Re: crash report

2007-04-07 Thread Geoff Horton
Is Lilypond using TeTex? No. I can answer that question, but I don't know the answer to the rest of it. Geoff ___ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond

Problems with line breaking in the manual

2007-03-22 Thread Geoff Horton
Section 11.5.1 in the 2.10 manual, 11.4.1 in the 2.11: Under the "bugs" section, it shows how to get Lily to break when a note hangs over the bar line. At least, that's what it _says_ it shows--but the sample output in the manual doesn't show a break. ___

Re: lilypond-book produces error messages

2006-10-05 Thread Geoff Horton
Lilypond-book assumes nothing about the extension of your input file. Rename it to probe.lytex and then use lilypond-book --psfonts probe.lytex. Geoff ___ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypon

Re: markups items & others

2006-09-04 Thread Geoff Horton
How can we place an spanish letter like "ñ" or the word "alegría"? I did tried the \char #65 thing but not even an "A" and also there were errors. If you are using a UTF-8 aware editor, you should be able to type it directly into the .ly file and have it appear in the output. Geoff __

Re: Tagline stuck to the default one

2006-06-03 Thread Geoff Horton
Move the header block outside of the score block. On 6/3/06, Elmo Todurov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In my opinion, I'm doing everything correctly. However, the tagline is the default. The code is here. I'm sure it's correct. \paper { printallheaders = ##t } \layout {} \version "2.9.7" \score {

Re: I cannot open the file "lilypond-2.8.3-1.documentation.tar.tar"

2006-05-25 Thread Geoff Horton
How can I unpack *.tar under Windows? 7Zip will do it. It's free, and you can get it here: http://www.7-zip.org/ Geoff ___ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond

Re: partcombine with rests

2006-05-09 Thread Geoff Horton
I tried posting the lilypond sample code, but it thinks i'm top-posting and won't let me send. (which is odd because i see many people top-post, so it's clearly not taboo here) Mail sent directly to the list (rather than through the web interface) isn't checked for "top posting". LilyPond's use

Re: Roman numeral for 4 should be iv not iiii

2006-05-08 Thread Geoff Horton
Nobody in the USA uses Old Roman or even learns it in grade school. "Nobody" is a little strong. I knew about it :) Geoff ___ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond

Staff doesn't extend to cover lyrics at line breaks

2006-04-28 Thread Geoff Horton
Try this: \version "2.8.1" \paper { ragged-right = ##t } music = \relative c'' { \time 2/4 g8 g8 g8 \bar "" \break g8 } words = \lyricmode { La la "tra la la la la la la la la la I can't hear you la la la la la " la } \score { \context Staff << \context Voice = one \music \cont

Manual rest placement bug

2006-04-19 Thread Geoff Horton
\include "english.ly" \version "2.8.0" topRight = \relative c' { \key a \major \time 4/4 fs2 \clef bass cs d b | \oneVoice d,1\rest \voiceOne } \score { \context Staff { \context Voice { \voiceOne \topRight } } } The manually positioned clef

Re: Fingering of Chords and Placement of Rests

2006-04-14 Thread Geoff Horton
> Also, the named rest is in the wrong > place. Named rests in polyphony are broken. Geoff ___ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond

Re: Macro pre-processing?

2006-04-09 Thread Geoff Horton
> I think the following messages to lilypond-users (as well as my own > complete inability to understand music functions) suggest that the > manual could use some work in this area. A problem endemic to manuals, and one that I have no idea how to fix, is that they're usually crystal-clear to someo

Nonexistent input file name gives misleading error message

2006-04-05 Thread Geoff Horton
Assuming that there's no such file as "asdfg.ly", typing: lilypond asdfg.ly gives as output: warning: can't find file: `' error: failed files: "asdfg.ly" This makes it appear that the file exists (it failed, after all) but has a bad \include in it somewhere--I just spent a good twenty minutes t

Re: .pdf file size

2006-04-05 Thread Geoff Horton
> I am seeing a 5x to 10x increase in .pdf file size > when using 2.8.1. versus 2.6. For example a simple > 4 page score goes from 380K to 2.1MB. > > This is using Windows XP. I corresponded a little with Dennis about this off-list. If the culprit is a mis-configured Ghostscript, it must be the o

