Text size vs global staff size

2025-08-01 Thread James Harkins
Hi, sorry, another one (simple, I hope...?). For this score, I'm setting `#(set-global-staff-size 16)`. I also want to have prefatory matter -- a title page, performance directions, and then the score proper starts. The score should start with page 1, so... \bookpart. OK. ``` #(set-global-staf

Re: Markup variables how-to

2025-07-31 Thread James Harkins
On Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:20:10 +0800 James Harkins wrote --- > I realize this is a stupid question, but I've searched the manual and I don't > see a quick example of how to use variables for markup. So I'm stabbing in > the dark and nothing is working. Sorry for

Markup variables how-to

2025-07-31 Thread James Harkins
I realize this is a stupid question, but I've searched the manual and I don't see a quick example of how to use variables for markup. So I'm stabbing in the dark and nothing is working. text-vars.ily: \version "2.24.4" \language "english" titlepage = { \markup \fill-line \center-column {

Re: Markups attached to elements other than notes?

2025-05-24 Thread James Harkins
On Fri, 23 May 2025 22:05:48 +0800 Mats Bengtsson wrote --- > I hope you have checked the full documentation of textMark and > textEndMark, > https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/notation/text-marks. The > example at the bottom of the page seems to address your fi

Re: Markups attached to elements other than notes?

2025-05-22 Thread James Harkins
On Thu, 22 May 2025 16:24:58 +0800 Robin Bannister wrote --- > James Harkins wrote: > > I'd like to attach a performance direction to the right edge of a > > particular bar. If I could \markup \right-align and attach to the barline, > > it would be so easy,

Markups attached to elements other than notes?

2025-05-22 Thread James Harkins
I'd like to attach a performance direction to the right edge of a particular bar. If I could \markup \right-align and attach to the barline, it would be so easy, but markups seem to apply only to notes or rests. Complicating matters is that there are multiple \score blocks, and the barline happ

Re: \tempo \markup \rhythm

2025-05-14 Thread James Harkins
On Wed, 14 May 2025 20:20:41 +0800 James Harkins wrote --- > I said (in a "globalxxx" variable): > > globalChorale = { > \numericTimeSignature > \key ef \major > \time 7/4 s4*14 > \time 5/4 s4*5 > \time 7/4 s4*21 > \time 5/4 s4*5

\tempo \markup \rhythm

2025-05-14 Thread James Harkins
Documentation says: \relative { \tempo \markup { Swing \hspace #0.4 \rhythm { 8[ 8] } = \rhythm { \tuplet 3/2 { 4 8 } } } b8 g' c, d ees d16 ees d c r8 } I said (in a "globalxxx" variable): globalChorale = { \numericTimeSignature \key ef \major \time 7/4 s4*14 \time 5/4

Re: Attaching "poco" to a hairpin?

2025-04-19 Thread James Harkins
On Sun, 20 Apr 2025 02:10:50 +0800 Knute Snortum wrote --- > Having the text float above the hairpin is acceptable according to Gould (I > believe) Good enough for me, then. > But the best way to get all your dynamic markings to line up is to have a > separate Dynamics context. I've d

Re: Aleatoric section: how to desync vertical alignment and barlines?

2025-04-16 Thread James Harkins
On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:35:48 +0800 Valentin Petzel wrote --- > not sure what you want to see exactly, but maybe using something like this > could do the trick: Tried -- I see. "\markup \score" is something I never really "got" but I see what's going on. Thanks. hjh

Re: Aleatoric section: how to desync vertical alignment and barlines?

2025-04-15 Thread James Harkins
On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:35:48 +0800 Valentin Petzel wrote --- > not sure what you want to see exactly, but maybe using something like this > could do the trick: Thank you -- I'm a bit slow to reply because my Monday and Tuesday are very busy. I'll try it out tomorrow. Y'all a bunch of w

Re: Aleatoric section: how to desync vertical alignment and barlines?

2025-04-13 Thread James Harkins
On Sun, 13 Apr 2025 14:45:12 +0800 Thomas Morley wrote --- > Some paper-variables are accepted in \layout. Among them is `indent`. > Iirc, this is documented already: > > \score { b1 \layout { indent = 0 } } Ah, I didn't see that, thanks. I think that would do it, then, if I go with the

Re: Aleatoric section: how to desync vertical alignment and barlines?

