Re: Contemporary music documentation

2009-09-04 Thread Trevor Daniels
Mark Polesky wrote Saturday, September 05, 2009 1:22 AM my Windows hard drive tragically fried last week, and I won't be able to do any LilyPond work until next Wednesday at the earliest, and that's when my work starts up again, so I may be delayed quite a bit. That's a bummer - I was wonder

Markup Causes Beaming Problem

2009-09-04 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
Hello, I think Lilypond is being a weirdo. The second beam looks messed up to me (winxp sp3), but when I remove the _"x" markup, the \p, or the slur in the treble clef, it clears up. Is this bug #430? Also, what's the best way to make that slur in the bass clef look nice? It seems to be c

Re: Contemporary music documentation

2009-09-04 Thread Joseph Wakeling
Mark Polesky wrote: > I've already done a ton of work on keyboard tone-clusters > and percussion pictograms, but my Windows hard drive > tragically fried last week, and I won't be able to do any > LilyPond work until next Wednesday at the earliest, and > that's when my work starts up again, so I ma

Re: Contemporary music documentation

2009-09-04 Thread Mark Polesky
Joseph Wakeling wrote: > (i) Would people be interested in having this in the docs? > > (ii) Any requests or suggestions for topics that should be covered? > >(iii) What are the restrictions on including examples from actual > contemporary scores? I'm not thinking huge ext

Re: Contemporary music documentation

2009-09-04 Thread Graham Percival
On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 04:57:11PM -0600, Carl Sorensen wrote: > > On 9/4/09 10:27 AM, "Trevor Daniels" wrote: > > Carl Sorensen wrote" Friday, September 04, 2009 > > 3:06 PM > >> Also, as you plan sections, remember that anything using \set or > >> \override > >> belongs in a snippet, not in th

Re: Contemporary music documentation

2009-09-04 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 9/4/09 10:27 AM, "Trevor Daniels" wrote: > > > Carl Sorensen wrote" Friday, September 04, 2009 > 3:06 PM >> >> Also, as you plan sections, remember that anything using \set or >> \override >> belongs in a snippet, not in the main text body. > > This certainly is a rule for NR 1, but is

Re: Lilypond Speed

2009-09-04 Thread Joe Neeman
On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 22:05 +0100, Graham Percival wrote: > On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 10:52:13PM +0200, Valentin Villenave wrote: > > Actually, I stumbled upon something very odd: though I haven't the > > exact numbers, with 2.12 my opera used to compile in ~40 minutes on > > Win32, ~25 minutes on Li

Re: Lilypond Speed

2009-09-04 Thread Valentin Villenave
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Graham Percival wrote: > How is that odd?  More complicated algorithms take more time.  I > haven't followed the details of the spacing changes, but I'd > certainly expect them to take longer. I do too, but -- let me do the math -- a _360%_ increase, really? :-) R

Re: Making the .texi files

2009-09-04 Thread Graham Percival
On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 05:09:58PM +0200, Joseph Wakeling wrote: > When I'm testing my doc revisions I check them by attempting to build > the docs, at least as far as the .texi files (in fact, I've been having > problems building the HTML/PDF docs which seem to be down to failing > regression test

Re: Lilypond Speed

2009-09-04 Thread Graham Percival
On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 10:52:13PM +0200, Valentin Villenave wrote: > Actually, I stumbled upon something very odd: though I haven't the > exact numbers, with 2.12 my opera used to compile in ~40 minutes on > Win32, ~25 minutes on Linux64 -- but now that I have upgraded to the > latest git sources

Re: partial chord ties in second alternative

2009-09-04 Thread Robin Bannister
Patrick Schmidt wrote: is there a way to achieve repeated ties of selected notes of a chord ... ? This is rather like Nick Payne's LaisserVibrer question in http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2009-04/msg00313.html because both are what Lilypond calls semi-ties. Maybe you

Re: Lilypond Speed

2009-09-04 Thread Valentin Villenave
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 2:13 AM, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > W00t, I got only > real    5m47.699s > user    5m32.306s > sys     0m11.697s > on my linux system (C2D @ 2 GHz), but I'm still on 2.12.1, which gave me some > error messages, though the PDF was created. Perhaps 2.13 is a little > faster(?)

