Re: lyrics in a PianoStaff

2008-11-20 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
On 11/20/08 2:24 PM, "Martin Tarenskeen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 08:14:01AM -0600, Jonathan Kulp wrote: > > Templates make Lilypond life a lot easier. Is there a place where I can > find the templates from the manual as separate files ? Copying and > pasting from t

Re: programming error: when \break used before \grace or after \afterGrace in combination with proportional notation

2008-11-20 Thread Trevor Bača
2008/11/20 V!ctor Adán <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Update, > > I'm pretty sure now that the problem is in these two overrides: > \override SpacingSpanner #'strict-note-spacing = ##t > \override SpacingSpanner #'strict-grace-spacing = ##t > > It turns out that grace notes coinciding with line/page breaks

Quick-insert mode for vim -- work in progress

2008-11-20 Thread Eyolf Østrem
The most useful and simple tool I've had the pleasure to work on lilypond files with, is Nicolas Sceaux's lyqi mode (lilypond quick insert). There is only one thing wrong with it: it's for emacs. I therefore decided to make my own version of it for vim. I also decided to do it mostly in python and

Re: \slurDashed and not

2008-11-20 Thread Graham Percival
Use \slurSolid. As you can see from the 2.11 docs, this works. Try to construct a minimal example of your problem; this will help you discover what you did wrong. Cheers, - Graham On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:55:17PM +0100, stefanozanobini wrote: >I needed (only) two dashed slurs. >I wrote

\slurDashed and not

2008-11-20 Thread stefanozanobini
I needed (only) two dashed slurs. I wrote \slurDashed before: fine, the two slurs are dashed but... also all the next slurs! How to stop the "dashing program"? I've tried to write at a certain point both \slurNeutral and \slurSolid, but the next slurs rimains dashed... Stezano

Re: lyrics in a PianoStaff

2008-11-20 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 08:14:01AM -0600, Jonathan Kulp wrote: > Try the template called "piano-centered-lyrics" (A.2.3) in the Learning > Manual. Thank you, just what I was looking for. One thing I don't understand about this (and some other examples and templates in the manuals). Why "\new St

Re: LyricExtender extends too far in some verses

2008-11-20 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi all, the intent's clearer if you use \markup \null. Didn't even know that Lily was \null-aware… cool. =) Thanks, Kieren. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: More vertical space between staves

2008-11-20 Thread Tim Reeves
Probably this was not the first time you compiled it, and a previous run's output (pdf file) was still open, preventing writing the new one. You were just looking at the old pdf. Happens to me frequently. Close the pdf and re-run Lilypond on it. Tim Reeves > > Interpreting music... [8] > P

passage à lilypond depuis pmx

2008-11-20 Thread Richard Fournier
Bonjour, Je programme actuellement en pmx (ou en musixtex) et je suis tenté par le passage à lilypond. Mais j'aimerais pouvoir convertir mes fichiers pmx dans le format lilypond. Si tout n'est pas parfait ce n'est pas grave, mais j'ai au moins besoin de récupérer chacune des voix. Existe-t'il une

Re: More vertical space between staves

2008-11-20 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
On 11/20/08 12:02 PM, "Jonathan Kulp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Neil Puttock wrote: >> 2008/11/20 Jonathan Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> Carl D. Sorensen wrote: title = " " subtitle = " " composer = " " arranger = " " >>> Funny, I tried this (after Risto s

Re: LyricExtender extends too far in some verses

2008-11-20 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Neil Puttock wrote: 2008/11/20 Jonathan Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Kieren MacMillan wrote: Details, details… ;-) That's what it's all about, man! nullLyric = \markup {} PERFECT!! Nicely done! Hmm, that looks a bit strange; the intent's clearer if you use \markup \null. Regards, Neil

Re: More vertical space between staves

2008-11-20 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Neil Puttock wrote: 2008/11/20 Jonathan Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Carl D. Sorensen wrote: title = " " subtitle = " " composer = " " arranger = " " Funny, I tried this (after Risto showed me how to use the same thing with my LyricExtender problem) and it didn't make any differen

Re: LyricExtender extends too far in some verses

2008-11-20 Thread Neil Puttock
2008/11/20 Jonathan Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Kieren MacMillan wrote: > >> Details, details… ;-) > > That's what it's all about, man! > >> >> nullLyric = \markup {} > > PERFECT!! Nicely done! Hmm, that looks a bit strange; the intent's clearer if you use \markup \null. Regards, Neil _

Re: More vertical space between staves

2008-11-20 Thread Neil Puttock
2008/11/20 Jonathan Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Carl D. Sorensen wrote: >> title = " " >> subtitle = " " >> composer = " " >> arranger = " " > > Funny, I tried this (after Risto showed me how to use the same thing with my > LyricExtender problem) and it didn't make any difference in

Re: More vertical space between staves

2008-11-20 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Carl D. Sorensen wrote: Only problem is that there is too little vertical space between the staves/lines. How do I increase that (and add more space at the top)? As a purely academical question I was wondering why lilypond will give an error warning even though the document is fine? This is the

Re: More vertical space between staves

2008-11-20 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
On 11/20/08 10:52 AM, "seppo silaste" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As > a purely academical question I was wondering why lilypond will give an > error warning even though the document is fine? This is the lilypond output: > > Interpreting music... [8] > Preprocessing graphical objects... > Fin

Re: More vertical space between staves

2008-11-20 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
On 11/20/08 10:52 AM, "seppo silaste" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With the generous help of Carl D. Sorensen, Risto Vääräniemi and Kieran > MacMillan I've created the following empty sheet with empty fret diagrams: > > \version "2.11.64" > > \header { >tagline = "" > } > > \storePredefi

