RE: Interesting numerology

2005-04-20 Thread Fairchild
Erik - Thanks for the response. I do Windows, so lag the versions. Since starting this thread, I've discovered a way that works, tediously, in 2.4.3, by setting in a global \paper block: betweensystempadding = -.10\in % negative betweensystemspace = 0.90\in % less than 1.0, by trial Then in

RE: line breaks in instrument names

2005-04-20 Thread Fairchild
And \markup used in \header strings allows for extensive formatting, e.g.: \header { title = \markup \center-align < "First Line" "Second Line" > } There is a hint of this capability in 7.5.8 Creating titles, but just a hint at the end of the section. Great feature. Needs more visibility in the

Re: Upgrading

2005-04-20 Thread Laura Conrad
> "JN" == Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JN> Laura Conrad writes: >> I use it. It isn't possible for me to switch to 2.4 (or 2.5 in its >> current state) because abc2ly is broken in a major way. (It >> fails to translate key signatures.) JN> Can we please

Re: subsubsection lilypondfile

2005-04-20 Thread Bernard Hurley
This has more to do with formatting in LaTeX than lilypond. Maybe it could be achieved by re-defining the \section, \subsection etc macros. /Bernard On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 12:55 -0400, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: > Is there a way to use a lilypond file instead of the contents > of the curlies in \

Re: Upgrading

2005-04-20 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Laura Conrad writes: > I use it. It isn't possible for me to switch to 2.4 (or 2.5 in its > current state) because abc2ly is broken in a major way. (It > fails to translate key signatures.) Can we please have a proper bug report? We do not want to ship known to be broken software. Jan. --

subsubsection lilypondfile

2005-04-20 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
Is there a way to use a lilypond file instead of the contents of the curlies in \section, \subsection, and \subsubsection, as if to have the appropriate numbers as instrument names in the first indent. e.g., in example.lytex: 2.3 Section I 2.3.1 Heading About Something text...

Re: Upgrading

2005-04-20 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Wednesday 20 April 2005 17.06, Laura Conrad wrote: > > "MB" == Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > MB> I really recommend you to upgrade to the latest stable version > 2.4.x MB> as soon as possible, since it has improved significantly compared > to MB> 2.0. Also, since almost

Upgrading (was: Staff "first" barline (before cleff))

2005-04-20 Thread Laura Conrad
> "MB" == Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MB> I really recommend you to upgrade to the latest stable version 2.4.x MB> as soon as possible, since it has improved significantly compared to MB> 2.0. Also, since almost nobody on the mailing list uses 2.0, it will MB> be

Re: pnwc2ly 0.6 with decompression feature

2005-04-20 Thread Joshua Koo
Hi I didnt thought I needed a webpage at first, just like mid2ly, mup2ly, etf2ly, abc2ly doesnt have it individual page. Right now, I fixing some serious bugs with nwc2ly.py, and figuring the more complicated data structures like for lyrics as well as maybe supporting v1.70 , after which I mi

Re: controlling distance between slur and note head

2005-04-20 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> > BTW, it would be *very* helpful if the keys in `slur-details' were > > documented... > > The documentation is lily/slur-scoring.cc and > lily/slur-configuration.cc. I'll consider writing something when we > can be sure that the slur scoring code is final and will not change > anymore. OK. A

Re: Staff "first" barline (before cleff)

2005-04-20 Thread Mats Bengtsson
You mean that it just prints / | | | \ instead of / || || || \ ? I don't know of any simple solution for that, maybe it should be considered a bug. At least it's something that remains in the latest versions as well. I really recommend you to upgrade to the latest stable version 2.4.x as soon as po

Re: vertical alignment of lyrics

2005-04-20 Thread Mats Bengtsson
The relevant starting point in the manual is http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.2/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Vertical-spacing.html However, here you probably want to change the vertical extent of the Lyrics context instead of the Staff context. Search the mailing list for examples if you can't fig

Re: Staff "first" barline (before cleff)

2005-04-20 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Of course! Why not take a look at the Tips and Tricks document again and see if you can find any relevant examples? In addition, the "Regression Test" document is also an invaluable source of information. However, when you upgrade to the latest stable version 2.4.x or the coming stable 2.6 that sho

Re: Staff "first" barline (before cleff)

