time signature or no time signature

2004-02-02 Thread chip
I am working on a song in which the first bit is all free time. I would like to enter the beginning of the song with no time signature - just an empty measure and the words Free Time below it. I've got the empty measure and the text done (though the text is longer than the measure), how do I ge

Wiki and links back home

2004-02-02 Thread Alexandre Bourget
I think having a Wiki is a nice idea, but I just have a couple of questions about it. First of all, do the documentation maintainer review or are notified of changes made to the Wiki ? And also, to the Wiki maintainer, is there going to be a link that points back to the official documentation on

some padding properties broken in 2.1.16 and 2.1.17?

2004-02-02 Thread Paul Scott
The attached code which worked in 2.1.14 or 2.1.15 no longer changes the TextScript padding or the MultiMeasureRestNumber padding. Did I miss a syntax change? Paul Scott \include "english.ly" \include "../textpad.ly" dyviiicom = \notes { \time 2/2 s1*18 \bar "||" \time 3/2 s2*3 \bar "||"

Re: missing dots with merge-differently-dotted

2004-02-02 Thread Matthias Kilian
On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:16:58PM +0100, Matthias Kilian wrote: > Unfortunately, I didn't find the time to scan that part of B&H edition. If [...] Ha! I finally did what an more intelligent beeing would have done first: open collated-files.html and search for `shift'. Attached you can find an im

Re: missing dots with merge-differently-dotted

2004-02-02 Thread Matthias Kilian
On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 09:59:29AM +0100, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: > > As far as I can see, LilyPond does the same as B& H most of the time. Only > > that critical situation in my example is handled differently. > > How? By putting the stem-down, dotted eight *right* of the stem-up chord. I try a

My own wishlist...

2004-02-02 Thread darius
Cheers, Not much really... I think that Lilypond is a wonderful tool, not only because it produces beautiful scores, but even more importantly, because it allows one to describe music analytically, as a set of user-defined musical constructs (themes, fragments, etc..) rather than just a set of not

Re: Score spacing.

2004-02-02 Thread Mats Bengtsson
In my opinion, the biggest problem with the vertical spacing in LilyPond today, is the use of rectangular boxes around each stave to determine the spacing. The attached example illustrates what I have in mind. Unfortunately, it seems very complicated to improve this situation (TeX/LaTeX, for exampl

Re: Score spacing.

2004-02-02 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Actually, I have found just the opposite: the staves are *rarely* > exactly equidistant! And this is especially true from page to page (as > opposed to within a block of staves on one page): the staves expand and > contract to accommodate the material. (I just confirm

RE: Score spacing.

2004-02-02 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > With that in mind, is there an easy way of "locking" the interstaff > distance within a system so that all pages are consistent, even given > that there may be overlaps which I can correct by tweaking? You can use the verticalExtent property to force the extents of the

Re: Score spacing.

2004-02-02 Thread Kieren Richard MacMillan
Hello, Ralph: If I look at professionally produced stuff, within a system, the staves are always equidistant. Actually, I have found just the opposite: the staves are *rarely* exactly equidistant! And this is especially true from page to page (as opposed to within a block of staves on one page):

Temporary parts.

2004-02-02 Thread Ralph Little
Hi, Some time back I posted a question regarding how to introduce a temporary ossia in an instrumental part for just a few bars on a separate staff, and was messing with all kinds of things to achieve this. In the end, the simplest solution was the best, and I can't for the life of me see why I did

Re: Score spacing.

2004-02-02 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Ralph Little wrote: Hi, Thanks for that. I have resorted to lilypond-book in the end to squeeze the maximum amount of space from the paper, which wasn't as painful as I thought it would be! My main problem seems to be that If I look at professionally produced stuff, within a system, the staves ar

Re: Score spacing.

2004-02-02 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Did you notice the text on interscoreline and interscorelinefill at http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.0/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Page-layout.html#Page%20layout You might also want to fiddle with the textheight variable. /Mats Ralph Little wrote: Hi, I am having a problem with a score which,

RE: Score spacing.

2004-02-02 Thread Ralph Little
Hi, Thanks for that. I have resorted to lilypond-book in the end to squeeze the maximum amount of space from the paper, which wasn't as painful as I thought it would be! My main problem seems to be that If I look at professionally produced stuff, within a system, the staves are always equidistant.

Re: backwards brackets

2004-02-02 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi Hans and everyone, > > I included a png of the output and my version number is: > > lilypond (GNU LilyPond) 2.1.16 > > if you would like the entire file I will post it seperately. Thanks, I think that I fixed the problem. Can you check if CVS or .17 fixes your pro

Re: backwards brackets

2004-02-02 Thread Aaron
Hi Hans and everyone, I included a png of the output and my version number is: lilypond (GNU LilyPond) 2.1.16 if you would like the entire file I will post it seperately. Thanks Aaron <>___ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.

Re: backwards brackets

2004-02-02 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi again, > > for clarity sake here is the complete measure with the backwards brackets > > > \appoggiatura {dis16 [e]} \times 2/3 {fis8 e4} > > > > > > it came out ok except that the tuplet brackets are mirrored facing > > outward instead on inward. > > but when I

Re: Rehearsal marks on lower staff

2004-02-02 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > This answer illustrates an asymmetry in the new \with{...} syntax, > namely that it cannot be applied to the full \score. How hard would > it be to allow for > \score \with {...} {The actual score} It would be hairy. It reflects asymmetry in the underlying code: Score

Re: wishlist

2004-02-02 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Mats Bengtsson wrote: > > J. Daniel Ashton wrote: > > >> I'm sure these have come up before, but I ran into them again yesterday > >> and wanted to make sure they're in someone's official "consider > >> implementing" list. > > >> 1. an easy way to get a nicely engraved

Re: Rehearsal marks on lower staff

2004-02-02 Thread Mats Bengtsson
This answer illustrates an asymmetry in the new \with{...} syntax, namely that it cannot be applied to the full \score. How hard would it be to allow for \score \with {...} {The actual score} Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: Bertalan Fodor writes: I have a score with two staves. I want to put a rehearsal

Re: multi-measure rest without a number?

2004-02-02 Thread Mats Bengtsson
You can find an example of this at the end of http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.0/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Multi-measure-rests.html#Multi%20measure%20rests (note that you have to specify _\markup{...} or ^\markup{...} depending on if you want the text above or below the stave (note also the bac

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2004-02-02 Thread Subsumes
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Re: missing dots with merge-differently-dotted

2004-02-02 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Matthias Kilian writes: >> Does B&H arrange the heads in the same way as LilyPond? > > As far as I can see, LilyPond does the same as B& H most of the time. Only > that critical situation in my example is handled differently. How? > I think it's good in sense of engraving style, especially spaci