Re: Lilypond-Book error

2006-08-19 Thread Graham Percival
tiM wrote: If you're using lilypond-book for LaTeX, the output will be a *.tex file. If the input is allready *.tex, lilypond-book is afraid to overwrite your original document. There are two solutions. Name your input file something like *.lytex. This is my recommendation. Or do what lilypon

Using lilypond-windows with local ghostscript

2006-08-19 Thread J L
Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to use lilypond on windows with a locally installed version of ghostscript (i.e. a more up-to-date version in another directory)? What files would I need to modify to get this to work? The version of lilypond is the 2.8.x series on windows xp Aligorith

Sponsored feature request--partially-tied chords

2006-08-19 Thread Steve D
Trevor Baca recently asked how one might write in LilyPond tied chords in which only *some* (one or more, but not all) notes are tied to the following identical chord. I am also interested in this, because it sometimes happens in piano music, and I would be interested in sponsoring a feature in Li

Re: Dotted chords issue? (was Re: Sponsored feature request--horizontal space)

2006-08-19 Thread Steve Doonan
On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 01:06:33AM +0200, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > Steve D wrote: > > >Thank you for your reply Han-Wen. When Mats Bengtsson mentioned that my > >previously attached GIF which illustrated some crowded dotted eigth-note > >chords looked like it might be a bug, I decided to take tho

Re: Dotted chords issue? (was Re: Sponsored feature request--horizontal space)

2006-08-19 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Steve D wrote: Thank you for your reply Han-Wen. When Mats Bengtsson mentioned that my previously attached GIF which illustrated some crowded dotted eigth-note chords looked like it might be a bug, I decided to take those same notes out of the context of my piano piece and piano staff, and place

Dotted chords issue? (was Re: Sponsored feature request--horizontal space)

2006-08-19 Thread Steve D
On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 08:55:29PM +0200, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > Steve D wrote: > >I recently notated a piano piece that has repeated dotted eighth-note > >chords, and the dots look too close to the following chord. I would love > >to be able to add a little space between the dots and the chord

Re: Sponsored feature request--horizontal space

2006-08-19 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Steve D wrote: Hello all-- I would like to sponsor a feature, if it does not already exist in LilyPond and if Han-Wen thinks it would be practical to implement: the ability to quickly and easily add or subtract a little horizontal space between musical elements in a staff, something like \hspac

Tip/Trick: elision between lyric syllables

2006-08-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hello, all -- I've seen a couple of inquiries about this issue on the list in the past... Just ran into this problem myself, and solved it to my satisfaction (see Lilycode, below, and attached PNG). Hope this helps someone else! Best regards, Kieren. %%% CODE BEGINS \version "2.9.14" \

Re: Generating EPS with lilypond

2006-08-19 Thread Stewart Holmes
I'm not an expert on the subject, but here goes... Have you tried opening the EPS in other programs? Moreover, have you tried opening it in GSView after unchecking 'Safer' on the tools menu? I don't myself know the reason why, but this is required to view a Lilypond-generated .ps file, so it m

Re: Redefining Staff.instr

2006-08-19 Thread Christopher Culver
Paul Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Either way it's good to use \markup to let the player know at the end > of the section for one instrument that s/he needs to change > instruments. As a doubler I have never missed the feature Kieren has > sponsored (not that the feature isn't a very useful

Re: Redefining Staff.instr

2006-08-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi, Paul: Either way it's good to use \markup to let the player know at the end of the section for one instrument that s/he needs to change instruments. The new feature automatically does that! =) the player [...] may even not notice the instrument name at the beginning of the line. This

Re: Redefining Staff.instr

2006-08-19 Thread Paul Scott
Kieren MacMillan wrote: Hi, Christopher: I'm typesetting a wind quintet where the first staff moves between flute and piccolo. At any given movement, the staff should be labeled with the relevant instrument. I just sponsored this feature -- it is included in the current development version [

Generating EPS with lilypond

2006-08-19 Thread Michel Goossens
Hello, I am somewhat at a loss. I want to generate an Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file from an ly source. I therefore turn to the manual (v 2.8), Section "Running LilyPond", --> 12.1 Invoking lilypond --> 12.1.1 Command line options. And there I find that I can put --backend=eps, --ps so that I

Re: Redefining Staff.instr

2006-08-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi, Christopher: I'm typesetting a wind quintet where the first staff moves between flute and piccolo. At any given movement, the staff should be labeled with the relevant instrument. I just sponsored this feature -- it is included in the current development version [2.9.15]. A stable vers

Redefining Staff.instr

2006-08-19 Thread Christopher Culver
I'm typesetting a wind quintet where the first staff moves between flute and piccolo. At any given movement, the staff should be labeled with the relevant instrument. I start off by doing: \set Staff.instr = "Fl. grande" at the beginning of the document. However, doing: \set Staff.instr = "Fl. p

Re: First time user, can't seem to compile examples from mutopia

2006-08-19 Thread Thomas Scharkowski
> Just installed lilypond using the script located at > http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/binaries/linux-x86_/lilypond-2 > .8.6-1.linux.sh > > I installed it on an x86 running Debian stable. Tried > to compile the .ly file here: > http://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/BachJS/BWV997/bwv997-01pr

Re: First time user, can't seem to compile examples from mutopia

2006-08-19 Thread Paul Scott
Howard Jones wrote: Just installed lilypond using the script located at http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/binaries/linux-x86_/lilypond-2.8.6-1.linux.sh I installed it on an x86 running Debian stable. Tried to compile the .ly file here: http://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/BachJS/BWV997/bwv99

RE: Lilypond-Book error

2006-08-19 Thread tiM
Hmm that's really strange... Try to put your input files in a brand new folder (with a new .\out folder) maybe something goes wrong if you name your new file after your test file. In this way there's no chance lilypond-book is going to overwrite anything. Gr. tiM > -Original Message- > F

First time user, can't seem to compile examples from mutopia

2006-08-19 Thread Howard Jones
Just installed lilypond using the script located at http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/binaries/linux-x86_/lilypond-2.8.6-1.linux.sh I installed it on an x86 running Debian stable. Tried to compile the .ly file here: http://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/BachJS/BWV997/bwv997-01prelude_/bwv997-01

Re: Lilypond-Book error

2006-08-19 Thread Donald Axel
On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 09:11:16 -0500 S L Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But I am directing the output to an "out" directory, and I still get the > same message. Is it an empty out-directory? -- http://d-axel.dk/ -- Donald Axel, Consultant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

Re: Lilypond-Book error

2006-08-19 Thread S L Raymond
But I am directing the output to an "out" directory, and I still get the same message. tiM wrote: If you're using lilypond-book for LaTeX, the output will be a *.tex file. If the input is allready *.tex, lilypond-book is afraid to overwrite your original document. There are two solutions. Name

RE: Lilypond-Book error

2006-08-19 Thread tiM
If you're using lilypond-book for LaTeX, the output will be a *.tex file. If the input is allready *.tex, lilypond-book is afraid to overwrite your original document. There are two solutions. Name your input file something like *.lytex. Or do what lilypond-book suggested (best solution). In your wo

Lilypond-Book error

2006-08-19 Thread S L Raymond
I'm running lilypond-book 2.6.3. I tested an article containing lilypond code according to the instructions at http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.6/Documentation/user/lilypond/An-example-of-a-musicological-document.html#An-example-of-a-musicological-document , and it worked fine. Then, however, I ran th