Glissando function

2014-03-19 Thread Benjamin Fluehr
I'm afraid my relative ignorance of Scheme is hindering me here. The LilyPond documentationincludes the following example of a cross-staff glissando: e'''2\glissando \change Staff = "left" a,,4\glissando

Re: short Musikmesse minutes

2014-03-19 Thread Francois Planiol
Lily is free and that is a bg problem, for salesmen. Remember the incandescent lamp? It was not expensive enough and forcedly replaced by a dangerous CFL with a higher margin for everybody except the end-customer. So forget it, when it is free. Just even worse for commerce. (sure there is not

Re: short Musikmesse minutes

2014-03-19 Thread SoundsFromSound
Urs Liska wrote > Am 20.03.2014 00:18, schrieb Kieren MacMillan: >> Hi Urs, >> Time for a Lilypond Publishing House... >>> I'd say rather push LilyPond into the existing publishing houses. >> >> Why not both? > > Nothing against it. But actually there _are_ already a number of > "LilyPond Pu

Re: short Musikmesse minutes

2014-03-19 Thread Urs Liska
Am 20.03.2014 00:18, schrieb Kieren MacMillan: Hi Urs, Time for a Lilypond Publishing House... I'd say rather push LilyPond into the existing publishing houses. Why not both? Nothing against it. But actually there _are_ already a number of "LilyPond Publishing Houses" - all of them of neg

Re: lyrics hyphens question

2014-03-19 Thread Simon Albrecht
You might be interested in the following thread: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2013-12/msg00425.html This thread went private after a time, and I proposed the attached solution. Mike S. had suggested the use of a new grob to collect syllables, and this is what I did. The n

Re: short Musikmesse minutes

2014-03-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Urs, >> Time for a Lilypond Publishing House... > I'd say rather push LilyPond into the existing publishing houses. Why not both? > And I think changes have never been better for that than now. True. In my opinion, here — in order of importance — are the things we need to make established

Re: How did LilyPond get its name?

2014-03-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi, >> I've been reading a bit about LilyPond, but I can not find any reference >> about how LilyPond got its name. Does anyone know that story? > My guess would be that it was sort of a pun on Rosegarden (a Midi > sequencer). Or an allusion to "I never promised you a rose garden”. Why guess, w

Re: How did LilyPond get its name?

2014-03-19 Thread David Kastrup
Ernie Braganza writes: > I've been reading a bit about LilyPond, but I can not find any reference > about how LilyPond got its name. Does anyone know that story? Let me know > if there is a better forum for this question. My guess would be that it was sort of a pun on Rosegarden (a Midi sequence

Re: invalid argument

2014-03-19 Thread and...@andis59.se
On 2014-03-19 19:26, MING TSANG wrote: I compile the following and get code 1 - invalid argument. \version "2.19.3" \book { \markup {this generate error} \bookOutputSuffix "+男+女" { e' e' e' e' } } Works perfectly here! Starting lilypond-windows.exe 2.19.3 [Untitled]... Processing `c:/users/am

How did LilyPond get its name?

2014-03-19 Thread Ernie Braganza
I've been reading a bit about LilyPond, but I can not find any reference about how LilyPond got its name. Does anyone know that story? Let me know if there is a better forum for this question. Ernie ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org ht

Re: barline

2014-03-19 Thread Gilberto Agostinho
Thank you all so much, best regards! Gilberto -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/barline-tp160598p160618.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.

invalid argument

2014-03-19 Thread MING TSANG
I compile the following and get code 1 - invalid argument. \version "2.19.3" \book { \markup {this generate error} \bookOutputSuffix "+男+女" { e' e' e' e' } } Error Log: Starting lilypond-windows.exe 2.19.3 [test_utf-8_filename(2).ly]... Processing `C:/Users/Tsang/Dropbox/sample_lily-code/test_utf

Re: short Musikmesse minutes

2014-03-19 Thread David Kastrup
Francisco Vila writes: > 2014-03-19 13:27 GMT+01:00 Klaus Föhl : > >> Did not spot a stand for Sibelius. I looked but did not hunt for it. > > Last time I had news of, it was defunct. Sure, they still could be > trying to sell it, but IMHO only a fool would buy a copy. I thought Avid was putting

Re: "+" & utf-8 characters on file name

2014-03-19 Thread MING TSANG
On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 3:36:42 AM, Wilbert Berendsen wrote: Excuse me for top-quoing, my phone forces me.  LilyPond intentionally changes non-alphanumeric characters to the underscore for the output-suffix. It doesn't do that for \bookOutputName, however.  I recently got bitten by

RE: minor chords (and a possible transition to a new topic)

