Re: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread Michael Gerdau
> > I respect your right to disagree. > > Yet,1, 2, 3 stem up, 2, 4, 6 stem down? Not, as they say, rocket > > science. > > Actually 1, 3, 5 stem up. > > So not rocket science, but tricky to remember :-) Which kind of prooves the point I was trying to make :-) Kind regards, Michael -- Michael

Re: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread Vaughan McAlley
On 28 October 2016 at 11:25, Mark Stephen Mrotek wrote: > > Michael, > > I respect your right to disagree. > Yet,1, 2, 3 stem up, 2, 4, 6 stem down? Not, as they say, rocket science. > > Mark > Actually 1, 3, 5 stem up. So not rocket science, but tricky to remember :-) Vaughan

Re: Augmentation dot positioning

2016-10-27 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> Fortunately, it was much easier than I feared it might be. > > Here's a revised version. Now all examples look fine. Halleluja :-) Werner ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-use

Re: Augmentation dot positioning

2016-10-27 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 10/27/16 1:49 PM, "Carl Sorensen" wrote: >> >>Mhmm, 22b, and 24b are not correct IMHO: The lowest dot should be >>above the ledger line, not below. Or am I missing something? > >Oh, yes. I missed those being low on my low-resolution monitor. > >Back to the drawing board on that part of the

RE: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
Michael, I respect your right to disagree. Yet,1, 2, 3 stem up, 2, 4, 6 stem down? Not, as they say, rocket science. Mark -Original Message- From: Michael Gerdau [mailto:m...@qata.de] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 4:59 PM To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Cc: Mark Stephen Mrotek ; 'David Kas

Re: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread Michael Gerdau
> If " Generally users don't know the proper order of voice arranging > commands" would that not be the fault of those who do not read the manual? I disagree. The problem is not so much in reading the manual and doing it right but in remembering things after not having used them for some time. L

Re: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread Thomas Morley
2016-10-27 13:40 GMT+02:00 David Kastrup : > > This concerns << ... \\ ... \\ ... ... >> > > If we have more than one voice, voices are assigned in order: > > 1/2, 1/2/3, 1/2/3/4, 1/2/3/4/5, 1/2/3/4/5/6 ... > > while the documentation is quite explicit that, ordered from top to > bottom, assignment

Re: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread Dan Eble
On Oct 27, 2016, at 09:54 , David Kastrup wrote: > > << \context Voice = "1" \with \voiceThree ... > \context Voice = "2" \with \voiceOne ... > \context Voice = "3" \with \voiceTwo ... > \context Voice = "4" \with \voiceFour ... I’m not sure whether this thread has progressed beyond the ne

Re: 2nd ending time signature strangeness when using Devnull

2016-10-27 Thread Thomas Morley
2016-10-27 19:06 GMT+02:00 holl...@hollandhopson.com : > I just ran into a problem that seems to be related to Devnull. The second > ending time signature reverts to 3/4 time. If I comment out the Devnull line > then the time signatures are as expected. Am I using Devnull in the wrong > way? Is

RE: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
David, If " Generally users don't know the proper order of voice arranging commands" would that not be the fault of those who do not read the manual? Those who have created Lilypond have my sincere respect. Lilypond is totally beyond my ken (FORTRAN was my Master's requirement for a foreign langua

Re: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread Urs Liska
Am 27. Oktober 2016 15:16:01 GMT-07:00, schrieb Noeck : > > >Am 27.10.2016 um 23:38 schrieb David Kastrup: >> I am a radical conservative: I want to keep everything the way it >should have been from the start. > >:) > > >One more voice from someone who was part of the silent majority: > >I do not

Re: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread Noeck
Am 27.10.2016 um 23:38 schrieb David Kastrup: > I am a radical conservative: I want to keep everything the way it should have > been from the start. :) One more voice from someone who was part of the silent majority: I do not use the << · \\ · >> construct, only explicit \voiceOne etc. so I

Re: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread David Kastrup
"Mark Stephen Mrotek" writes: > David, > > "If it ain't broke" Well, in this case, I consider it broken. Generally users don't know the proper order of voice arranging commands and of << ... \\ ... \\ . >>. While I probably don't count as a frequent enough user, even I got the order wr

RE: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
David, "If it ain't broke" Mark -Original Message- From: David Kastrup [mailto:d...@gnu.org] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 2:39 PM To: Mark Stephen Mrotek Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Changing voice order... "Mark Stephen Mrotek" writes: > David, > > Yes, in that or

Re: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread David Kastrup
"Mark Stephen Mrotek" writes: > David, > > Yes, in that order - usually only three voice. > This usually in "chord" that have a moving internal voice. > Lilypond, as you stated, adjust the note columns and stem suitably. > The only constant is change. The manual has been clearly written in the >

Re: Augmentation dot positioning

2016-10-27 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 10/27/16 1:21 PM, "werner.lemb...@gmx.de on behalf of Werner LEMBERG" wrote: > >> Anyway, I've run through all the tests, and I think that the default >> algorithm works exactly according to the Powell algorithm, as I >> understand it. > >Mhmm, 22b, and 24b are not correct IMHO: The lowest d

RE: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
David, Yes, in that order - usually only three voice. This usually in "chord" that have a moving internal voice. Lilypond, as you stated, adjust the note columns and stem suitably. The only constant is change. The manual has been clearly written in the past. I can follow directions. Let the majori

RE: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
David, Since starting Lilypond I have become accustomed to the order presented in the manual (2.18.2) that states: Voice 1: highest Voice 2: lowest Voice 3: second highest Voice 4: second lowest Voice 5: third highest Voice 6: third lowest. This arrangement is useful for my setting idiosyncratic

