Re: Using lilypond-book with 2.8.0 on Windows XP

2006-03-29 Thread Mats Bengtsson
See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2006-03/msg00435.html /Mats Stefan Hackl wrote: Hello, I am trying to use lilypond-book on windows XP version of 2.8.0. Unfortunately I get an error: E:\Documents\Latex\Latex-Handbücher\> lilypond-book --output=out --psfonts test.tex

Re: Overlapping articulation

2006-03-29 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Kamal wrote: The following outputs an "e" with a fermata under it & an "mf" articulation which is touching the fermata in lilypond 2.8.0 while they are output as 2 articulations seperated from each other in 2.6.5. e4_\fermata\mf 1- Why did this change in 2.8.0? Don't know. Maybe some def

Re: MIDI2ly

2006-03-29 Thread Mats Bengtsson
I prefer to start the command prompt from Start Menu -> Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt Also, you have to make sure that the command prompt is in the correct folder. Use the command 'cd' to change folder (run 'cd /?' to learn how it works, or read some introduction to DOS). /Mats Ja

Re: Using Lilypond with LaTeX

2006-03-29 Thread Cameron Horsburgh
Graham Percival wrote: > > On 29-Mar-06, at 8:52 PM, S L Raymond wrote: > >> I'm incorporating musical examples into a textbook using lines like >> this: >> >> \begin{center} >> \includegraphics*[viewport=62 700 550 830]{AtoG.pdf} >> \end{center} >> >> The pdf in the above example contains a sing

Re: 2.8.0 \flat in quotes

2006-03-29 Thread Mats Bengtsson
If you put something within double quotes, LilyPond will treat it as a single character string. In my opinion, this makes perfect sense. How else would you for example be able to print the text "\flat" in you needed it? /Mats Paul Scott wrote: \version "2.8.0" This doesn't work: { c''1^\ma

Re: satb and pianoreduction

2006-03-29 Thread Orm Finnendahl
Am 29. März 2006, 19:07 Uhr (-0500) schrieb Geoff Horton: > > I would apply the \tag functionality; see section 8.2.8 in the manual. Thanks, that worked. There remains the problem of the missing quarter rest at the downbeat of bar 1 in the piano reduction. Can somebody point me to the docs on how

Re: Using Lilypond with LaTeX

2006-03-29 Thread S L Raymond
I was avoiding using lilypond-book because the \include statement just seemed easier. Although, you may have just answered my next question, which would have had to do with including multiple-page pdf's. On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 17:18 +1100, Cameron Horsburgh wrote: > S L Raymond wrote: > > I'm inco

Overlapping articulation

2006-03-29 Thread Kamal
The following outputs an "e" with a fermata under it & an "mf" articulation which is touching the fermata in lilypond 2.8.0 while they are output as 2 articulations seperated from each other in 2.6.5. e4_\fermata\mf 1- Why did this change in 2.8.0? 2- How can this be overriden in 2.8.0 especial

Re: Using Lilypond with LaTeX

2006-03-29 Thread Graham Percival
On 29-Mar-06, at 8:52 PM, S L Raymond wrote: I'm incorporating musical examples into a textbook using lines like this: \begin{center} \includegraphics*[viewport=62 700 550 830]{AtoG.pdf} \end{center} The pdf in the above example contains a single staff. When the book is rendered, the graphic

Re: Using Lilypond with LaTeX

2006-03-29 Thread Cameron Horsburgh
S L Raymond wrote: > I'm incorporating musical examples into a textbook using lines like > this: > > \begin{center} > \includegraphics*[viewport=62 700 550 830]{AtoG.pdf} > \end{center} > > The pdf in the above example contains a single staff. When the book is > rendered, the graphic extends too

avoid-slur

2006-03-29 Thread Guy Durrieu
Yesterday, I wrote on lilypond-users: > ... with 2.8 I get a lot ot warning messages such as > > --- > AVERTISSEMENT : Ignoring grob for slur. avoid-slur not set? > --- > OK. I wonder why, for Script grobs, the avoid-slur property has no default value, whereas a default value is defined for

