Re: formatting question

2009-07-19 Thread Carl Glick
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:09 AM, James E. Bailey < derhindem...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > On 20.07.2009, at 06:41, Carl Glick wrote: > > from the same page, the first page looks fine, but the rest of the music > all goes onto one system, which goes off the rest of the page. > > > Typically, this

Re: formatting question

2009-07-19 Thread Mark Polesky
Carl Glick wrote: >>\paper { >> between-system-padding = #0.1 >> between-system-space = #0.1 >> ragged-last-bottom = ##f >> ragged-bottom = ##f >> system-count = #3 >>} >>Anyone at all? Can you submit a pared-down example? It's too hard to visualize with just 5 paper variables out of context

Re: formatting question

2009-07-19 Thread James E. Bailey
On 20.07.2009, at 06:41, Carl Glick wrote: from the same page, the first page looks fine, but the rest of the music all goes onto one system, which goes off the rest of the page. Typically, this occurs when a measure has the wrong number of beats. Are you using explicit bar checks? James

Re: slurDown ignored?

2009-07-19 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> Simply because it's not a slut, I really hope so :-) Werner ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: formatting question

2009-07-19 Thread Carl Glick
Anyone at all? On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Carl Glick wrote: > Ok, I was toying around with these suggestions, and I have a few problems. > When I make the staves smaller, the only way to get the number of systems I > want is to make them too small. When I use > > \paper { > between-syste

Re: slurDown ignored?

2009-07-19 Thread Xavier Scheuer
2009/7/20 Leonardo Herrera > Hi all, > > I have a question: why the \slurDown instruction is ignored in the > following snippet? > > \version "2.12.2" > \paper{ ragged-right=##t } > > \relative c' { >\clef treble >\key des \major >\time 9/8 > ><< >{

slurDown ignored?

2009-07-19 Thread Leonardo Herrera
Hi all, I have a question: why the \slurDown instruction is ignored in the following snippet? \version "2.12.2" \paper{ ragged-right=##t } \relative c' { \clef treble \key des \major \time 9/8 << { % \slurDown is ig

Re: midi output without harmonies from ChordNames

2009-07-19 Thread Werner
Robin Bannister dataway.ch> writes: > When you want them coming out differently, you use _two_ score blocks: > > - one score block has \midi (and no \layout) > - the other score block has \layout (and no \midi) > > and these score blocks can have different music inside. > > In this case the

Re: midi output without harmonies from ChordNames

2009-07-19 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 7/19/09 12:07 PM, "Werner" wrote: > Hello. > > I want to create a score (pdf) containing chord-names above the notes and a > midi-file, which containes all the notes but NOT the chords (harmonies). > > Is this somehow EASY to achieve? Yes. You just need to have two different scores, one

Re: midi output without harmonies from ChordNames

2009-07-19 Thread Robin Bannister
Werner wrote: % innerhalb des score-Blockes („neben“ dem layout-Block) % Ausgabe einer Mididatei (zum Anhören/Abspielen) This bit of comment describes how to get Midi and PDF coming out the same. When you want them coming out differently, you use _two_ score blocks: - one score block has \m

Re: Concerning \repeat

2009-07-19 Thread Matej Kosik
Francisco Vila wrote: > > In this case, just use \repeat volta 2 { 'repeated block of music' } > > without the \alternative part (you don't have 1st/2nd endings) > I was not able to use \repeat macro together with: \parallelMusic Nevertheless, \repeat works outside the \para

Re: Concerning \repeat

2009-07-19 Thread Matej Kosik
Francisco Vila wrote: > > In this case, just use \repeat volta 2 { 'repeated block of music' } > > without the \alternative part (you don't have 1st/2nd endings) > I was not able to use \repeat macro together with: \parallelMusic Nevertheless, \repeat works outside the \para

Re: Parallel music coming out in series

2009-07-19 Thread David Bobroff
I don't have the inventions available to look at but my memory says that the ornament should occur on beat 4 on the 'b8'. You've put in too much skip time in the UpperOrnamentVoice. It starts: s2 s1 ...which is equal to six beats. Typo? Change it to: s2 s4 ..or.. s2. ...and your probl

Parallel music coming out in series

2009-07-19 Thread Tim Rowe
Ok, I leave Lilypond alone for a while, and I forget it all -- it's not for the occasional user, is it? At least not an absent-minded one. I'm simply trying to set a piece of music in two parts. I could cut-and paste something that works, and if nobody can spare the time then that's what I'll do.

Re: formatting question

2009-07-19 Thread Carl Glick
Ok, I was toying around with these suggestions, and I have a few problems. When I make the staves smaller, the only way to get the number of systems I want is to make them too small. When I use \paper { between-system-padding = #0.1 between-system-space = #0.1 ragged-last-bottom = ##f ragg

midi output without harmonies from ChordNames

2009-07-19 Thread Werner
Hello. I want to create a score (pdf) containing chord-names above the notes and a midi-file, which containes all the notes but NOT the chords (harmonies). Is this somehow EASY to achieve? Thanks for hints. Werner % innerhalb des score-Blockes („neben“ dem layout-Block) % Ausgabe einer Midida

Re: how to add a utf-8 character to the title

2009-07-19 Thread Mark Knoop
At 09:47 on 19 Jul 2009, Brian Kidd wrote: > > Are you sure you are saving your file in UTF-8? > > Not entirely. > > > Which editor are you using? > > Vim. :set encoding=utf-8 fileencodings= -- Mark Knoop ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-us

