Re: giving up frustrated ... :-(

2005-10-11 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Roland Goretzki writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/noten/2.3.6.1$ ./lilypond-2.6.3.1-upgrade.x86.package Please use the full version. The -upgrade package does not not contain guile or any other dependencies. > with dpkg -i results in the following error: However, you should ask on a debian-user fo

Re: giving up frustrated ... :-(

2005-10-11 Thread Roland Goretzki
Hello list, hello Pedro, You wrote: > Roland Goretzki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I suppose the best way is > > apt-get install guile-1.6 > > so it will take care of all dependencies for you. Well, I did so on my unstable system, the only system with e-mail and internet (host neptun), but t

ties and accidentals

2005-10-11 Thread Edward Neeman
Hi, I'm typesetting a piece using #(set-accidental-style 'forget) and I would like accidentals to appear by default on ALL notes, including tied ones. At the moment it seems the accidental only appears on a tied note if there's a line break. How can I fix this? Here is an example: \version "2.

breakbefore / StaffGroup / Opus Marking -- Not working is it a bug? (2.7.12)

2005-10-11 Thread Trent J
Hi All,   I don't know whether these are bugs or not so I've sent it here first.   The breakbefore = ##t command doesn't seem to work when I put it in a header to force a page break.. for that matter... if I put "pagebreakbefore"... "gobblygoppagebreakbefore" (yes I put that line as I was so frustr

Re: giving up frustrated ... :-(

2005-10-11 Thread Pedro Kröger
Roland Goretzki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Trying to install > guile-1.6_1.6.7-1.1_i386.deb > with dpkg -i results in the following error: I suppose the best way is apt-get install guile-1.6 so it will take care of all dependencies for you. Pedro Kröger ___

giving up frustrated ... :-(

2005-10-11 Thread Roland Goretzki
Hi at all, since many weeks now I would like to use lilypond 2.6.x on my debian system, but with autopacke there was a problem concerning the guile version. Now, after completely new installing a clean debian sarge 3.1 system (from printemps 2004) there still remaines the following problem: exec

Re: note chart follow-up

2005-10-11 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Tuesday 11 October 2005 21.49, David Bobroff wrote: > I found qtree.sty which seems to do pretty much exactly what I need. > Now to put feta glyphs on the tree...Any hints...? Hm.. it's outside my area of knowledge, but if I'd get this problem, I would grab an old lily version (<=2.4). Then I'

Re: LyricOn and LyricOff

2005-10-11 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Tuesday 11 October 2005 01.39, Ian Hawthorn wrote: > Suggested feature: Commands (e.g.) `\LOn' and `\LOff' to turn on and off > the synchronisation of lyrics and avoid overuse of `_'. For example > > { \LOff b4 a g a | \LOn b b b r | \LOff a a a r | b d d r } > addlyrics { lit -- tle lamb }

Re: Help with chord alignment

2005-10-11 Thread Sven Axelsson
On 11/10/05, Josh Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sven, Thank you for your help. To answer your question, when I say "jazz font" I am making a reference to other notation program's inclusion of a particular font that resembles hand-written scores.  I would like for my scores to have this hand

Re: Help with chord alignment

2005-10-11 Thread Josh Lawrence
Sven, Thank you for your help. To answer your question, when I say "jazz font" I am making a reference to other notation program's inclusion of a particular font that resembles hand-written scores.  I would like for my scores to have this hand-written look, if possible.  But your question raises

Re: Help with chord alignment

2005-10-11 Thread Sven Axelsson
On 11/10/05, Josh Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello list, I am new to Lilypond, and I am learning how to properly input information.  Currently, I am using the standard Just Friends to practice with.  From looking at other people's input files, I have been able to come up with the followin

Help with chord alignment

2005-10-11 Thread Josh Lawrence
Hello list, I am new to Lilypond, and I am learning how to properly input information.  Currently, I am using the standard Just Friends to practice with.  From looking at other people's input files, I have been able to come up with the following partial lead sheet score: --begin justfriends.ly--

RE: Completing the Lilypond puzzle

2005-10-11 Thread Fairchild
Lars - You may find some clues in the attached .ly. - Bruce -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of lars prins Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 7:47 AM To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Completing the L

note chart follow-up

2005-10-11 Thread David Bobroff
I found qtree.sty which seems to do pretty much exactly what I need. Now to put feta glyphs on the tree...Any hints...? -David ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Note chart

2005-10-11 Thread Peter Mogensen
David Bobroff wrote: > I'm helping a colleague prepare a trombone method book (the first such > to be prepared in Icelandic). I play trombone... ok ... more relevant. I know what kind of charts you talk about :) > This is probably not strictly a LilyPond question. I suspect I'll need > some La