2025-04-12 Thread James Harkins
On Sun, 13 Apr 2025 11:27:19 +0800 James Harkins wrote --- > \score { ... flute part aleatoric bit, suppressing first-system indentation > ... } Here, I worry because "indent = 0" is a paper variable, but "A \paper block cannot be placed within a \score block&qu

Aleatoric section: how to desync vertical alignment and barlines?

2025-04-12 Thread James Harkins
Hi, I'm stuck again. I've got a passage that's meant to be aleatoric: each player has 4 phrases and 4 held notes to be played in any order. Barlines should not be synchronized. Vertical alignment is irrelevant. I've done some searching this morning but I can't find anything about how to convi

Re: \enablePolymeter & mid-bar time signature warnings

2025-04-12 Thread James Harkins
On Sun, 13 Apr 2025 08:50:09 +0800 Knute Snortum wrote --- > I don't think \enablePolymeter is supposed to allow measures that don't have > the correct number of beats in them. It's supposed to allow different time > signatures in different staves to line up in a score. You still ne

Re: \enablePolymeter & mid-bar time signature warnings

2025-04-12 Thread James Harkins
On Sun, 13 Apr 2025 03:13:41 +0800 Carl Sorensen wrote --- > I'd suggest that you make a minimal example that uses variables, and see if > the use of variables is the issue. I'd be surprised if that is the case. > But IMO you should test your hypotheses. OK. \version "2.24.3" \langua

\enablePolymeter & mid-bar time signature warnings

2025-04-12 Thread James Harkins
I have \enablePolymeter in my layout block. In a minimal example, this prevents warnings about time signatures in the middle of a bar. In my actual score, I get: warning: mid-measure time signature without \partial \time 2/4 The main difference is that the minimal example doesn't use variabl

Re: \textMark doesn't collapse identical contents

2025-04-09 Thread James Harkins
On Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:20:06 +0800 Timothy Lanfear wrote --- > \score { > << > \new Staff \with { \consists Text_mark_engraver } { \mark > \default c''1 \textMark "molto" c'' } > \new Staff { \mark \default c'1 \textMark "molto" c' }

\textMark doesn't collapse identical contents

2025-04-06 Thread James Harkins
OK, now a real question (after -- I think -- RTFMing this time). I was looking for a way to have a text mark, e.g. '15-20" electronics' -- appear only once at the top of a score system, while also appearing in each of the parts (in the way that a rehearsal marking may be specified in every staff

Re: Hiding time signatures

2025-04-06 Thread James Harkins
On Sun, 06 Apr 2025 22:04:12 +0800 James Harkins wrote --- > \override TimeSignature.stencil = ##f > > Does this not work anymore? Never mind, I found it. \override Staff.TimeSignature.stencil = ##f hjh

Hiding time signatures

2025-04-06 Thread James Harkins
\override TimeSignature.stencil = ##f Does this not work anymore? \score { << \new Staff \relative c' { \override TimeSignature.stencil = ##f \time 2/4 c4 c4 \time 3/4 c c c \time 2/4 c c \bar "|." } >> } ... still shows time signatures. TimeSignature.transpa

Re: Box notation, 13 years later

2025-02-27 Thread James Harkins
On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:29:54 +0800 David Nalesnik wrote --- > > What is the current recommendation for aleatoric notation? Specifically, a > > group of cells to be performed in any order the player wishes. > A few changes are needed. The attached should work for you: The demo looks grea

Box notation, 13 years later

2025-02-27 Thread James Harkins
Hi, Occasional LilyPond here, with a project coming up. What is the current recommendation for aleatoric notation? Specifically, a group of cells to be performed in any order the player wishes. By hand, I might write a box with vertical dividers between cells. I found an ancient e-mail thread

Re: Glissando minimum width?

2024-11-09 Thread James Harkins
On Sat, 09 Nov 2024 18:16:07 +0800 Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote --- > Hi James, > Yes it's a quick one: > "... For example, the minimum length of a glissando has no effect unless the > springs-and-rods property is set ..." > https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/

Glissando minimum width?

2024-11-09 Thread James Harkins
Hope this is a quick one -- I have a glissando from a 16th note to a dotted eighth (happens a few times in the piece). The horizontal spacing between these two notes is so tight that the glissando symbol becomes just a dot. I had already specified a minimum-length for hairpins, and hoped that

Re: Empty staff paper: How to remove the left-hand line?

