc. — which can be \include-d by the user to give a truly beautiful > default appearance right out of the box. > > By way of an example, my choral_octavo stylesheet results in the attached > screenshot (which shows the top ½ of the first score page of my setting of > “When You Are Old and Grey”). To my eye, that is significantly superior to > the default output. > > I realise that a lot of the final, fine-detail decisions would be subjective… > But I offer that there would be many benefits to including with the standard > distribution a well-crafted (e.g., with default fonts, better spacing > parameters, better titling options and layout, etc.) hierarchical collection > of default stylesheets that individuals could call with a simple (e.g.) > > \stylesheet “choral_octavo” > > and then extend (e.g., incorporating non-standard fonts, etc.) as > needed/desired. > > Would anyone be interested in working on this with me? > > I definitely am. > However, I'm not sure if integrating it into LilyPond itself is necessarily > the right direction. Maybe having it as a semi-official library would be more > manageable? > > A suggestion regarding the interface: how about > > \include "stylesheets/choral/octavo.ily" > > There could be a hierarchy of different building blocks, and the actual > include file would pick from them what it needs and optionally add more items > to the stylesheet. > > Urs > > > All the best, > Kieren. > _______________________ > > Kieren MacMillan, composer > www: <http://www.kierenmacmillan.info> > email: i...@kierenmacmillan.info > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > "Love is the only force which can make things one without destroying them. … > Some day, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we > shall harness.. the energies of love, and then, for the second time in the > history of the world, man will have discovered fire." ~ Pierre Teilhard de > Chardin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Tom Cloyd, MS MA LMHC (WA) > Psychotherapist (therapist, training, research) > Spokane, Washington, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332 > << t...@tomcloyd.com >> (email) > << TomCloyd.com >> (website) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > "Love is the only force which can make things one without destroying them. … > Some day, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we > shall harness.. the energies of love, and then, for the second time in the > history of the world, man will have discovered fire." ~ Pierre Teilhard de > Chardin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Tom Cloyd, MS MA LMHC (WA) > Psychotherapist (therapist, training, research) > Spokane, Washington, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332 > << t...@tomcloyd.com >> (email) > << TomCloyd.com >> (website) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
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