2.8.0 \flat in quotes

2006-03-29 Thread Paul Scott
\version "2.8.0" This doesn't work: { c''1^\markup{ "B \flat" } } These work: { c''1^\markup{ B \flat } } { c''1^\markup{ \line{ B \flat } } } I needed something to work in \column. I first tried the quotes which didn't work and then \line which did. I would prefer the quotes to work. I

Using Lilypond with LaTeX

2006-03-29 Thread S L Raymond
I'm incorporating musical examples into a textbook using lines like this: \begin{center} \includegraphics*[viewport=62 700 550 830]{AtoG.pdf} \end{center} The pdf in the above example contains a single staff. When the book is rendered, the graphic extends too far into the right margin. My quest

Re: Lilypond on Mac OSX Terminal

2006-03-29 Thread David Rogers
On 28-Mar-06, at 20:26, Joel Gilmore wrote: Hi all, I've been trying out Lilypond on OSX Tiger, and I'm trying to get the command line working, particularly the midi2ly. Reading the list archive, people are saying to "read the Readme file" that came with it, but I've so far been unable

Extra-long word durations

2006-03-29 Thread Geoff Horton
Every now and then, assigning durations to syllables really is easier than \lyricsto. I was trying it with long-duration notes and ran into a problem--\breve is not interpreted as a duration in Lyrics context. Given the definition of a word (anything up until the next space or digit), it's easy to

Re: satb and pianoreduction

2006-03-29 Thread Geoff Horton
> Is there any way to define a fixed direction in the stem for the > individual voices of the piano reduction without having to duplicate > the source material? I would apply the \tag functionality; see section 8.2.8 in the manual. Geoff ___ lilypond-

before-title-space with piece only

2006-03-29 Thread Paul Scott
2.8.0 Should I expect before-title-space to work between the end a system and a header consistently only of piece? TIA, Paul Scott ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Lilypond on Mac OSX Terminal

2006-03-29 Thread Joel Gilmore
Hi all, I've been trying out Lilypond on OSX Tiger, and I'm trying to get the command line working, particularly the midi2ly. Reading the list archive, people are saying to "read the Readme file" that came with it, but I've so far been unable to find a Readme file. It seems that the zip just cont

Re:

2006-03-29 Thread Graham Percival
On 29-Mar-06, at 1:10 PM, Stewart Holmes wrote: I'm trying to move some dynamics downards. From various places from the internet, I've come up with: Those "various places" are really old. See the manual, specifically chapter 10. - Graham ___

Re: MIDI2ly

2006-03-29 Thread Janco Verduin
Ben gmail.com> writes: > > how can I use MIDI2ly? I'm unsure, since I'm using Windows. Can someone help me? > > Ben > go to start >> run type: cmd press enter type: midi2ly my_midi_file.mid press enter if everything works, it should convert it. Janco ___

satb and pianoreduction

2006-03-29 Thread Orm Finnendahl
Hi, following the example given in the docs I typeset a 4 voice piece with automatic transcription of the 4 voices in a piano staff. Unfortunately the piece starts in the soprano with a stem-down note (the other voices resting). In the piano reduction, this voice retains the stem direction althoug

Re: repeated lyrics / slurs in MIDI

2006-03-29 Thread fiëé visuëlle
Am 2006-03-29 um 22:47 schrieb Mats Bengtsson: [1] Is there a possibility to repeat lyrics (only to get nice code) like \repeat unfold 120 { blah } ? (Of course, \repeat doesn't work within lyricsmode.) Are you sure? It certainly works over here! Sorry for bothering you. Yes, it works; don't k

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2006-03-29 Thread Stewart Holmes
Hi,   I'm trying to move some dynamics downards. From various places from the internet, I've come up with:      \context Staff = violini   <<\property Staff.DynamicLineSpanner \override #'direction = #-1\global\set Staff.instrument = "Violin I"\set Staff.instr = "Vln. I"  

