12/8 upper and 4/4 lower staves with equal bar duration

2011-09-15 Thread Javier Ruiz-Alma
I'm trying to typeset a piece marked with 12/8 upper and 4/4 lower staves.  By default, Lilypond forces both staves to 4/4.  I tried the code below, which allowed independent staff timing, but the bars are now decoupled. Any ideas on how to mod this to get bars on both staves synched up to same

Re: centering text on a measure

2011-09-15 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi, Harm -- On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 6:18 PM, harm6 wrote: > > I tested your definitions with a longer example using StaffGroup and > commented the not used parts with %{ ... %}. (see code below) > The log states: ERROR: Wrong type (expecting pair): () > > And now the strangest thing: If I uncomme

Re: centering text on a measure

2011-09-15 Thread harm6
David Nalesnik-2 wrote: > > > > In the meantime, I've generalized the 'extra-offset approach so that you > can > center a grob of your choice between two others. of which centering > between > barlines is just one option. I've attached it in case it's useful to > someone, or anyone has any fe

Re: Parsing lyrics in a music function

2011-09-15 Thread David Kastrup
Michael Ellis writes: > Did ly:parse-string-expression go away in 2.14.1?  I get an undefined > variable error if I try something like: It became available later than that. Something like three weeks ago or so. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user ma

Re: Parsing lyrics in a music function

2011-09-15 Thread Michael Ellis
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 4:46 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > Michael Ellis writes: > > > Thanks, David. I figured it must be a parsing issue so it's nice to > > have it clarified by someone knowledgable. I like the > > ly:parser-parse-string idea. Does that function return a music object > > if t

Re: automatic indentation of long instrument names?

2011-09-15 Thread Hans Aberg
On 15 Sep 2011, at 22:08, Patrick Schmidt wrote: > in previews long instrument names seem to be indented automatically (see > preview.png) whereas on the first full page of the same score they get lost > in the left margin (see page1.png). Is there an option for the automatic > calculation of t

Re: Parsing lyrics in a music function

2011-09-15 Thread David Kastrup
Michael Ellis writes: > Thanks, David.  I figured it must be a parsing issue so it's nice to > have it clarified by someone knowledgable.   I like the > ly:parser-parse-string idea.  Does that function return a music object > if the parsing is successful? No. ly:parse-string-expression does, so

Re: automatic indentation of long instrument names?

2011-09-15 Thread Peekay Ex
Hello, On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Patrick Schmidt wrote: > > Am 15.09.2011 um 22:10 schrieb Reinhold Kainhofer: ...snip.. >>> whereas on the first full page of the same score they get >>> lost in the left margin (see page1.png). Is there an option for the >>> automatic calculation of the le

Re: automatic indentation of long instrument names?

2011-09-15 Thread Patrick Schmidt
Am 15.09.2011 um 22:10 schrieb Reinhold Kainhofer: > Am Thursday, 15. September 2011, 22:08:04 schrieb Patrick Schmidt: >> in previews long instrument names seem to be indented automatically (see >> preview.png) > > Actually, preview simply crops the image where the instrument name starts, > wh

Re: automatic indentation of long instrument names?

2011-09-15 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
Am Thursday, 15. September 2011, 22:08:04 schrieb Patrick Schmidt: > in previews long instrument names seem to be indented automatically (see > preview.png) Actually, preview simply crops the image where the instrument name starts, which in this case is more to the left than the page start. So yo

Re: Parsing lyrics in a music function

2011-09-15 Thread Michael Ellis
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 3:16 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > Michael Ellis writes: > > > I've written some music functions I use frequently to operate on > > lyrics. For example, there's one call "lacc" that allows me to > > intermix lyrics and notation by accumulating the lyrics into a list I > > c

Re: Parsing lyrics in a music function

2011-09-15 Thread David Kastrup
Michael Ellis writes: > I've written some music functions I use frequently to operate on > lyrics.  For example, there's one call "lacc" that allows me to > intermix lyrics and notation by accumulating the lyrics into a list I > can instantiate later in the \score block.   Very nice and convenien

Re: ubuntu lyx lilypond latex

2011-09-15 Thread Pablo Zumarán
I have some further feedback to give you. Indeed, there's no need to reconfigure, as you've said. However, I notice this: Each time I open a document with lilypond code in it which has previously previewed well, I get the code in document font. There's nothing wrong with the code, since it work

Parsing lyrics in a music function

2011-09-15 Thread Michael Ellis
I've written some music functions I use frequently to operate on lyrics. For example, there's one call "lacc" that allows me to intermix lyrics and notation by accumulating the lyrics into a list I can instantiate later in the \score block. Very nice and convenient, but the usage is a little mes

Re: Basic LilyPond Cheat Sheet

2011-09-15 Thread Ralph Palmer
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote: > > Attached you can find the PDF version of this cheat sheet: > > http://www.fam.tuwien.ac.at/~reinhold/temp/2011-08-24_LilyPond_CheatSheet_Basic.pdf > > Thanks, Reinhold! I, also, was unable to print the cheat sheet (Win XP) until I use

Re: Fwd: Change beam grouping

2011-09-15 Thread Xavier Scheuer
On 15 September 2011 13:37, -Eluze wrote: > > it's there - see subdividing beams > > \set subdivideBeams = ##t > \set baseMoment = #(ly:make-moment 1 8) > \set beatStructure = #'(2 2 2 2) > > should work for your example! The result is not exactly the same. With subdivideBeams you have only one b

Re: Fwd: Change beam grouping

2011-09-15 Thread -Eluze
Sven Axelsson-3 wrote: > > On 14 September 2011 23:49, Peekay Ex wrote: >> Hello, >> >> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Sven Axelsson >> wrote: >>> Hi list. >>> >>> This is probably in the manual, >> >> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/beams#setting-automatic-beam-behavior

Fwd: Change beam grouping

2011-09-15 Thread Sven Axelsson
On 14 September 2011 23:49, Peekay Ex wrote: > Hello, > > On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Sven Axelsson > wrote: >> Hi list. >> >> This is probably in the manual, > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/beams#setting-automatic-beam-behavior Yes, thanks, I have looked at that p