Re: Lilypond 2.6.1 on Gentoo: libstdc++

2005-07-19 Thread Martin Brodbeck
Daniel Johnson schrieb: Hi Daniel, first of all, thank you very much for your help. > I took another look at your error message. I think that if you scroll > further up in your error messages, you'll find that there was a > non-fatal error in processing a .ly file; this causes problems for > t

3/4 time oddity

2005-07-19 Thread Steve D
Using LilyPond 2.6.1, does anyone else notice an oddity with: \time 3/4 Using gs the "3" seems to be displayed correctly, over the "4," in both the .pdf and .ps versions of the document. In xpdf the .pdf looks fine, but in gpdf and the evince document viewer the "3" is either invisible or distor

Re: TeX and DVI output from 2.6 native Windows install

2005-07-19 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> One of the things I thought was particularly interesting about > Lilypond was its interface with LaTeX. I was thinking about using > the DOC format to write some prefaces to works I'm editing. > Unfortunately, I'm barely able to work in LaTeX at this point but I > think it has great potential.

Re: Windows command prompt and lilypond 2.6 native windows

2005-07-19 Thread Trent J
<>. Yes there is, hopefully the kinks will be worked out but there are work arounds in the meantime. Although I find the processing to be slow so that bar by bar entry takes up too much time. Haven't been able to get the linux version of lilypond working (some libc++ library is missing... and I'm

Re: TeX and DVI output from 2.6 native Windows install

2005-07-19 Thread Art Hixson
One of the things I thought was particularly interesting about Lilypond was its interface with LaTeX. I was thinking about using the DOC format to write some prefaces to works I'm editing. Unfortunately, I'm barely able to work in LaTeX at this point but I think it has great potential. So, i

Re: Windows command prompt and lilypond 2.6 native windows

2005-07-19 Thread Art Hixson
Apparently there's a still a strong relationship to Bash here. This thing certainly isn't Windows friendly. Trent J wrote: Yes I had the same problems with native lilypond but there are some work arounds. Setting path to lilypond.exe doesn't work as there are some problems later with missi

Problem installing lilypond 2.6.1

2005-07-19 Thread Luis G . López
Hi! I had installed 2.4.2 some time ago; it was very hard for me (and for you, as you had to help me through the list :-)). Now, I downloaded the .package file of 2.6.1. Everything went fine, but when I want to run lilypond, I get the following message: --- /usr/bin/lil

Re: Update on Signed Trills?

2005-07-19 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Will Oram wrote: There are two kinds of signed trills: ones with tiny accidentals on the side and those with ones on top. (At least, those are the trills I work with...contemporary trill fun is discounted.) It's a tedious process to find good parameter values to properly position and size these

Re: problem installing lilypond

2005-07-19 Thread shelagh
On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 22:51:28 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > shelagh wrote: > >>On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 19:40:31 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: >> >> >> >>>shelagh wrote: >>> >>> >>> I tried to install lilypond 2.6.1 with the auto installer as my distribution doesn't package the latest version. My

Re: A lazy \clef command

2005-07-19 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would need a lazy "clef" command, which would only change the key if required: something such as \lazyClef treble that would be equivalent to the \clef treble command if the current clef is not the treble, and do nothing otherwise. Can this be achieved using functions

Re: Windows command prompt and lilypond 2.6 native windows

2005-07-19 Thread Roland
On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:40:01 -0700, Art Hixson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You can compile from the menu or the toolbar if you set the path to Lilypond.exe in Plugins/Plugin Options/LilyPondTool/General inside JEdit: Lilypond command: C:\LilyBin\usr\bin\lilypond.exe The compile button works OK.

A lazy \clef command

2005-07-19 Thread darius
I would need a lazy "clef" command, which would only change the key if required: something such as \lazyClef treble that would be equivalent to the \clef treble command if the current clef is not the treble, and do nothing otherwise. Can this be achieved using functions or any other mechanism ? T

Re: Lilypond 2.6.1 on Gentoo: libstdc++

2005-07-19 Thread Daniel Johnson
Dear Martin -- I took another look at your error message. I think that if you scroll further up in your error messages, you'll find that there was a non-fatal error in processing a .ly file; this causes problems for texi2dvi later. Also, have you explicitly disabled the "doc" USE flag for this?