Re: how to add a utf-8 character to the title

2009-07-19 Thread Federico Bruni
Brian Kidd wrote: On Jul 19, 2009, at 9:40 AM, Federico Bruni wrote: Are you sure you are saving your file in UTF-8? Not entirely. Which editor are you using? Vim. I guess you are a coder ;-) You may try other editors that have better support for Lilypond. jEdit with the Lilytool

Re: how to add a utf-8 character to the title

2009-07-19 Thread Brian Kidd
On Jul 19, 2009, at 9:40 AM, Federico Bruni wrote: Brian Kidd wrote: thanks to all who suggested using the short way. unfortunately, my system does not seem to be configured for this easy solution. when i run lilypond on the simple file below, i get the following error and the title is Si

Re: how to add a utf-8 character to the title

2009-07-19 Thread Federico Bruni
Brian Kidd wrote: thanks to all who suggested using the short way. unfortunately, my system does not seem to be configured for this easy solution. when i run lilypond on the simple file below, i get the following error and the title is SintIntro instead of Sint� Intro. i'm happy using the long

Re: how to add a utf-8 character to the title

2009-07-19 Thread Brian Kidd
thanks to all who suggested using the short way. unfortunately, my system does not seem to be configured for this easy solution. when i run lilypond on the simple file below, i get the following error and the title is SintIntro instead of Sinté Intro. i'm happy using the long way, but would

Re: Concerning \repeat

2009-07-19 Thread Mark Polesky
Matej Kosik wrote: > I am not using Lilypond too frequently, but when I want to engrave some > music, I use it exclusively. > > Yesterday, I decided to create an lilypond version of Yann Tiersen's piece: > > http://altair.sk/uploads/tmp/yann_tiersen__comptine_dun_ete.pdf > http://altair.sk/uploa

Understanding the processing model

2009-07-19 Thread Martin Hosken
Is there any documentation that explains more of the internal workings of lilypond. I'm looking for something that explains how music events get to engravers and then what happens afterwards with the layout events. 'When' are stencils executed? Is it possible to write an engraver in scm? I am m

Re: Concerning \repeat

2009-07-19 Thread Francisco Vila
2009/7/19 Matej Kosik : > http://altair.sk/uploads/tmp/yann_tiersen__comptine_dun_ete.pdf > http://altair.sk/uploads/tmp/yann_tiersen__comptine_dun_ete.ly > > (the source was a PDF I've got from a guy I met once. Unlike in the > original I've got, I am trying to explicitely denote repeated measures

Concerning \repeat

2009-07-19 Thread Matej Kosik
Hello, I am not using Lilypond too frequently, but when I want to engrave some music, I use it exclusively. Yesterday, I decided to create an lilypond version of Yann Tiersen's piece: http://altair.sk/uploads/tmp/yann_tiersen__comptine_dun_ete.pdf http://altair.sk/uploads/tmp/yann_tiersen__compt

Re: how to add a utf-8 character to the title

2009-07-19 Thread Francisco Vila
2009/7/19 Brian Kidd : > the long way worked. thanks! Use the short way, it's much shorter and comfortable e.g. for lyrics -- Francisco Vila. Badajoz (Spain) www.paconet.org ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mai

Re: how to add a utf-8 character to the title

2009-07-19 Thread Mark Polesky
Brian Kidd wrote: > i can create the variable > accentE = #(ly:export (ly:wide-char->utf-8 #x00e9)) > > and then i've tried > > i've tried: > \header{ > title = "Sint" \accentE " Intro" > } > > however, this doesn't work. how can i concatenate these strings and utf-8 > character to have the

Re: formatting question

2009-07-19 Thread Mark Polesky
Carl Glick wrote: >>How would I go about making systems smaller so more can fit on the page? > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Setting-the-staff-size Or for more advanced techniques: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Fitting-music-onto-fewer-page

Re: formatting question

2009-07-19 Thread Alexander Kobel
Carl Glick wrote: How would I go about making systems smaller so more can fit on the page? Hi, Carl. There's not an one and only solution, but you might want to look into section 4 of the Notation Reference: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Spacing-issues#Spacing-iss

Re: how to add a utf-8 character to the title

2009-07-19 Thread James E. Bailey
On 19.07.2009, at 09:23, Brian Kidd wrote: hello, this seems like a simple thing, but i've been unable to find anything in the archives and the documentation. basically, i'd like to add a title that contains an accented character (unicode = 00e9). outside of lilypond the title would be:

Re: how to add a utf-8 character to the title

2009-07-19 Thread Brian Kidd
the long way worked. thanks! On Jul 19, 2009, at 12:33 AM, Mark Polesky wrote: Brian Kidd wrote: i can create the variable accentE = #(ly:export (ly:wide-char->utf-8 #x00e9)) and then i've tried i've tried: \header{ title = "Sint" \accentE " Intro" } however, this doesn't work. how can

Re: how to add a utf-8 character to the title

2009-07-19 Thread David Bobroff
If you're using a UTF-8 aware editor it should be a simple matter to simply enter your accented 'e' in your input file and have it appear in the output. Is your editor UTF-8 aware/capable and are you saving the file as UTF-8? -David Brian Kidd wrote: hello, this seems like a simple thing,

how to add a utf-8 character to the title

2009-07-19 Thread Brian Kidd
hello, this seems like a simple thing, but i've been unable to find anything in the archives and the documentation. basically, i'd like to add a title that contains an accented character (unicode = 00e9). outside of lilypond the title would be: Sinte' Intro i can create the variable accen