Umlaut

2004-09-07 Thread Will Oram
This is one of my dumber questions. How do I get an umlaut in an instrument name: \set Staff.instrument = \markup { "2 Flöten" } Naturally lily doesn't like it if I type the umlaut straight. I've tried various other things found around the site and the Web, and none work. \''o, \"o, \"{o} (the

two notes of the same pitch

2004-09-07 Thread Joe Neeman
There seem to be problems writing music with two notes of the same pitch: produces output that looks like (ie there is no natural on the c) results in an accidental collision. The sharp and the natural are superimposed results in all three accidentals superimposed and only two noteheads. The

Fine essay

2004-09-07 Thread dax2
Such a marvel - the essay on music printing and the comparisons to Ed. Peters and others. These illustrations are making fingers itching to restart typesetting with lilypond: http://lilypond.org/web/about/automated-engraving/benchmarking.html and not less this: http://lilypond.org/web/swit

Printing lilypond 2.3.x files on GSView or Adobe Reader (Windows)

2004-09-07 Thread Jefferson dos Santos Felix
I have a problem when I print the pdf files generated at Lilypond 2.3.x on Windows programs, like Adobe Acrobat Reader or GSView: the accidentals (flat and natural) are printed incorrectly, like this attachment. When I print on Linux, the result is correct. What's the problem? Jeff

RE: LilyPond error: ps2pdf not found

2004-09-07 Thread P Scott Horne
Thanks once more for your help. I had indeed misunderstood the documentation. Removing the equality sign solved the problem. I have two other issues to report. The first seems to be a bug: \property Voice.Slur \set #'attachment = #'(stem . stem) ees'4 ( } was converted by convert-ly

Re: lyrics

2004-09-07 Thread Christ van Willegen
On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 16:28:52 +0200, Eddy Yates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't find how to put two voices with different lyrics on the same staff. Go to http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.2/input/template/out-www/collated-files.html, and take a look at the satb.ly example. Hope this helps! Christ va

Re: Large time signatures

2004-09-07 Thread Libero Mureddu
Hi! I just want to say that there's a reason to put large time signature, : in my opinion this is quite useful from the conductor point of view: in a ensemble or orchestral score, maybe written using lots of contemporary music resources (I mean, full of indications, special or custom notation)

Re: lyrics

2004-09-07 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Take a look at the satb.ly example in the Templates section of the documentation at www.lilypond.org. /Mats Eddy Yates wrote: Hi, I can't find how to put two voices with different lyrics on the same staff. Thanks Eddy ___ lilypond-user mailing list [EM

lyrics

2004-09-07 Thread Eddy Yates
Hi, I can't find how to put two voices with different lyrics on the same staff. Thanks Eddy ___ lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Large time signatures

2004-09-07 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Kim Bastin writes: > Thanks Jan. Indeed, it would not be wanted for single-line parts, but > for piano scores or full scores. For piano, try something like << \new Staff \with { \override TimeSignature #'style = ##f \override TimeSignature #'font-size = #5 } \relative c'

Re: Large time signatures

2004-09-07 Thread Kim Bastin
On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 11:45:24 +0200, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: >Kim Bastin writes: > >> Can this style be emulated in Lilypond? ... >I think you may want to separate these settings from the music itself >(in a \global section), so that you can easily use this for the score >only, and not for the i

Re: LilyPond error: ps2pdf not found

2004-09-07 Thread Mats Bengtsson
The documentation for the options of convert-ly is slightly unclear. Try to remove the '=' in the -f option: convert-ly -e -f 1.6.8 `find . -name '*.ly' -print` /Mats P Scott Horne wrote: Thanks for your help. I succeeded in installing ghostscript and was able to build a sample LilyPond file. Un

Re: Large time signatures

2004-09-07 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Kim Bastin writes: > Can this style be emulated in Lilypond? Try: \relative c' { \override Staff.TimeSignature #'style = ##f \override Staff.TimeSignature #'font-size = 5 c1 \time 3/4 c1 } I think you may want to separate these settings from the music itself (in a \global se

Re: Large time signatures

2004-09-07 Thread Kim Bastin
On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 11:21:15 +0200, Arvid Grøtting wrote: >Kim Bastin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Well, I could give "scores" of examples, but I'm not sure what pieces >> or editions you can conveniently consult. Anyway, here are a few from >> one pile of music on my shelves: >> >> Schoenberg

Re: Large time signatures

2004-09-07 Thread Arvid Grøtting
Kim Bastin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well, I could give "scores" of examples, but I'm not sure what pieces > or editions you can conveniently consult. Anyway, here are a few from > one pile of music on my shelves: > > Schoenberg: Klavierstück Op. 33a, Universal-Edition Nr. 9773 > Schoenberg: K

Re: couple of questions

2004-09-07 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Unfortunately, mail attachments on this mailing list are filtered away in an attempt to reduce the problems with virus emails. Could you please resend to the mailing list with the .ly file included at the end of the text part of your mail. Also, small examples isolating one problem at a time are ea