Re: Custom markup

2005-07-19 Thread Nicolas Sceaux
"Sven Axelsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > OK, thanks. That gives the correct output. > > But how would I wrap this into a self-contained command? > > If I try > > tc = \once \override TextScript #'staff-padding = #2 \markup { \column { "T" > "C" } } > > then Lily fails (understandably) when I

Re: Lilypond 2.6.1 on Gentoo: libstdc++

2005-07-19 Thread Martin Brodbeck
Daniel Johnson schrieb: 1. su to root. 2. Make sure you have PORTDIR_OVERLAY set to /usr/local/portage in /etc/make.conf. 3. mkdir -p /usr/local/portage/app-text/mftrace 4. cp /usr/portage/app-text/mftrace/mftrace-1.1.2.ebuild /usr/local/portage/app-text/mftrace/mftrace-1.1.11.ebuild 5. cd /usr/

Re: Lilypond 2.6.1 on Gentoo: libstdc++

2005-07-19 Thread Daniel Johnson
Martin Brodbeck wrote: > Daniel Johnson schrieb: > > Hi Daniel, > > Thanks a lot. I think the second way is the better one for me :) > >> 2. Remove the autopackage and build lilypond from source; it's not too >> painful unless you need to build the documentation as well. There's an >> ebuild here

Re: TeX and DVI output from 2.6 native Windows install

2005-07-19 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Note that the TeX backend is more or less unsupported, so don't be surprised if it doesn't work anymore. If you have a very good reason to use it, please tell the mailing list. /Mats Art Hixson wrote: If I try -f tex or -f dvi options from the Bash console, I get: warning: can't generate

Re: GUI application API

2005-07-19 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Sascha Retzki wrote: Hello, can I use lilypond as a GUI application framework or API to display scores? In a perfect world, I'd like to load a MIDI-file or a Lilypond file, and use some API calls to display it (of course, this can be done converting it to a png, then display the png. I'd pref

GUI application API

2005-07-19 Thread Sascha Retzki
Hello, can I use lilypond as a GUI application framework or API to display scores? In a perfect world, I'd like to load a MIDI-file or a Lilypond file, and use some API calls to display it (of course, this can be done converting it to a png, then display the png. I'd prefer the first one, and wo

Alternative parts in the middle of a repeat

2005-07-19 Thread Sven Axelsson
Is it possible to have alternative parts marked by volta brackets in the middle of a repeat, and not only at the end? This is very common in the kind of music I use Lilypond for. -- Sven Axelsson ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: Help to unclutter the "a"

2005-07-19 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
dax2 wrote: On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 21:12:51 +0200 Georges wrote: Thanks, here is my example, the note 9 of the first voice is overwritten by beam. I have a small base of how-to examples which are essential for small-private-scale writing of any (classical) music. Well, it is definitely not fin

RE: TeX and DVI output from 2.6 native Windows install

2005-07-19 Thread Sven Axelsson
> From: Art Hixson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If I try -f tex or -f dvi options from the Bash console, I get: > warning: can't generate "TeX" using the postscript back-end > > I don't see any place to where the postscript back-end is set. You need both --format=tex and --backend=tex. It'

RE: Windows command prompt and lilypond 2.6 native windows

2005-07-19 Thread Trent J
Yes I had the same problems with native lilypond but there are some work arounds. Setting path to lilypond.exe doesn't work as there are some problems later with missing files that are there. The way I use jEdit with Lilypond is to load the file into jEdit. I press the make lilypond file icon. It

RE: Windows command prompt and lilypond 2.6 native windows

2005-07-19 Thread Sven Axelsson
> From: Art Hixson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: den 19 juli 2005 08:40 > To: lilypond-user@gnu.org > Subject: Windows command prompt and lilypond 2.6 native windows > > Typing lilypond at the Windows command prompt produces no result. > Whereas, from the Cygwin console I get the default s

Re: Lilypond 2.6.1 on Gentoo: libstdc++

2005-07-19 Thread Martin Brodbeck
Daniel Johnson schrieb: Hi Daniel, Thanks a lot. I think the second way is the better one for me :) 2. Remove the autopackage and build lilypond from source; it's not too painful unless you need to build the documentation as well. There's an ebuild here: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id

TeX and DVI output from 2.6 native Windows install

2005-07-19 Thread Art Hixson
If I try -f tex or -f dvi options from the Bash console, I get: warning: can't generate "TeX" using the postscript back-end I don't see any place to where the postscript back-end is set. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database