Re: partial chord ties in second alternative

2009-09-04 Thread Marc Hohl
Patrick Schmidt schrieb: hi folks, is there a way to achieve repeated ties of selected notes of a chord in an alternative ending (apart from using a "polyphonic approach" in a homophonic context)? e.g. \repeat volta 2 { 1 } \alternative { { 1 } { 1 } } The \repeatTie command can onl

beam heigth

2009-09-04 Thread Stefan Thomas
Dear community, in the below quoted example I see a very small collision between the beam and the natural sign. Is there a way to alter the maximum beam-heigth generally? Here the example: \version "2.13.3" { #(set-accidental-style 'neo-modern) \clef "treble_8" << {fis' 16 dis' d'' dis'

Re: Lilypond Speed

2009-09-04 Thread Tim Reeves
Frank wrote: >Am Donnerstag, 3. September 2009 schrieb Tim Reeves: > >> Mainly for my own curiosity, I compiled the Reubke Sonata score to check >> timing: >> WinXP SP3 32-bit, LP 2.13.3, LPT 2.12.869, on Intel C2D E9600 (2.8GHz), 2 >> GB RAM >> >> 5 min 38 seconds. >> >> A bit slower than the Li

Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 82, Issue 13

2009-09-04 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
> Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:36:49 +0200 > From: Joseph Wakeling > Subject: Re: Contemporary music documentation > To: Graham Percival > Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org > Message-ID: <4aa0dfb1.6090...@webdrake.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Graham Percival wrote: > > Th

Re: Space before staff lines in ossia

2009-09-04 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
> Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 02:15:52 -0700 (PDT) > From: -Eluze > Subject: Re: Space before staff lines in ossia > To: lilypond-user@gnu.org > Message-ID: <25290931.p...@talk.nabble.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > jancsika wrote: > > > > Hello, > >      Here

partial chord ties in second alternative

2009-09-04 Thread Patrick Schmidt
hi folks, is there a way to achieve repeated ties of selected notes of a chord in an alternative ending (apart from using a "polyphonic approach" in a homophonic context)? e.g. \repeat volta 2 { 1 } \alternative { { 1 } { 1 } } The \repeatTie command can only be used outside of chord

Re: Contemporary music documentation

2009-09-04 Thread Joseph Wakeling
Trevor Daniels wrote: >> In order to have a >> meaningful manual, this may require the addition of some new LilyPond >> commands, which is *not* a problem. > > And is to be recommended if it results in an > easier user interface. I do have some concrete ideas here, which I'll lay out in an email

Re: Lilypond - chord progression

2009-09-04 Thread Patrick Schmidt
Hi Christian, your pdf looks fine. But there are some aspects you could have achieved easier: Original-Nachricht > Datum: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 10:25:46 -0400 > Von: Christian Henning > An: lilypond-user@gnu.org > Betreff: Re: Lilypond - chord progression > Here is what I have now. I

Re: Contemporary music documentation

2009-09-04 Thread Trevor Daniels
Carl Sorensen wrote" Friday, September 04, 2009 3:06 PM Also, as you plan sections, remember that anything using \set or \override belongs in a snippet, not in the main text body. This certainly is a rule for NR 1, but is not absolutely essential for NR 2. But in general you're right - s

Re: The best way for a book?