2014-03-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
> there is no setting that says "force everything onto one page, beauty be > damned" Does \override Score.NonMusicalPaperColumn.line-break-permission = ##f not work for you? Cheers, Kieren. ___ lilypond-user mai

Re: minor chords (and a possible transition to a new topic)

2014-03-19 Thread Phil Burfitt
- Original Message - From: "Anthony" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 5:34 PM Subject: Re: minor chords (and a possible transition to a new topic) On 17/03/2014 10:40, Robert Schmaus wrote: But there's another thing that surprises me in this discussion: I always thought that Lilypo

Re: short Musikmesse minutes

2014-03-19 Thread Francisco Vila
2014-03-19 13:27 GMT+01:00 Klaus Föhl : > Did not spot a stand for Sibelius. I looked but did not hunt for it. Last time I had news of, it was defunct. Sure, they still could be trying to sell it, but IMHO only a fool would buy a copy. -- Francisco Vila. Badajoz (Spain) www.paconet.org , www.cs

Re: minor chords (and a possible transition to a new topic)

2014-03-19 Thread Anthony
On 17/03/2014 10:40, Robert Schmaus wrote: But there's another thing that surprises me in this discussion: I always thought that Lilypond is mainly being used and intended for "classical" (exact) music. I think it's always been intended to produce "beautiful music for any usage requirement". Th

Re: barline

2014-03-19 Thread David Kastrup
Gilberto Agostinho writes: > Hello LilyPonders, > > Could someone please give me an advice? What is the best way to avoid that > LilyPond breaks a line in the middle of a bar when using middle bar dashed > barlines? In the following case, I have a tempo change in the middle of a > bar, and I real

Re: lyrics hyphens question

2014-03-19 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "Phil Holmes" To: ; "Klaus Föhl" Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 4:25 PM Subject: Re: lyrics hyphens question - Original Message - From: "Klaus Föhl" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 2:40 PM Subject: lyrics hyphens question Reading the 2.18.

Re: lyrics hyphens question

2014-03-19 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "Klaus Föhl" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 2:40 PM Subject: lyrics hyphens question Reading the 2.18.2 documentation, no word there neither of magnetic snapping nor of forced hyphenisation. http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=680 -- Phil Holmes _

Re: lyrics hyphens question

2014-03-19 Thread David Kastrup
Klaus Föhl writes: > Note to self/question: typesetting in size smaller 20 gave/gives artifacts > on my debian lenny/squeeze; and bar lines render too thick in some viewers. Tried with -dstrokeadjust yet? -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing l

Re: lyrics hyphens question

2014-03-19 Thread Klaus Föhl
Hello and thanks for the files so far regarding magnetic snap. I remember that for forcing a hyphen there was " == " suggested. Anything having happened since? Somehow my table neighbour presumed that unhyphened multi-syllable words would be more difficult to decipher. Regards Klaus __

Re: barline

2014-03-19 Thread Brian Barker
At 07:53 19/03/2014 -0700, Gilberto Agostinho wrote: Could someone please give me an advice? What is the best way to avoid that LilyPond breaks a line in the middle of a bar when using middle bar dashed barlines? In the following case, I have a tempo change in the middle of a bar, and I really

Re: barline

2014-03-19 Thread Flaming Hakama by Elaine
> > Could someone please give me an advice? What is the best way to avoid that > LilyPond breaks a line in the middle of a bar when using middle bar dashed > barlines? > I have found \noBreak to work in this situation. > In the following case, I have a tempo change in the middle of a > bar, an

Re: lyrics hyphens question

2014-03-19 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Klaus, On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 9:40 AM, Klaus Föhl wrote: > Hello, > > Recently I was talking with a person who also prepares music editions. > We were sitting there later in the night over a beer or two, and then > to illustrate a point I first had to fetch a choral piece on paper > set in l

Re: short Musikmesse minutes

2014-03-19 Thread Urs Liska
Am 19.03.2014 13:27, schrieb Klaus Föhl: Hello, This year a short visit to the Musikmesse only. Learning about the "BEST EDITION 2014" award only after the event (and would have had to miss that one anyway). Congratulations nevertheless to Urs and Janek and all else involved. Thanks. Missin

barline

2014-03-19 Thread Gilberto Agostinho
Hello LilyPonders, Could someone please give me an advice? What is the best way to avoid that LilyPond breaks a line in the middle of a bar when using middle bar dashed barlines? In the following case, I have a tempo change in the middle of a bar, and I really would like to avoid this break. \ve