Note chart

2005-10-11 Thread David Bobroff
Possibly a bit off-topic: I'm helping a colleague prepare a trombone method book (the first such to be prepared in Icelandic). He wants some basic music theory information in the front material. Specifically, he wants one of those charts with a whole note at the top and then below it, two half n

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2005-10-11 Thread Luke Sharkey
Hello Whenever I start lilypond in shell, I get this message:   /usr/share/guile/1.6/srfi/srfi-13.scm:159:1: In procedure dynamic-link in _expression_ (load-extension "libguile-srfi-srfi-13-14-v-1" "scm_init_srfi_13"): /usr/share/guile/1.6/srfi/srfi-13.scm:159:1: file: "libguile-srfi-sr

LyricOn and LyricOff

2005-10-11 Thread Ian Hawthorn
Suggested feature: Commands (e.g.) `\LOn' and `\LOff' to turn on and off the synchronisation of lyrics and avoid overuse of `_'. For example { \LOff b4 a g a | \LOn b b b r | \LOff a a a r | b d d r } addlyrics { lit -- tle lamb } To give the same result as { b4 a g a | b b b r | a a a r

Empty Lyric lines taking up vertical space

2005-10-11 Thread Ian Hawthorn
Apologies for the long description of the problem. I am typesetting barbershop arrangements for my chorus. This type of music is typeset on two staves of two voices each. Most of the time all four voices sing the same words, and at those times I need a single lyric line centered between the stav

Re: Completing the Lilypond puzzle

2005-10-11 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Did you read the section on "Blank Music Sheet" in the manual? It answers how to get rid of bar numbers and the time signature. Also, as has already been pointed out, the normal use of LilyPond is to typeset actual music, so you should not consider your example "the simplest thing". For the page

Re: Tie between voices

2005-10-11 Thread Edward Neeman
I'm afraid it's impossible to tie notes between voices. From your example I think you want something like this: 8.-> << {\voiceOne 16~ c'4~ c4.} \new Voice {\voiceTwo \stemUp 4*1/4~ \stemDown 8 8~ 8. 16 r8} >> \oneVoice d32( c32 bf32 a32 | bf2->)~ I've made the in voice Two a crochet t

Re: Completing the Lilypond puzzle

2005-10-11 Thread Sven Axelsson
On 09/10/05, lars prins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Lilypond can do everything and lilypond is for everybody.Yet, I don't seem to be part of this equation somehow.I am getting very frustrated to get Lilypond to do thesimplest thing, to create a PDF file with 4 pages of empty piano sheet music that I

Re: BIG problem

2005-10-11 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
P B wrote: I have the following file that simply will NOT compile. I've done it on two separate machines and re-installed LilyPond twice; it keeps crashing. Any particular idea why? It has something to do with your use of \autochange, you're probably using the wrong name for the staves.

Re: 2.6.3 on debian

2005-10-11 Thread Gilles
Hi! > I just installed 2.6.3 from source on Debian Sarge/Sid. I didn't have any > problems, though I did not try to make the documentation. I am interested > in making a debian package, but am a little intimidated by that whole > process. Hints are needed and encouragement is welcome :) As sta

Re: 2.6.3 on debian

2005-10-11 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
D. Josiah Boothby writes: > I just installed 2.6.3 from source on Debian Sarge/Sid. I didn't have > any problems, though I did not try to make the documentation. I am > interested in making a debian package, but am a little intimidated by > that whole process. Hints are needed and encouragement is

Re: Completing the Lilypond puzzle

2005-10-11 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Sunday 09 October 2005 14.46, lars prins wrote: > Lilypond can do everything and lilypond is for everybody. > Yet, I don't seem to be part of this equation somehow. > > I am getting very frustrated to get Lilypond to do the > simplest thing, to create a PDF file with 4 pages of empty > piano she

Re: Completing the Lilypond puzzle

2005-10-11 Thread Joe Neeman
I'm afraid I can't help with all of the issues, but I can give you a start: latest attempt -- \version "2.6.0" \paper { hsize = 21\cm vsize = 27.5\cm leftmargin = 2\cm linewidth = 17\cm topmargin = 1\cm bottommargin = 0\cm printpagenumber = ##f

Re: Repeats and rehearsal mark in drummode music

2005-10-11 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Abbey Lincoln-GLMA001 wrote: I just started using LilyPond to notate drumset music. It's working very well for me so far. But I can't figure out how to do two things: 1. Put a rehearsal mark at the beginning of the first bar ("[A]"), and Just add the \mark command before the first note!

Re: incipit index help

2005-10-11 Thread Mats Bengtsson
I don't understand what Donald talked about. The syntax for a \score{...} block is \score{ music_expression optional_layout_block optional_midi_block optional_header_block } and as soon as you have more than a single note, the music expression is formed by including several notes within curly