2024-10-27 Thread James Harkins
On Sun, 27 Oct 2024 18:15:58 +0800 David Kastrup wrote --- > You could add > > \context { > \Score > \remove System_start_delimiter_engraver > } > > to your \layout block. Perfect, thanks -- I'd never have guessed that. hjh

Empty staff paper: How to remove the left-hand line?

2024-10-27 Thread James Harkins
I had done this once before, but lost the file :-\ I would like to generate empty staff paper, for pencil sketching. Removing time signature, clefs, barlines, handling spacing -- easy. But there is still the left-hand vertical line binding the system together. I cannot for the life of me find w

Re: macos 14.6.1

2024-10-12 Thread james
Thank you. I was trying to run musicxml on the wrong file and didn't even realize it. > On Oct 12, 2024, at 11:40 AM, Hans Aikema wrote: > > > >> On 12 Oct 2024, at 11:29, james wrote: >> >> Is it possible that updating to MacOS 14.6.1 has done somethi

macos 14.6.1

2024-10-12 Thread james
ile parser.Parse(buffer, False) xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 1, column 10 I don't really understand any of this, and I can type up the changes by hand, but I use this constellation of tools rather frequently. Is this a known issue that I should have read about before updating or is this a new thing? Thanks, James

Re: [basic question] how to disable text spanners for the lower staff of a PianoStaff

2024-05-10 Thread James Harkins
On Fri, 10 May 2024 15:07:33 +0800 Mark Knoop wrote --- > Haven't tested, but I think Text_spanner_engraver lives in Voice, rather than > Staff. Try removing from the \global Voice, otherwise send a WME. Ah... indeed. That does take care of it. \new PianoStaff \with { instrumentNam

[basic question] how to disable text spanners for the lower staff of a PianoStaff

2024-05-09 Thread James Harkins
I've got a piano staff (for guzheng, just notating on two staves), and an "accel." text spanner in a \global var. The accel is printed in both staves of the piano staff. I'd thought this would hide it from the lower staff: \new PianoStaff \with { instrumentName = "古筝" shortInstrumentN

Re: Question about condensed score

2023-08-14 Thread james
Perhaps I'm mistaken, and if so, I'm certain will correct me, but I believe lilypond isn't able to do this. You would need three staves, one each for the individual parts and on common one for both, manually assign music to the appropriate staves, and insert breaks where necessary. > On Aug 14,

Re: optical recognition for input

2022-01-17 Thread James B. Wilkinson
> On Jan 17, 2022, at 5:04 PM, Adam M. Griggs wrote: > > I haven't tried building from development branch, but from experience, the > stable branch only works with JRE 11, not "11 or greater." Yes, I did use the default stable branch. > I use MX Linux and JRE 11 is readily available. Not su

Re: optical recognition for input

2022-01-17 Thread James B. Wilkinson
> On Jan 15, 2022, at 4:56 AM, Adam M. Griggs wrote: > > Try Audiveris. I downloaded the stuff from git but had failure at the build step. I looked for a mail group like this one for Audiveris but didn't find anything. Can somebody point me to a source of help building Audiveris? thanks

optical recognition for input

2022-01-15 Thread James B. Wilkinson
I'm looking at getting an OCR program to recognize scans in pdf files and create MusicXML files representing the contents. I would then use the musicxml2ly or perhaps some other script to translate the MusicXML to Lilypond files, I imagine that some of you are already doing this, and I wonder wh

Re: Lilypond's English Horn MIDI instrument is non-transposing?

2022-01-14 Thread James B. Wilkinson
> On Jan 14, 2022, at 6:37 PM, Valentin Petzel wrote: > > ... > Lilypond uses these GM names, which makes Lilypond a somewhat GM compatible > source. This means that as long as we use a GM compatible synth everything > should have the right sound. I was using VLC to play it. Does this mean

Lilypond's English Horn MIDI instrument is non-transposing?

2022-01-13 Thread James B. Wilkinson
I'm working on an arrangement fordable-reed quartet. Here's the score block: \score { \new StaffGroup << \new Staff = "oboe1" \with { instrumentName = "oboe1" midiInstrument = "oboe" } { \clef "treble" \soprano } \new Staff = "oboe2" \with { instrumentName = "oboe2" midiInst

Scheme doesn't check for missspeeled variable names???

