Re: different tempi

2008-09-09 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Reinhold Kainhofer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> A last problem remains: time signatures and bar lines in the viola >> affect spacing in the other systems (and vice versa), which looks >> ugly. No idea how this can be tackled... > > Neither have I. The main problem

convert-ly broken on Mac OS X "Tiger"?

2008-09-09 Thread Kurt Kroon
I'm getting an error when I try to update a file to v.2.11.57 on Mac OS X "Tiger", running on a G4 PowerBook. (The file works fine in v.2.10.33, though I need to do some more tweaks to fix some minor layout issues.) Here's the console message: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Applicat

any accompanyment software taking lilypond as input files?

2008-09-09 Thread Daryna Baikadamova
Are there any accompaniment systems / plugins (open or proprietory) taking lilypond files as input? And in fact are there any open-source accompaniment system project at this stage? (released or under development) If there is such a system, then it would be great. I can rehearse piano concerti at

Re: different tempi

2008-09-09 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Werner, Here is the complete snippet, with fix. HTH, Kieren. %% \version "2.11.57" #(ly:set-option 'point-and-click #f) \paper { ragged-right = ##f } vl = \relative c' { \time 5/4 as8[ c d f]~ f[ as, c d] f[ as] | \time 3/2 ces[ as f es] r des[ es f] as[ f] r

Re: different tempi

2008-09-09 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Werner, This doesn't help much (if at all). Makes a *huge* difference in my score… see attached screenshot. Be sure to do the \override in the correct context (i.e., Staff.TimeSignature, not just TimeSignature). HTH, Kieren. <>___ lilypond-us

Re: lyric extenders in 2.11

2008-09-09 Thread Monk Panteleimon
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 12:20:30AM +0200, James E. Bailey wrote: I use lyrics quite a bit, and I don't really understand what you mean. Can you provide a short (1 measure) example that demonstrates what you're talking about? Sure! Your using the development version too, right? 2.11.something

Re: --evaluate command line option

2008-09-09 Thread Graham Percival
On 09 Sep 2008 22:43:28 +0200 Johan Vromans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I often use my .ly files for different purposes, e.g., to print > self-contained sheet music and to print embedded sheet music. In the > latter case I do not want headings, and use different page settings. > > I want to cont

Re: lyric extenders in 2.11

2008-09-09 Thread James E. Bailey
I use lyrics quite a bit, and I don't really understand what you mean. Can you provide a short (1 measure) example that demonstrates what you're talking about? On 09.09.2008, at 17:57, Monk Panteleimon wrote: Hello. I am using 2.11.57. I've noticed that LyricExtenders don't work with \lyricm

Re: Left margins

2008-09-09 Thread Cath Downie
Many thanks, everyone. I've used a combination of these suggestions and it's now working. Cheers, Cath ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: different tempi

2008-09-09 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> > A last problem remains: time signatures and bar lines in the viola > > affect spacing in the other systems (and vice versa), which looks > > ugly. No idea how this can be tackled... > > \once \override TimeSignature #'X-extent = #'(0 . 0) > \once \override BarLine #'X-extent = #'(

Re: different tempi

2008-09-09 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> > A last problem remains: time signatures and bar lines in the viola > > affect spacing in the other systems (and vice versa), which looks > > ugly. No idea how this can be tackled... > > Neither have I. The main problem is that lilypond tries to match > moments exactly in the output, so that

--evaluate command line option

2008-09-09 Thread Johan Vromans
I often use my .ly files for different purposes, e.g., to print self-contained sheet music and to print embedded sheet music. In the latter case I do not want headings, and use different page settings. I want to control this from the command line. For this purpose, I'd like to set a variable that

mensural black notation

2008-09-09 Thread Alan Fabian
Hi, I am doing some excerpt from an edition with Renaissance-music notated in mensural black notation. I am using the #'neomensural NoteHead style in lilypond, but is there a possibility to make the NoteHeads completely black? What I mean with completely black note heads you find here:

Re: different tempi

2008-09-09 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Dienstag, 9. September 2008 schrieb Werner LEMBERG: > > Well, as one of my teachers at school used to say: "Believing means > > not knowing..." > > > :-) I stand corrected. Thanks to all for your help. > : > > I suppose this example would also fit

Re: different tempi

2008-09-09 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Werner, A last problem remains: time signatures and bar lines in the viola affect spacing in the other systems (and vice versa), which looks ugly. No idea how this can be tackled... \once \override TimeSignature #'X-extent = #'(0 . 0) \once \override BarLine #'X-extent = #'(0

Re: different tempi

2008-09-09 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> Well, as one of my teachers at school used to say: "Believing means > not knowing..." :-) I stand corrected. Thanks to all for your help. > I suppose this example would also fit very well on LSR, once that is > up again. Indeed. I spent some hours without finding the solution. A last probl

Re: different tempi

2008-09-09 Thread John Mandereau
On 2008/09/09 19:57 +0200, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote: > Well, as one of my teachers at school used to say: "Believing means not > knowing..." Attached is a simple lilypond file, which does exactly what you > want (modulo the 5/4 in the Vla staff, since that measure actually contains > 6/4 ;-) ).