More vertical space between staves

2008-11-20 Thread seppo silaste
With the generous help of Carl D. Sorensen, Risto Vääräniemi and Kieran MacMillan I've created the following empty sheet with empty fret diagrams: \version "2.11.64" \header { tagline = "" } \storePredefinedDiagram \chordmode{c''} #guitar-tuning

Re: programming error: when \break used before \grace or after \afterGrace in combination with proportional notation

2008-11-20 Thread V!ctor Adán
Update, I'm pretty sure now that the problem is in these two overrides: \override SpacingSpanner #'strict-note-spacing = ##t \override SpacingSpanner #'strict-grace-spacing = ##t It turns out that grace notes coinciding with line/page breaks *can* compile without errors while setting proportional

Re: LyricExtender extends too far in some verses

2008-11-20 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Kieren MacMillan wrote: Details, details… ;-) That's what it's all about, man! nullLyric = \markup {} PERFECT!! Nicely done! HTH! Kieren. Yep, that helped a ton! Thanks! Jon -- Jonathan Kulp http://www.jonathankulp.com ___ lilypond-us

Re: LyricExtender extends too far in some verses

2008-11-20 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Jonathan, I tried this out and it makes the LyricExtenders work correctly without console warnings Yay! but it also creates something (not sure what) that takes up vertical space and messes up the spacing of the next system. Details, details… ;-) you can see the impact on vertical

Re: LyricExtender extends too far in some verses

2008-11-20 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Kieren MacMillan wrote: Hi all, I find it very satisfying when Lilypond complains but still keeps going and does the job perfectly anyway. ;-) Me, too… but I also find it very satisfying to discover a way to keep Lilypond from complaining: nullLyric = \markup \hspace #0 verseOne = \lyricm

Re: LyricExtender extends too far in some verses

2008-11-20 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi all, I find it very satisfying when Lilypond complains but still keeps going and does the job perfectly anyway. ;-) Me, too… but I also find it very satisfying to discover a way to keep Lilypond from complaining: nullLyric = \markup \hspace #0 verseOne = \lyricmode { tar -- de. __ ¡Ay

Re: Fixed number of bars per line

2008-11-20 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi all, A quick and dirty solution: \time 4/4 \repeat unfold X { s1 s1 s1 s1 \break } where X is the number of lines you want to get. To be absolutely sure it doesn't break incorrectly, I think you'd have to use \repeat "unfold" BARNUMS { \repeat "unfold" BARSPERLINE { s1 \noBreak }

Re: lyrics in a PianoStaff

2008-11-20 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
On 11/20/08 5:16 AM, "Martin Tarenskeen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have just typeset some really easy piano arrangements for my pupils > with Sinterklaas songs. ( Sinterklaas is something like Santa Claus but > different. Dutch Lilyponders know what I'm talking about :-) > > I ha

Re: Fixed number of bars per line

2008-11-20 Thread Risto Vääräniemi
2008/11/20 seppo silaste <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > How can I get a fixed number of bars per line (eg. 4)? I'm trying to create > empty sheets for writing down (by hand) 12-bar jazz-blues guitar chord > progressions. A quick and dirty solution: \time 4/4 \repeat unfold X { s1 s1 s1 s1 \break } where

Re: lyrics in a PianoStaff

2008-11-20 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Try the template called "piano-centered-lyrics" (A.2.3) in the Learning Manual. Jon Martin Tarenskeen wrote: Hi, I have just typeset some really easy piano arrangements for my pupils with Sinterklaas songs. ( Sinterklaas is something like Santa Claus but different. Dutch Lilyponders know wh

Fixed number of bars per line

2008-11-20 Thread seppo silaste
How can I get a fixed number of bars per line (eg. 4)? I'm trying to create empty sheets for writing down (by hand) 12-bar jazz-blues guitar chord progressions. regards: Seppo ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org

Re: Giving back: LHML template

2008-11-20 Thread Johan Vromans
[Quoting Graham Percival, on November 19 2008, 14:48, in "Re: Giving back: LHM"] > Could you add this to LSR? That way more users will see it, and > it can be easily added to the docs. Sure (but how?) Actually I was hoping for some feedback of lilypond-users before 'releasing' it... -- Johan

lyrics in a PianoStaff

2008-11-20 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
Hi, I have just typeset some really easy piano arrangements for my pupils with Sinterklaas songs. ( Sinterklaas is something like Santa Claus but different. Dutch Lilyponders know what I'm talking about :-) I have used features like changing the staffsize for bigger notes and the EasyNote not

Re: problems with learning lilypond

2008-11-20 Thread lilypondtool
Well, uh, I was quite busy in these weeks. And I wanted to finish a new feature but it seems that I won't have time for that. So, as there is a new JEdit version out, I must check that everything works with that. If that's ok, I'll make a release, I hope that bundling the documentation will work

Re: LyricExtender extends too far in some verses

2008-11-20 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Risto Vääräniemi wrote: 2008/11/20 Jonathan Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I devised an ugly hack to make the LyricExtenders stop at the right place by adding an invisible syllable of text. Ex: I've usually used: verseTwo = \lyricmode { tar -- es. __ "" } Lilypond complaints about empty elemen

Re: problems with learning lilypond

2008-11-20 Thread Eyolf Østrem
On 20.11.2008 (09:49), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I had the same problem. Then I started to develop LilyPondTool for jEdit. > Using that I managed to understand LilyPond much better. Talking of which: when will there be a new version? :) Eyolf -- You're all clear now, kid. Now blow this thing

Re: problems with learning lilypond

2008-11-20 Thread lilypondtool
I had the same problem. Then I started to develop LilyPondTool for jEdit. Using that I managed to understand LilyPond much better. Do you use LilyPondTool? See the Demos at http://lilypondtool.organum.hu Bert ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-