2021-07-20 Thread James B. Wilkinson
I fat-fingered the keyboard on my laptop and got this: flute-notes = { \override BreathingSigh.Y-offset = #2.6 %% also tried #5.0 and some really big numbers; no effect 7 bars of music in 4/4 } AND I never got an error message. This seems to mean that Scheme has no chec

Re: errors when updating syntax

2021-01-29 Thread James B . Wilkinson
lily > On Jan 29, 2021, at 12:37 PM, Jean Abou Samra wrote: > >> I got a .ly file claiming to be version 2.18.0 and opened it in LP version >> 2.22.0-1. When I did “Update syntax” I got these errors, and the version in >> the file did not change. >> >> >> [Image showing AttributeError: 'file

errors when updating syntax

2021-01-25 Thread James B. Wilkinson
I got a .ly file claiming to be version 2.18.0 and opened it in LP version 2.22.0-1. When I did “Update syntax” I got these errors, and the version in the file did not change. I can typeset the file with no problems. I thought you should know.

Re: Accidentals' font

2020-07-03 Thread James Lowe
On 03/07/2020 13:48, Paolo Prete wrote: Hello, 1) Is there a GPL or open-source alternative for FETA fonts for accidentals that can be used with Lilypond? (If so, is there an example of how to use them)? https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/gonville/ ? James

Re: Text spanner with middle text

2020-05-31 Thread James Worlton
Thanks Valentin! I think this will be able to do what I need. James > On May 30, 2020, at 23:23, Valentin Villenave wrote: > > On 5/31/20, James Worlton wrote: >> Is there a way to do this using a single text spanner? I could probably >> fake it with 2 spanners, but

Text spanner with middle text

2020-05-30 Thread James Worlton
the middle text would be trial and error. Thanks, James Worlton

alternate bar numbering

2019-10-20 Thread james via lilypond-user
't see anything that explained if it's possible or if so, what syntax I should use. Thanks for any help, James ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Chord accidental size in substituted fonts

2019-08-29 Thread James Worlton
last couple of hours. Is there a way to reduce and/or move the flat in the second example? Thanks, James Worlton ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: I don't understand this output

2019-07-20 Thread james via lilypond-user
ong, I'd forgotten it. Thanks for the reminder. James > On Jul 20, 2019, at 10:22 AM, Thomas Morley wrote: > > Am Sa., 20. Juli 2019 um 08:29 Uhr schrieb james via lilypond-user > : >> >> Hello, I don't understand why this results in the output it does. >> I

I don't understand this output

2019-07-19 Thread james via lilypond-user
Hello, I don't understand why this results in the output it does. I wanted to have the second voice instantiated in the beginning because it is used later and I would like to have the lyrics align vertically. Alternatively, I thought to use \addlyrics after each little section of lyrics, but the

Re: Can alternateTextSpannerEngraver now completely replace Text_spanner_engraver in a public release?

2019-02-13 Thread James Lowe
on current master I can at least test that for you.] James ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Suppressing TextSpanner right boundary text at a system break

2018-09-19 Thread James Harkins
On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 01:17:57 +0800 wrote > From: foxfanfare > > James Harkins-4 wrote > > I have many text spanners with text for both the left and right bounds. > > > > If a spanner crosses a system break, I would like the right-hand text to >

Suppressing TextSpanner right boundary text at a system break

2018-09-19 Thread James Harkins
Apologies if this is a basic question. I've searched but I didn't find the answer. I have many text spanners with text for both the left and right bounds. If a spanner crosses a system break, I would like the right-hand text to be hidden at the end of the first system. The spanner represents a

Re: Partcombine Documentation: Example Error

2018-07-19 Thread James Lowe
Hello, On Thu, 19 Jul 2018 08:44:56 +0200, Thomas Morley wrote: ... > > Hi James, > > I've no clue why it happens, so I'd go for the symptom. Something like > "partcombine warns erroneously for unterminated slur". > > Cheers, > H

Re: Partcombine Documentation: Example Error

2018-07-18 Thread James Lowe
d1ae252a890e92019e62aa8ccbfdafc > Author: Dan Eble > Date: Wed May 27 20:56:37 2015 -0400 > > Issue 4423: eliminate part combiner's array of context handles (3/4) > > Use NullVoice instead of Devnull for the "null" context. This makes > all outlets