Re: different tempi

2008-09-09 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Dienstag, 9. September 2008 schrieb Werner LEMBERG: > I can imagine two solutions: > > (a) If you move the bar line engraver to Staff context, StaffGroup > honours a new Staff property, say, `suppressBarline', to do the > obvious. > >

Re: different tempi

2008-09-09 Thread John Mandereau
On 2008/09/09 12:45 -0400, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > Currently, I believe that my problem can't be solved with the current > > means of lilypond, and some extra coding is necessary. > > What about using InnerStaffGroup(s)? Indeed (but I'm very puzzled the order of \consi

Re: different tempi

2008-09-09 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> I would need something like this: > > StaffGroup / > Staff | | | > Staff | | | > Staff | || | > Staff | | | > \ > > I can imagine two solutions: > > (a) If you move the bar line engraver to

Re: Proposed syntax change: renaming of \center-align markup command

2008-09-09 Thread Valentin Villenave
2008/9/9 Neil Puttock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > It did cross my mind, but \center-align-in doesn't really trip off the > tongue, does it? \center-in? Cheers, Valentin ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/list

Re: emacs question

2008-09-09 Thread Hans Aberg
On 9 Sep 2008, at 16:19, James E. Bailey wrote: What do you get in your lilypond scrip filet? - Try less $(which lilypond) I have exec /Applications/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin/lilypond "$@" Forgot to mention I'm on 10.5 and have lilypond installed in ~/bin. Emacs successfully call

Re: different tempi

2008-09-09 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Werner, Currently, I believe that my problem can't be solved with the current means of lilypond, and some extra coding is necessary. What about using InnerStaffGroup(s)? Cheers, Kieren. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http:

Re: different tempi

2008-09-09 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> I would imagine you'd need to use \set > StaffGroup.systemStartDelimiterHierarchy and move the time > signatures/bar lines from the score context to the staff context. Been there. It doesn't work, alas. I would need something like this: StaffGroup / Staff | | |

lyric extenders in 2.11

2008-09-09 Thread Monk Panteleimon
Hello. I am using 2.11.57. I've noticed that LyricExtenders don't work with \lyricmode anymore unless you explicitly set the associatedVoice in the lyrics context. It used to automatically take the highest voice in the top staff. Is this an intentional change or a bug? Or an intermediate step to

Re: Left margins

2008-09-09 Thread Neil Puttock
2008/9/9 Wilbert Berendsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Op dinsdag 9 september 2008, schreef Cath Downie: >> Hi, >> >> The left margin in my score is too small to fit in the instrument names, >> and I need to allow for binding as well. > > I think you could use short-indent for the indent of the followin

Re: Proposed syntax change: renaming of \center-align markup command

2008-09-09 Thread Neil Puttock
2008/9/8 Valentin Villenave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/8/17 Neil Puttock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> - change the current behaviour of \center-align to match \hcenter; >> keep \hcenter for backwards compatibility, or remove it > > Hi Neil, > > well, I've been spending a couple hours wondering why oh

Re: different tempi

2008-09-09 Thread James E. Bailey
I would imagine you'd need to use \set StaffGroup.systemStartDelimiterHierarchy and move the time signatures/ bar lines from the score context to the staff context. http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/Documentation/user/lilypond/Displaying-staves.html#Grouping-staves http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/D

Re: Left margins

2008-09-09 Thread Robin Bannister
Cath Downie wrote: I'd be grateful if anyone could advise me on what I'm doing wrong. These other things you tried don't belong in \layout. Look at the Notation Reference [1] In 4.2.2. the \layout and \paper blocks are contrasted. You will find the things you tried in 4.1.2, where it is ta

Re: emacs question

2008-09-09 Thread James E. Bailey
On 09.09.2008, at 15:36, Hans Aberg wrote: On 8 Sep 2008, at 15:30, James E. Bailey wrote: I don't know if this is true for anyone else, but, when I try and use emacs (22.2.1) on OSX in my terminal, I can't compile on the master file and file where there is a space in the filename. What d

Re: Writing pulgins/extensions for Lilypond

2008-09-09 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi, is there a way to write a "plugin"/"extension" for lilypond? Usually, such things are built as functions using Scheme. Any ideas? Check the documentation, especially Section 6 (Interfaces for programmers). HTH! Kieren. ___ lilypond-user

Re: emacs question

2008-09-09 Thread Hans Aberg
On 8 Sep 2008, at 15:30, James E. Bailey wrote: I don't know if this is true for anyone else, but, when I try and use emacs (22.2.1) on OSX in my terminal, I can't compile on the master file and file where there is a space in the filename. What do you get in your lilypond scrip filet? - Try

