Explanation of ly:lyric-hyphen::set-spacing-rods

At a high level, how does ly:lyric-hyphen::set-spacing-rods work? I understand that it inserts invisible objects to prevent lyric words from being spaced too closely. How does it define the box widths and stretchability/shrinkability of the springs in order to support properties like LyricSpace.min

Re: Problem with fonts in 2.7.26

On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 03:05:20AM -0500, Basil Crow wrote: > I just built 2.7.26 on my Ubuntu Breezy system. Now the Century font for > text doesn't work -- instead it's replaced by a music font. In 2.7.27 this works fine.

Problem with fonts in 2.7.26

Hi, I just built 2.7.26 on my Ubuntu Breezy system. Now the Century font for text doesn't work -- instead it's replaced by a music font. See http://basilcrow.com/tmp/petite-ouverture-a-danser.pdf for an example. Reverting back to 2.7.25 fixed the problem. --Basil _

Gauvain Pocentek's LilyPond packages

I recently found Gauvin Pocentek's packages for Ubuntu Breezy at http://pocentek.perso.cegetel.net/ubuntu.php and have been using them for a few days now. The packages are at version 2.6.5, and as far as I know this is the easiest way to get the latest version of LilyPond on Ubuntu. Is there any re

Custom chord prefixes

Can LilyPond typeset a chord with a custom prefix/suffix, such as the string "Un." -- e.g., G/Un., just Un.? --Basil ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel

Uniform spacing throughout scores.

I'm wondering what the best way to do this is: I'm typesetting some liturgical music which consists of 40 or 50 psalm verses set to music. I put each verse in a \score block so that it gets a new line and indent. But the spacing for the whole score is then very, very tight and not consistent b

Note direction under curves in one-part music

Hi all, If I put a slur on a D and E, the slur will go beneath the notes and look nice. If I put it on an A and B, the B will have the stem down in one-part music, and the slur will be awkwardly placed between a stem-up and stem-down note. But if the B is flipped so that its stem faces up, th

Hyphen in tagline

Hi, The hyphen in the default tagline "Music engraving by LilyPond 2.5.26 - www.lilypond.org" isn't typographic correct or pleasing for a program that otherwise generates output of such high typographic quality. Could you consider changing it to a bullet (•) or em dash (—) perhaps? Basil _

Of snippets and petals

I like LilyPond. Even though I'm far from proficient at it, I know a good thing when I see it -- and LilyPond is definitely a Good Thing when it comes to music notation software. I'm a Windows user who's mucked around with Linux and web development/coding who has been using Finale for the past

Re: native LilyPond port for Microsoft Windows

Jan, Wow! I am positively amazed. If I could buy you a drink right now, I would. This puts LilyPond miles ahead in terms of being able to spread to Windows users. It worked for me with no problems whatsoever, including the recognition of fonts in my Windows font folder. The only inconsistency