Re: Neither Accidental nor AccidentalPlacement

2004-11-12 Thread dax2
Thank you! It worked very well. The previous tips too. Result is Chop-28-2 now safely submitted to Mutopiaproject! On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:32:17 +0100 Mats wrote: > > The reason that it doesn't work is that the AccidentalPlacement > object is created by the Accidental_engraver whic

Re: search of archives doesn't work

2004-11-12 Thread Mats Bengtsson
I've noticed the same problem every now and then for a long time, mostly it works again if you try some minutes later. /Mats Chip wrote: FYI, I have been looking for info in the archives but the search function is not working. -- Chip ___ lilypond-u

Re: what grob name to use?

2004-11-12 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Popular question today, see the thread on "markup padding" when they turn up in the archive or in your mail reader. To find out yourself, I'm afraid you have to know LilyPond well enough to realize that c^"Some text" and c^\markup{ \italic "Some text" } is handled by the same object. Once you know

Re: convert-ly

2004-11-12 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Graham Percival wrote: On 8-Nov-04, at 8:34 AM, Aaron wrote: I have been wrestling with convert-ly and it seems to have beaten me. convert-ly -e foo.ly This example of using convert-ly should be the main example shown at several places in the manual and the more or less obscure examples that are

Re: Windows install

2004-11-12 Thread Mats Bengtsson
The command prompt is the command prompt for the Cygwin system which is like a mini-LINUX operating system running under Windows. LilyPond is just one of all the available programs in your Cygwin installation. However, if you read the instructions at http://lilypond.org/web/download/windows.html yo

Re: How to add a closing brace?

2004-11-12 Thread Mats Bengtsson
I don't know any simple way to get that. Maybe some of the hackers can come up with a trick. /Mats Arjan Bos wrote: I'm writing some vocal music. I have three staves without connecting bars. I'd like to have a Start Brace, no connecting bars and an End Brace. The Start Brace and the disconnec

Error message lilypond 2.4.2 on cygwin

2004-11-12 Thread Thomas Scharkowski
Hi all, I have just installed lilypond 2.4.2 from Bertalan Fodor. Everything seems to work, but I get this error message: -- Error invoking `latex \\nonstopmode \\input test24.tex > /dev/null 2>&1 '. Return value 256 -- Thank you, Thomas ___ lilypon

Re: Error message lilypond 2.4.2 on cygwin

2004-11-12 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Please rerun (from the cygwin command line) with the flag lilypond --verbose myfile.ly which should give more information on what actually fails. /Mats Thomas Scharkowski wrote: Hi all, I have just installed lilypond 2.4.2 from Bertalan Fodor. Everything seems to work, but I get this error messa

Re: Error message lilypond 2.4.2 on cygwin

2004-11-12 Thread Bertalan Fodor
And please send the log file latex created: it will contain the error message. Bert Mats Bengtsson wrote: Please rerun (from the cygwin command line) with the flag lilypond --verbose myfile.ly which should give more information on what actually fails. /Mats Thomas Scharkowski wrote: Hi all, I

Re: Error message lilypond 2.4.2 on cygwin - Logfile

2004-11-12 Thread Thomas Scharkowski
> lilypond --verbose /cygdrive/f/lilypond/gitarre/Carulli/test24.ly GNU LilyPond 2.4.2 LILYPOND_DATADIR="/usr/share/lilypond" LOCAL_LILYPOND_DATADIR="/usr/share/lilypond/2.4.2" LOCALEDIR="/usr/share/locale" LILYPONDPREFIX="" [/usr/share/lilypond/2.4.2/scm/lily- library.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.

Re: lines/graphic notation?

2004-11-12 Thread D Josiah Boothby
Back to this (now that I have a little time to work on it): Mats Bengtsson wrote: You don't need that much competence in postscript. Look at the following example: a-\markup { \postscript #"0.1 setlinewidth 2 7 moveto 5 1 rlineto stroke" } ... If you want to do it in a lyrics line, I think it's po

Re: Error message lilypond 2.4.2 on cygwin - Logfile

2004-11-12 Thread Bertalan Fodor
Somehow it tries to use ecrm1000 from jknappen's ec fonts package instead of ec-fonts-mftraced... It tries to use it at me also, but I have it. I really don't know why it tries to use it... Perhaps the others know... Bert ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: lines/graphic notation?

2004-11-12 Thread Mats Bengtsson
It seems that the \postscript markup command wasn't introduced in LilyPond 2.2.x, so you have to do ges1.-"\\embeddedps{0.1 setlinewidth 2 7 moveto 5 1 rlineto stroke}" instead. /Mats D Josiah Boothby wrote: Back to this (now that I have a little time to work on it): Mats Bengtsson wrote: You do

Re: Error message lilypond 2.4.2 on cygwin - Logfile

2004-11-12 Thread Mats Bengtsson
In version 2.4.x, the jknappen fonts shouldn't be used at all. Are you sure that you didn't try some old input file that explicitly set font-name to ecrm1000? /Mats Bertalan Fodor wrote: Somehow it tries to use ecrm1000 from jknappen's ec fonts package instead of ec-fonts-mftraced... It tries t

Re: Error message lilypond 2.4.2 on cygwin - Logfile

2004-11-12 Thread Bertalan Fodor
No, \header { title = "something" } \score { c} ... (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/inputenc.sty kpathsea: Running mktextfm ecrm1000 (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/latin1.def)) No file proba.aux. /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation for ecrm1000. /usr/share/tex