Re: Left margins

2008-09-09 Thread Wilbert Berendsen
Op dinsdag 9 september 2008, schreef Cath Downie: > Hi, > > The left margin in my score is too small to fit in the instrument names, > and I need to allow for binding as well. I think you could use short-indent for the indent of the following lines. But I don't know exactly from which LilyPonc v

Left margins

2008-09-09 Thread Cath Downie
Hi, The left margin in my score is too small to fit in the instrument names, and I need to allow for binding as well. I have tried the following commands: - indent - this indented the first line only, but the following lines were still too far left - horizontal-shift - this sounded like it shou

Re: notation TAB matching

2008-09-09 Thread Grammostola Rosea
Grammostola Rosea wrote: James E. Bailey wrote: Am 06.09.2008 um 14:46 schrieb Grammostola Rosea: Ok, I'm learning and get more happy with the results :) Below this message there's my code. I've three questions about it. 1) Is is possible to have tablature without durations of the notes di

Re: notation TAB matching

2008-09-09 Thread Grammostola Rosea
James E. Bailey wrote: Am 06.09.2008 um 14:46 schrieb Grammostola Rosea: Ok, I'm learning and get more happy with the results :) Below this message there's my code. I've three questions about it. 1) Is is possible to have tablature without durations of the notes displayed in the tablature p

Re: slant of tremolo-beams - again [OT]

2008-09-09 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Werner, Hmm. `Poem' is an understatement. IMHO it's already a musical composition. Agreed… hence Schwitter's subtitle, "Sonata in primitive sounds". =) However, when you hear/see what Schick and Yadegari have done with it, there's a whole new level added on top of Schwitter's brillian

Re: one measure per line

2008-09-09 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Mark: Let's say you have 100 measures in your score. Either of these will work: \layout { ragged-right = ##t system-count = #100 } \paper { ragged-right = ##t system-count = #100 } Man, I just love an elegant solution! Kudos, Kieren.

Re: AW: Make moll chords small, again

2008-09-09 Thread Philip Chinery
Hello, yes, that would probably be a workaround (or maybe using markups), but of course it will remain a kind of hack... regards, Philip Tao Cumplido schrieb: Hi, it's probably not the best solution but as a workaround you could define a lyrics-context above the staff with the chord font a

Re: slant of tremolo-beams - again [OT]

2008-09-09 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> Furthermore, when his "New Ur-Sonate" (based on the Kurt Schwitters > poem) comes out on DVD and LP [!] next year, be sure to pick up a > copy. Hmm. `Poem' is an understatement. IMHO it's already a musical composition. Werner ___ lilypond-us

Writing pulgins/extensions for Lilypond

2008-09-09 Thread Violin Apprentice
Hi all, is there a way to write a "plugin"/"extension" for lilypond? I want to write a plugin so that when lillypond processes a file, for every note it parses, it inspects the pitch and adds violin string and finger positions under the note (may be with \markup) Any ideas? Thanks

Re: one measure per line

2008-09-09 Thread Josh Parmenter
again, thanks! these both help quite a bit! Best Josh On Sep 9, 2008, at 12:07 AM, Dmytro O. Redchuk wrote: 2008/9/9 Mark Polesky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Josh, Let's say you have 100 measures in your score. Either of these will work: I would say: Let's say you have N measures in your score.

Re: one measure per line

2008-09-09 Thread Josh Parmenter
brilliant! Thanks all. Josh On Sep 8, 2008, at 11:52 PM, Mark Polesky wrote: Josh, Let's say you have 100 measures in your score. Either of these will work: \layout { ragged-right = ##t system-count = #100 } \paper { ragged-right = ##t system-count = #100 } Cheers, Mark

position of text in timeSig

2008-09-09 Thread Stefan Thomas
Dear Lilypond-users, in the below quoted example the position of the "rit" is ver high. Does somebody know the reason for this? Sorry, the example is a bit long. \version "2.11.49" \layout{ \context { \type "Engraver_group" \consists "Text_spanner_engraver" \consists "Text_engrav

Re: emacs question

2008-09-09 Thread James E. Bailey
On 09.09.2008, at 02:58, Paul Scott wrote: You mean you use Terminal and not XDarwin? I'm assuming you mean X11, but yes, I have a difficult time remembering the keyboard commands for a normal emacs session. I think I would go crazy if I tried to remember them for the GUI version. At least

Re: one measure per line

2008-09-09 Thread Dmytro O. Redchuk
2008/9/9 Mark Polesky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Josh, > > Let's say you have 100 measures in your score. > Either of these will work: I would say: Let's say you have N measures in your score. Either of these will work: \layout { ragged-right = ##t system-count = #K } \paper { ragged-right = ##t

Re: one measure per line

2008-09-09 Thread Mark Polesky
Josh, Let's say you have 100 measures in your score. Either of these will work: \layout { ragged-right = ##t system-count = #100 } \paper { ragged-right = ##t system-count = #100 } Cheers, Mark ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@g