2009-09-04 Thread Federico Bruni
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Making the .texi files

2009-09-04 Thread Joseph Wakeling
Hello all, When I'm testing my doc revisions I check them by attempting to build the docs, at least as far as the .texi files (in fact, I've been having problems building the HTML/PDF docs which seem to be down to failing regression tests). One thing I've noticed is that if there are errors in my

Re: Pirate Party [was: Re: Contemporary music documentation]

2009-09-04 Thread Valentin Villenave
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Joseph Wakeling wrote: > On that note ... does the Pirate Party have any kind of official > response to this article by Richard Stallman? > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/pirate-party.html Yes we do (as a matter of fact I am the Pirate member he refers to in the nex

Re: Contemporary music documentation

2009-09-04 Thread Joseph Wakeling
Carl Sorensen wrote: > Also, as you plan sections, remember that anything using \set or \override > belongs in a snippet, not in the main text body. In order to have a > meaningful manual, this may require the addition of some new LilyPond > commands, which is *not* a problem. Do you mean in the

Re: Lilypond - chord progression

2009-09-04 Thread Christian Henning
Here is what I have now. It's only the first few bar but I like the output. Please comment if you see something: \version "2.12.2" #(ly:set-option 'delete-intermediate-files #t) % deletes the .ps file automatically \header { title = "Creep" composer = "Radiohead" } << \new Chord

Re: Contemporary music documentation

2009-09-04 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 9/4/09 3:36 AM, "Joseph Wakeling" wrote: > Graham Percival wrote: >> Those "actual contemporary scores" must be placed in the public >> domain, licensed under Creative Commons, or licensed under the GNU >> FDL. If you're thinking about an exerpt of Shostakovich or Glass, >> then forget abo

Re: one bar number per system

2009-09-04 Thread Dan Eble
Thanks for your replies. \bar allows a break, but does not force it. Ideally, I would like a bar number printed only after a break. If memory serves, the all-visible override didn't work in mid-measure for the upcoming full-measure bar line. (I do not have the time right now to override

Pirate Party [was: Re: Contemporary music documentation]

2009-09-04 Thread Joseph Wakeling
Valentin Villenave wrote: > [off-topic] btw: French Pirate Party's first election is in two weeks > here, and since I'm the campaign manager that (partly) explains my > lack of time to work on LilyPond ;-) On that note ... does the Pirate Party have any kind of official response to this article by

Re: Contemporary music documentation

2009-09-04 Thread Valentin Villenave
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 5:57 AM, Graham Percival wrote: > Oh, and make sure you vote for your country's Pirate Party. > Branches started recently in the UK and Canada, so I've got my > next elections' votes lined up.  ;) [off-topic] btw: French Pirate Party's first election is in two weeks here, an

Re: Contemporary music documentation

2009-09-04 Thread Joseph Wakeling
Graham Percival wrote: > Those "actual contemporary scores" must be placed in the public > domain, licensed under Creative Commons, or licensed under the GNU > FDL. If you're thinking about an exerpt of Shostakovich or Glass, > then forget about it. Blame copyright law[1], not me. Actually I was

Re: linking render frames in Scribus

2009-09-04 Thread Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool)
It is in the Version135 branch. So if you get the 135 branch with SVN, and can build it, you can have it. svn://scribus.info/Scribus/branches/Version135 Federico Bruni wrote: Franz Schmid has fixed this bug in the Scribus SVN trunk, so will be included in the 1.3.6 release. Bert Bertalan

Re: linking render frames in Scribus

2009-09-04 Thread Federico Bruni
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Re: The best way for a book?

2009-09-04 Thread Pierre Couderc
Yes, thank you very much, Mats and Marc, my LaTeX is beginner... Mats Bengtsson a écrit : Marc Hohl wrote: Pierre Couderc schrieb: What is the best way for a book with Lilypond extracts in it? I have tried LaTeX with lilypond book, but I get mixs of lilyponds 'images" with other images.

Re: Space before staff lines in ossia

2009-09-04 Thread -Eluze
jancsika wrote: > > Hello, > Here's a picky little question: what's the best way to get the staff > lines of the ossia measure to extend, say, half a staff space before the > first note (*without* changing any of the current spacing between notes)? > Ideally I'd like to be able to set th

Re: \bookpart and the "\include trouble"

2009-09-04 Thread Federico Bruni
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