Re: Error message lilypond 2.4.2 on cygwin - Logfile

2004-11-12 Thread Bertalan Fodor
It's caused by setting the fontencoding to T1. The default font in the T1 encoding maps to ecrm that maps to ecrm1000. Perhaps TeX always create the default font? I don't know where this latter mapping set. Bert ___ lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PR

Meta-topic: Spam filtering and bounced messages

2004-11-12 Thread Larry Gilbert
I am repeatedly getting requests from the lilypond-user mailing list to re-enable my subscription because messages sent to me by the list system keep bouncing. After consulting with my own mail administrator about the problem, it appears the messages being bounced are all spam that was sent to

tie on first and second! alternative?

2004-11-12 Thread Albert Einstein
I want to obtain a tie that joins the last chord before first alternative with identical chord in first and second alternative. < a b c>~ \alternative { {} { < a b c> } } This above command produces only a tie between the chord before first alternative and the chord in first alte

Re: Greetings and a question

2004-11-12 Thread Laura Conrad
> "Jan" == Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> The workaround is to change the "< a' c >" that comes in the lilypond >> output to read "<< a' c >>". Jan> I guessed that much, but wanted to test it before making changes. Jan> It's a simple patch, see below, but I h

Re: tie on first and second! alternative?

2004-11-12 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Search the mailing lists for: tie alternative ending /Mats Albert Einstein wrote: I want to obtain a tie that joins the last chord before first alternative with identical chord in first and second alternative. < a b c>~ \alternative { {} { < a b c> } } This above command produc

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2004-11-12 Thread FETCHMAIL-DAEMON
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polish letters in tagline, title, composer of header

2004-11-12 Thread Albert Einstein
How can I put polish letters in tagline of header: \header { title = "afd" composer = "afd" tagline = "asf" } If I must attach babel package give me an example, OK? ___ lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/li

RE: Creating hymns

2004-11-12 Thread James Moore
I tried replacing the long sequence of "\skip 1" lines with both: \skip 1*4 And \skip 1*24 1*4 to skip 4 bars, and 1*24 because I've got 24 \skip lines. I don't understand the results. Both 1*4 and 1*24 ended up with the lyric (2. The) printed under the 4th note (note, not bar) in the piece.

Re: Creating hymns

2004-11-12 Thread Jefferson dos Santos Felix
Mats, Thanks for you answers. By the way, I already solve this problem, using another command, \lyrics (non-documented in 2.4, I think), instead \lyricmode. About separated stems between the parts, I hope that's better to keep it joined on choir musics, because the most hymn scores I know keep th

Align composer name tag

2004-11-12 Thread Jefferson dos Santos Felix
I try to put the composer's year of birth and death below his name, right-aligned, but I can't do it. See the attempt below: \version "2.4.1" \header { title = "A Title Song" composer = \markup \column <{"Composer Name"} {\right-align "(1900-1950)"}> poet = "J.S.F." } \sc

Re: How to add a closing brace?

2004-11-12 Thread Arjan Bos
The only place I need it is at the end, to make very clear that the piece has ended. But an occasional spanned bar would be welcome too. On 12 nov 2004, at 10:43, Mats Bengtsson wrote: I don't know any simple way to get that. Maybe some of the hackers can come up with a trick. /Mats Arjan Bos

property problem and repeats

2004-11-12 Thread Albert Einstein
I tried to lilypond code from http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2002-11/msg00150.html but I obtain error message. What it must be set instead of \property command? % First possibility: \score{\notes\relative c'{ \bar "|:" c d e f | g g g2 % Initialize first ending

instead property write ! set

2004-11-12 Thread Albert Einstein
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set instead property still doesn't work

2004-11-12 Thread Albert Einstein
I can't compile: \score{\notes\relative c'{ \bar "|:" c d e f | g g g2 % Initialize first ending \set Score.repeatCommands = #'((volta "1.")) f4 g e2 | d1 % End the first ending, start the second ending. \set Score.repeatCommands = #'((volta #f) end-repeat (volta "2.")) f4 e f2 | g1 \bar

Re: Ties to nothing

2004-11-12 Thread Tim Sawyer
Thanks all, but I can't get it to work. I'm doing \begin[20pt]{lilypond} \score { \notes { \time 4/4 \property Staff.TimeSignature \set #'style = #'() \clef bass \stemUp b1:32~b4^"L.V." r4 r2 b1:32~b4~<< \hideNotes b4 \unHideNotes r4 >> r2 \bar "|." }

Re: property problem and repeats

2004-11-12 Thread Graham Percival
On 12-Nov-04, at 1:22 PM, Albert Einstein wrote: I tried to lilypond code from http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2002-11/msg00150.html Update that score with convert-ly. My guess is that the example worked in something like LilyPond 1.6.0; modify the file accordingly and run convert

property - version for this command

2004-11-12 Thread Albert Einstein
In which version was used command \property? I want to apply convert-ly to files with this command. Albert ___ lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Cygwin packages

2004-11-12 Thread J L
Hi, Can Cygwin packages be installed by hand? If so, how? Aligorith _ Check out news, entertainment and more @ http://xtra.co.nz/broadband ___ lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] h