2005-04-20 Thread Ron Piterman
× Ron Piterman: × Mats Bengtsson: Do you mean like in http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.4/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/System-start-delimiters.html#System-start-delimiters Yes, is it possible in 2.0 ? Ok - I get the StaffGroup right, only lily does not paint the normal line, I guess beca

Re: Staff "first" barline (before cleff)

2005-04-20 Thread Ron Piterman
× Mats Bengtsson: Do you mean like in http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.4/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/System-start-delimiters.html#System-start-delimiters Yes, is it possible in 2.0 ? /Mats Ron Piterman wrote: Hi, I write an extract of Celli+Bass, wo I would like the staff to have a "barl

Re: Interesting numerology

2005-04-20 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Monday 18 April 2005 01.36, Fairchild wrote: > The goal of the shtick below is to balance the two printed pages with ten > lines on each page. As is and again by changing the fourteenth digit of > betweensystemspace from 5 to 6 gets two different results, nine lines on > one page and eleven on

Re: line breaks in instrument names

2005-04-20 Thread Ron Piterman
That did the trick - thanx... × Mats Bengtsson: Take a look at the example called coriolan-margin.ly in the Tips and Tricks document in the on-line documentation for your LilyPond version at www.lilypond.org. /Mats Ron Piterman wrote: Hi, Is a line break in instrument names possible? Cheers,

Re: line breaks in instrument names

2005-04-20 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Take a look at the example called coriolan-margin.ly in the Tips and Tricks document in the on-line documentation for your LilyPond version at www.lilypond.org. /Mats Ron Piterman wrote: Hi, Is a line break in instrument names possible? Cheers, Ron __

Re: Staff "first" barline (before cleff)

2005-04-20 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Do you mean like in http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.4/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/System-start-delimiters.html#System-start-delimiters /Mats Ron Piterman wrote: Hi, I write an extract of Celli+Bass, wo I would like the staff to have a "barline" before the cleff, on the left-most side, with so

title position

2005-04-20 Thread Ron Piterman
Hi, I use meter="Moderato" in the \header. The Text is appearing quite above the first staff - How can I make it apear directly above staff, left-aligned with the staff? Cheers, Ron ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.or

Re: PDF point & click bug?

2005-04-20 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Op ma, 18-04-2005 te 17:05 -0300, schreef Jonatan Liljedahl: > running 2.5.18... > the PDF has doubled dirnames in URL's, lilypond-pdfpc-helper says: > calling nc -noask +83 > /Users/lijon/lilypond_test//Users/lijon/lilypond_test/sats2.ly > > I checked the postscript output with a texteditor and y

line breaks in instrument names

2005-04-20 Thread Ron Piterman
Hi, Is a line break in instrument names possible? Cheers, Ron ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Réf. : Re: Starting up Lilypond

2005-04-20 Thread Jean-marc LEGRAND
It has benn said several times, but I understand your misunderstanding. You have probably used Cygwin to install lily. You have also saved test.ly in a directory c\:\myfiles, for example. Click on the cygwin icon : il will open the famous "terminal window". Make : cd c: cd myfiles lilypond t

Re: Starting up Lilypond

2005-04-20 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Op wo, 20-04-2005 te 12:58 +0200, schreef Tanguy LÃost: > Sacha Standen wrote: > > > Hello > > > > I have just downloaded Lilypond onto Windows ME, but don't have the > > faintest idea where to go from here! All the instructions seem to be > > in technical language that I can't follow. I've sa

Re: Starting up Lilypond

2005-04-20 Thread Tanguy Léost
Sacha Standen wrote: Hello I have just downloaded Lilypond onto Windows ME, but don't have the faintest idea where to go from here! All the instructions seem to be in technical language that I can't follow. I've saved the text file, which opens a PDF window with an extract of music in, which I

Re: controlling distance between slur and note head

2005-04-20 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Op wo, 20-04-2005 te 00:02 +0200, schreef Werner LEMBERG: > For me, the distance between a note head and the beginning and ending > of a slur is far too small (a bug?) can you file a report? > -- I wonder how I can adjust this. > There's an alist called `slur-details', and some of the items look

Staff "first" barline (before cleff)

2005-04-20 Thread Ron Piterman
Hi, I write an extract of Celli+Bass, wo I would like the staff to have a "barline" before the cleff, on the left-most side, with some decoration, like it comes in the score. I am using Lily 2.0 and was searching the docu, and could not find anything, regarding this. Will be greatfull for a ti