Re: short Musikmesse minutes

2014-03-19 Thread Urs Liska
Am 19.03.2014 14:15, schrieb Francois Planiol: Time for a Lilypond Publishing House... Francois I'd say rather push LilyPond into the existing publishing houses. And I think changes have never been better for that than now. Although this probably wouldn't be cherished by everyone here ... -

lyrics hyphens question

2014-03-19 Thread Klaus Föhl
Hello, Recently I was talking with a person who also prepares music editions. We were sitting there later in the night over a beer or two, and then to illustrate a point I first had to fetch a choral piece on paper set in lilypond and then also to resort to the laptop. On paper: lyrics syllables

Re: short Musikmesse minutes

2014-03-19 Thread Francois Planiol
Time for a Lilypond Publishing House... Francois 2014-03-19 7:27 GMT-05:00, Klaus Föhl : > Hello, > > This year a short visit to the Musikmesse only. > Learning about the "BEST EDITION 2014" award only after the event > (and would have had to miss that one anyway). > Congratulations nevertheless t

short Musikmesse minutes

2014-03-19 Thread Klaus Föhl
Hello, This year a short visit to the Musikmesse only. Learning about the "BEST EDITION 2014" award only after the event (and would have had to miss that one anyway). Congratulations nevertheless to Urs and Janek and all else involved. Missing out on the MusicXML meeting as well, but I noted it w

Re: Time?

2014-03-19 Thread Peter Gentry
A very good introduction to Lilypond which complements the manuals can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tclwyZr08bE&list=PLHi8BvxILUV7hsUjn_Az5filU1TsNzq2R&index=1 And is thouroughly recommended ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-u

Re: Typo in snippet LSR 131 since v2.18

2014-03-19 Thread Pierre Perol-Schneider
Thanks Rutger. Correction done. Cheers, ~Pierre. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Time?

2014-03-19 Thread David Kastrup
N. Foulon writes: > Hi. > My input region looks like this: > > \version "2.18.2" > \time 3/4 > \relative c''' > {c d e f g a} > > and the Frescobaldi log looks like this: > > Starting lilypond-windows.exe 2.18.2 [Untitled]... > Processing `c:/users/north/appdata/local/temp/frescobaldi- > iypxpr/

Typo in snippet LSR 131 since v2.18

2014-03-19 Thread Rutger Hofman
Hello list, In LSR-131, the shorthand notation for staccatissimo is correct in the lilypond code (c4-!) but not in the markup that accompanies it: that still has c4-|, the syntax of v2.16 and earlier. Rutger ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-

Re: Time?

2014-03-19 Thread SoundsFromSound
Also, you should check out the fantastic documentation on LilyPond as well - it's a great starting point. :) Welcome to LilyPond! http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/learning/index - composer | sound designer LilyPond Tutorials (for beginners) --> http://bit.ly/bcl-lilypond -- V

Re: Time?

2014-03-19 Thread Thomas Scharkowski
The \time command should be inside the brackets. See learning manual page 15. Thomas Original-Nachricht Hi. My input region looks like this: \version "2.18.2" \time 3/4 \relative c''' {c d e f g a} and the Frescobaldi log looks like this: Starting lilypond-windows.exe 2.18

Re: Time?

2014-03-19 Thread SoundsFromSound
N. Foulon wrote > Hi. > My input region looks like this: > > \version "2.18.2" > \time 3/4 > \relative c''' > {c d e f g a} > > and the Frescobaldi log looks like this: > > Starting lilypond-windows.exe 2.18.2 [Untitled]... > Processing `c:/users/north/appdata/local/temp/frescobaldi- > iypxpr/t

Re: Time?

2014-03-19 Thread Urs Liska
You have to put the time command _inside_ the music expression. "N. Foulon" schrieb am 19.03.2014: >Hi. >My input region looks like this: > >\version "2.18.2" >\time 3/4 >\relative c''' >{c d e f g a} > >and the Frescobaldi log looks like this: > >Starting lilypond-windows.exe 2.18.2 [Untitled].

Time?

2014-03-19 Thread N . Foulon
Hi. My input region looks like this: \version "2.18.2" \time 3/4 \relative c''' {c d e f g a} and the Frescobaldi log looks like this: Starting lilypond-windows.exe 2.18.2 [Untitled]... Processing `c:/users/north/appdata/local/temp/frescobaldi- iypxpr/tmpjb72su/document.ly' Parsing... Interpret

Re: "+" & utf-8 characters on file name

2014-03-19 Thread Wilbert Berendsen
Excuse me for top-quoing, my phone forces me.  LilyPond intentionally changes non-alphanumeric characters to the underscore for the output-suffix. It doesn't do that for \bookOutputName, however.  I recently got bitten by this too and changed Frescobaldi so that it recognizes the changed charac