Re: Fonts and Tempo

My apologies for double-posting...after writing I looked some more and found that you can use *\char ##x* to enter unicode characters in a markup block as in here https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/notation/unicode On 5/20/23 23:24, William Rehwinkel via LilyPond user discussion

Re: Fonts and Tempo

Dear Greg, For the umlaut, as long as you enter the character with umlaut into the file, it should work. for Example, on vim I type -K, then colon (:), then "o", and it enters ö. For the second question, I found https://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Snippet?id=1008 (also attached to this email) but i

Re: Fonts and Tempo

Just enter the character. Lilypond supports Unicode. Use whatever character map tool you like. What platform are you on? PopChar is good on Windows. Andrew On 21/05/2023 12:42 pm, Greg Lindstrom wrote: Questions. How can I do this (an umlaut over the o??)

Re: Fonts and Tempo

For a start you would be well advised to upgrade to the latest stable version 2.24.1. 2.12 is positively ancient. It will make it easier for people to help you for a start. There is a script called convert-ly that can help with syntax changes if need be. Andrew On 21/05/2023 12:42 pm, Greg

Fonts and Tempo

Good evening - Let me start off by saying I'm loving working with lilypond to engrave music. Well Done!! Questions. How can I do this (an umlaut over the o??) [image: image.png] And on tempo markings (the "ca." after the equal sign. I could do it as all text but wanted to know if there's a more

Re: Defining variables mid-stream in a music expression using tags.

Valentin, Thank you, for the detailed explanation and the links.  Jean's website-book is a wonderful resource. Peace, David

Alternative Key on satb template

Dear list, I’m trying to add the functionality of this snippet https://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=1075 to the satb.ly template bundled in lilypond, but I am having trouble in finding the way to do so. I tried adding the code snippet to the template, also directly into my file, first attempt was

clef and volta issues

Consider this example. ``` { c'1 | \repeat volta 2 { c'1 \clef bass | \alternative { \volta 1 { c1 \clef treble | } \volta 2 { \clef bass c | } } } } ``` There should be a change treble clef right before the repeat barline, and there shou

Re: Defining variables mid-stream in a music expression using tags.

Hello David, > I do have a difference in the the output of the code below, which does > not use \new Staff. > > Without \textLengthOn, it makes two staves. With \textLenthOn, it > combines the two music expressions into one stave. Why is that happening? That is one of the many pitfalls with auto

Re: reducing gap between vertical volta lines

>> As the attached image shows (Henle, Beethoven's violin sonatas >> vol. 1), the vertical lines of the volta repeat are very near, much >> nearer than what LilyPond produces by default. What is the best >> way to achieve this layout? > > Is `shorten-pair` enough for you? > > ``` > \version "2.

Re: reducing gap between vertical volta lines

Le samedi 20 mai 2023 à 05:43 +, Werner LEMBERG a écrit : As the attached image shows (Henle, Beethoven's violin sonatas > vol. 1), the vertical lines of the volta repeat are very near, much > nearer than what LilyPond produces by default.  What is the best way > to achieve this layout? Is `s

Re: N.C. No Chord poll

Le vendredi 19 mai 2023 à 22:35 -0400, David Olson a écrit : > > > > the default setting for LilyPond chord engraving is: whenever there is a > rest, to display "N.C." > Iteration after iteration, this default setting has