Re: repeated lyrics / slurs in MIDI

2006-03-29 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Quoting fiëé visuëlle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi ho, I'm typesetting an longish choral piece with the latest 2.8 on OSX. [1] Is there a possibility to repeat lyrics (only to get nice code) like \repeat unfold 120 { blah } ? (Of course, \repeat doesn't work within lyricsmode.) Are you sure? It c

repeated lyrics / slurs in MIDI

2006-03-29 Thread fiëé visuëlle
Hi ho, I'm typesetting an longish choral piece with the latest 2.8 on OSX. [1] Is there a possibility to repeat lyrics (only to get nice code) like \repeat unfold 120 { blah } ? (Of course, \repeat doesn't work within lyricsmode.) [2] If i have something like a4. a4( a2) I'd like to hear only t

Error with jEdit's Lilytool

2006-03-29 Thread Thibaut Chevalier
I am installing Lilypond under windows XP on a new computer, so I have downloaded the new Windows native version 2.8.0-5 (that does not need cygwin anymore) of Lilypond. I have also downloaded and installed jEdit 4.2 and the lastest version of Lilytool that seems to take the new native version

Fitting to page

2006-03-29 Thread STHolmes
-- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Fitting-to-page-t1363161.html#a3653192 Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User forum at Nabble.com. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypon

Guitar Barre Example

2006-03-29 Thread Stefan Hackl
Hello, you can find an example attached to this mail. It runs perfectly with Lily 2.8.0 Greetings Stefan Hackl [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Stefan, Thank you for the assist to that question! Would you please e-mail me a .ly file I can test? I tried to use it in one of my files, but it hun

Guitar Barre Example

2006-03-29 Thread Stefan Hackl
Hello, you can find an example attached to this mail. It runs perfectly with Lily 2.8.0 Greetings Stefan Hackl [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Stefan, Thank you for the assist to that question! Would you please e-mail me a .ly file I can test? I tried to use it in one of my files, but it hun

Re: Disappearing volta brackets? Need help.

2006-03-29 Thread Colin Wilding
I think the problem is with the order in which you nest things - << chordsA musicA >> + << chordsB musicB >>.  If you do << { chordsA chordsB } { musicA musicB } >> it works. Like this (in version 2.8): \version "2.8.0" \include "english.ly" partA = { \repeat volta 2 { \key g \majo

Re: uninstalling 2.7.36

2006-03-29 Thread Orm Finnendahl
Regarding lilybook, I found the culprit: ps2pdf seems to get rid of the noteheads. The Postscript file is fine. I guess this is related to the ghostscript version on my machine (7.07). Unfortunately updating ghostscript is a non-trivial task and there is no newer version for my distro (Ubuntu) yet.

Re: uninstalling 2.7.36

2006-03-29 Thread Orm Finnendahl
Thanks a lot Mats! With your explanations un- and reinstall was no problem, but lilypond-book still seems to be broken on my machine. I followed the explanation in the doc (2.8.0) using the example there. I had to uncomment the line referring to screech-boink.ly and the lilypond-book command finis

Re: uninstalling 2.7.36

2006-03-29 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Please read in the manual for lilypond-book on what flags to use for lilypond-book and dvips, respectively, to get the correct fonts. For the uninstallation, the information is printed when you run install, which of course is the wrong information at the wrong time. It says something like: To

Re: 2.8 postscript and other subjects

2006-03-29 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> >> I get a postscript file that I can see with gv, and looks > >> correct, but is not printable. > > OK. I understand that my postscript printer simply doesn't accept the > postscript level produced by lilypond 2.8. Too bad. Just use the `pswrite' device of gs which converts the data to PS leve

uninstalling 2.7.36

2006-03-29 Thread Orm Finnendahl
Hi, Before upgrading to 2.8 I'd like to uninstall the current 2.7.36 Is there any clean way to do this? It was installed using 'sh lilypond-2.7.36-1.linux.sh' Another related issue: I suspect the installscript to miss the proper setup of font installations for tex: When using lilypond-book, the