Re: 2.8.1 pdf file size

2006-04-04 Thread Geoff Horton
> the problem with file sizes doesn't have anything to do with point & > click though. It's usually that people are running unpatched Ghostscript > 8.x instead of using the GUB builds. I don't know about that. I ran a few files through with and without that line: With point-and-click enabled: 76

Re: 2.8.1 pdf file size

2006-04-04 Thread Geoff Horton
> > After upgrading to 2.8.1, I notice that the .pdf files produced are > > considerable larger, on the order of about 5 to 10 times the size > > formerly produced. This has a detrimental effect on my ability to > > store and distribute, so much that I have to back level to 2.6 > > to use. > > Put

Re: 2.8.1 pdf file size

2006-04-04 Thread Geoff Horton
> After upgrading to 2.8.1, I notice that the .pdf files produced are > considerable larger, on the order of about 5 to 10 times the size > formerly produced. This has a detrimental effect on my ability to > store and distribute, so much that I have to back level to 2.6 > to use. Put this at the

Re: Small caps not working

2006-03-29 Thread Geoff Horton
> Could you clarify for me what is happening with small caps, please? Small caps might not work if the font you're using doesn't come in a small-caps version--it doesn't work for me in WinXP, for example. There's some code in the manual, at the end of 11.2.3, that fakes it. Geoff __

Re: Printout of Manual

2006-03-27 Thread Geoff Horton
> > Possibly something is incorrect with the pictures. > > Hmm. Could you give us the exact error messages? > > To the devel team, this is the page with the Henle and Barenreiter flat > signs. I have no idea what's wrong with those images; I leave this to > other people who know more as pdf / eps

Re: Starting Lilypond

2006-03-24 Thread Geoff Horton
On 3/24/06, Robin Oye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings, > > When I start Lilypond, I get a DOS screen, and after a while, a message with > the > . . . . etc. Which version of LilyPond are you using? Geoff ___ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilyp

Re: texttranslator field (either doc problem or bug)

2006-03-22 Thread Geoff Horton
> I personally don't bother so much about the names of the different > fields. If you want some text to appear at the place where the default > titling typesets the opus, for example, just use that field. I think the main reason I'm reluctant to go that route is the issue of documentation, particu

texttranslator field (either doc problem or bug)

2006-03-22 Thread Geoff Horton
I noticed a thread about this from January, but there doesn't seem to have been any discussion since then. The "All headers" template in 3.7.1 in the manual refers to a \texttranslator field, but a close look at the sample output below it reveals that this field does not appear in the output. I

Re: Documentation clarification?

2006-03-19 Thread Geoff Horton
> To get you started, have a look at the directories that lilypond > installs. If you can't find them, let me know what OS you use. In > OSX, open up a terminal, find the LilyPond.app file, and then cd into > that "file" -- in OSX, installed programs are actually directories. > Poke around i

Documentation clarification?

2006-03-15 Thread Geoff Horton
(Sorry to keep hammering on the docs--I'm working on a project that requires me to look at them closely and I keep finding stuff.) 2.7.38, section 8.2.8, dealing with different editions and the \tag command: Toward the bottom of the section (p. 196 of the PDF), right above "See Also", it says: "T

Documentation typo?

2006-03-15 Thread Geoff Horton
2.7.38, section 10.1.2 (p. 234 of the PDF): "A number of \scores creates a single output file, where all movement are concatenated." should probably read "where all movements are" ___ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org

Documentation bug?

2006-03-15 Thread Geoff Horton
2.7.38, section 9.2.7. The first thing discussed here in the 2.6 documentation was how to change one element in a group, a process made much easier by the introduction of the \tweak command (thanks!). The relevant material has been moved into a new section, but the material now promoted to the firs

\longa broken?

2006-03-14 Thread Geoff Horton
2.7.38, WinXP. (I have 2.6.4 still running on Cygwin on the same system, so that could be the source of the problem, though I doubt it.) Anything I typeset with a \longa duration produces: warning: note head `noteheads.u-2' not found ___ bug-lilypond