Re: Augmentation dot positioning

2016-10-27 Thread Werner LEMBERG
[Note that currently the descriptions are sometimes incorrect in the tests.] > Anyway, I've run through all the tests, and I think that the default > algorithm works exactly according to the Powell algorithm, as I > understand it. Mhmm, 22b, and 24b are not correct IMHO: The lowest dot should b

Re: Augmentation dot positioning

2016-10-27 Thread tisimst
On Thursday, October 27, 2016, Carl Sorensen-3 [via Lilypond] < ml-node+s1069038n195779...@n5.nabble.com> wrote: > OK, I got my preferred algorithm working right as the default positioning > algorithm now. > > The algorithm puts dots for notes in spaces in the same space, and then > tries to put d

Re: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread David Kastrup
"Mark Stephen Mrotek" writes: > David, > > Since starting Lilypond I have become accustomed to the order presented in > the manual (2.18.2) that states: > Voice 1: highest > Voice 2: lowest > Voice 3: second highest > Voice 4: second lowest > Voice 5: third highest > Voice 6: third lowest. > > Th

Re: Augmentation dot positioning

2016-10-27 Thread Carl Sorensen
OK, I got my preferred algorithm working right as the default positioning algorithm now. The algorithm puts dots for notes in spaces in the same space, and then tries to put dots for notes on lines in adjacent spaces, working its way out until it finds a space or exceeds chords-dot-limit staff pos

2nd ending time signature strangeness when using Devnull

2016-10-27 Thread holl...@hollandhopson.com
I just ran into a problem that seems to be related to Devnull. The second ending time signature reverts to 3/4 time. If I comment out the Devnull line then the time signatures are as expected. Am I using Devnull in the wrong way? Is this a bug? Thanks, Holland \version "2.19.30" global = {

Re: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread David Kastrup
Werner LEMBERG writes: >> Werner, that does not even make sense. [...] > > Ok, I completely misunderstood you, sorry. Well, I wasn't being verbose enough anyway. The main problem I was trying to address is \voiceTwo having really no inherent connection to second voice beyond two voices. Admit

Re: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> Werner, that does not even make sense. [...] Ok, I completely misunderstood you, sorry. Werner ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread David Kastrup
lilyp...@maltemeyn.de writes: > Am 2016-10-27 13:40, schrieb David Kastrup: >> while the documentation is quite explicit that, ordered from top to >> bottom, assignments should be more like >> >> 1/2, 3/1/2, 3/1/2/4, 5/3/1/2/4, 5/3/1/2/4/6 ... >> >> namely keeping the small voice numbers for the i

Re: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread David Kastrup
David Kastrup writes: > Werner LEMBERG writes: > This concerns << ... \\ ... \\ ... ... >> If we have more than one voice, voices are assigned in order: 1/2, 1/2/3, 1/2/3/4, 1/2/3/4/5, 1/2/3/4/5/6 ... while the documentation is quite explicit that, ordered from top

Re: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 10/27/16 6:18 AM, "lilypond-devel on behalf of Urs Liska" wrote: > > >Am 27. Oktober 2016 04:40:14 GMT-07:00, schrieb David Kastrup >: >> >>This concerns << ... \\ ... \\ ... ... >> >> >>If we have more than one voice, voices are assigned in order: >> >>1/2, 1/2/3, 1/2/3/4, 1/2/3/4/5, 1/2/3/4/

Re: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread David Kastrup
Werner LEMBERG writes: >>>This concerns << ... \\ ... \\ ... ... >> >>> >>>If we have more than one voice, voices are assigned in order: >>> >>>1/2, 1/2/3, 1/2/3/4, 1/2/3/4/5, 1/2/3/4/5/6 ... >>> >>>while the documentation is quite explicit that, ordered from top to >>>bottom, assignments should

Re: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread lilypond
Am 2016-10-27 13:40, schrieb David Kastrup: while the documentation is quite explicit that, ordered from top to bottom, assignments should be more like 1/2, 3/1/2, 3/1/2/4, 5/3/1/2/4, 5/3/1/2/4/6 ... namely keeping the small voice numbers for the inner voices. Are you sure? I always understoo

Re: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread Werner LEMBERG
>>This concerns << ... \\ ... \\ ... ... >> >> >>If we have more than one voice, voices are assigned in order: >> >>1/2, 1/2/3, 1/2/3/4, 1/2/3/4/5, 1/2/3/4/5/6 ... >> >>while the documentation is quite explicit that, ordered from top to >>bottom, assignments should be more like >> >>1/2, 3/1/2, 3/

Re: Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread Urs Liska
Am 27. Oktober 2016 04:40:14 GMT-07:00, schrieb David Kastrup : > >This concerns << ... \\ ... \\ ... ... >> > >If we have more than one voice, voices are assigned in order: > >1/2, 1/2/3, 1/2/3/4, 1/2/3/4/5, 1/2/3/4/5/6 ... > >while the documentation is quite explicit that, ordered from top to >

Changing voice order...

2016-10-27 Thread David Kastrup
This concerns << ... \\ ... \\ ... ... >> If we have more than one voice, voices are assigned in order: 1/2, 1/2/3, 1/2/3/4, 1/2/3/4/5, 1/2/3/4/5/6 ... while the documentation is quite explicit that, ordered from top to bottom, assignments should be more like 1/2, 3/1/2, 3/1/2/4, 5/3/1/2/4, 5/

Re: Problem controlling page numbers in bookparts

2016-10-27 Thread Michael Gerdau
> The possibility to set starting page-numbers for bookparts is > frequently requested, but not yet done. In that case it seems the documentation is a least misleading. Under http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/the-paper-block it states that a \paper block can appear inside a \boo