Re: question about cross-staff stems

2018-07-04 Thread james
> On Jul 4, 2018, at 5:43 PM, foxfanfare wrote: > > James Bailey-5 wrote >> Is it possible to get cross-staff stems to ignore a voice? I'd like to >> have the lowest voice here completely ignored for the cross-staff stems, >> alternatively, have the cross st

question about cross-staff stems

2018-07-04 Thread james
r \repeat unfold 2 { \stemDown c,4~ c8 r } } >> \oneVoice } >> \layout { \context { \PianoStaff \consists #Span_stem_engraver } } } Thanks, James ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Download site is offline

2018-06-13 Thread James A.
http://download.linuxaudio.org/ appears to be down since yesterday. I am trying to download the latest dev binaries of LilyPond. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: TextSpanner: Change text at automatic line break?

2018-05-24 Thread James Harkins
On May 22, 2018 10:51:12 Kieren MacMillan wrote: You should look at David N's incredible spanner-with-inner-texts (or similarly named) — I'm pretty sure it’ll do all that (and more). Aha -- that just might be the droid I'm looking for. Will search. Thanks! James Sent wi

Re: TextSpanner: Change text at automatic line break?

2018-05-21 Thread James Harkins
tance (not without Scheme anyway, for which I don't have time, and it doesn't matter if I notate it this way or another way). OK, I'll consider another strategy. Thanks, James ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

TextSpanner: Change text at automatic line break?

2018-05-21 Thread James Harkins
like the text to change accordingly. If it isn't possible, I'll use the spanner only for the patch name, and put the variant underneath.) Thanks, James ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: SVG output - Group multiple grobs together

2018-01-11 Thread James Opstad
Thanks. I will work through the example. It seems it isn't possible to embed more than one item within a group and one group per grob is the only approach for the time being. If this is the case then why use groups rather than adding the attributes to the grob itself?

SVG output - Group multiple grobs together

2018-01-10 Thread James Opstad
utput-attributes = #'((id . noteC)) c4 d e f | } How would I include multiple grobs within the same group e.g. all the grobs associated with a single note (NoteHead, Stem, Accidental etc.)? Thanks, James ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user

Re:Vintage Jazz Chords post in 2011 - Howto get it to display on Fresco?

2017-12-27 Thread James Harkins
> I pasted this into Frescabaldi... you have to paste it to where lilypond can find it. That is not necessarily the font directory of lilypond, but I think that is not a wrong place. lilypond does not have frescobaldi in the search path. As I read the original post, it's quite plausible that

Re: Required font for simplified Chinese characters?

2017-12-20 Thread James Harkins
On Sat, 09 Dec 2017 14:23:46 +0800 Andrew Bernard wrote > With the release of stable version 2.20 coming out in the forseeable future, > and with 2.19.80 being really stable and excellent, could you considering > moving up? No crash occurs at 2.19.80, and there are dozens of really goo

Re: Required font for simplified Chinese characters?

2017-12-08 Thread James Harkins
Thanks to all for the advice. And, now with a little spare time, I checked the font list: $ lilypond -dshow-available-fonts 2>&1 | grep 'CJK SC' family Noto Sans CJK SC Noto Sans CJK SC,Noto Sans CJK SC Bold:style=Bold,Regular ... and many other style variants Unfortunately, the crash persists.

Re: Required font for simplified Chinese characters?

2017-12-08 Thread James Harkins
On December 8, 2017 12:33:21 Andrew Bernard wrote: Hi James, What platform are you on? Do you want simplified or traditional characters? Oh right, I forgot the OS. I'm on Ubuntu Studio 16.04. I'm based in mainland China, so, simplified characters. Btw my messages seem to

Required font for simplified Chinese characters?

2017-12-07 Thread James Harkins
I have: \header { dedication = "为星海音乐学院的电脑乐团,2017年秋天" . } (Roughly, "For the Xinghai Conservatory Fall 2017 Laptop Orchestra" with no assurance of absolute correctness in the Chinese.) I get: Converting to `./test.pdf'... warning: `(gs -q -dSAFER -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=595.28 -dDEVICEHEIG

Re:[OT] Linux Users

2017-11-18 Thread James Harkins
FWIW, Emacs org-mode is a really nice way to integrate LaTeX and LilyPond for articles. org-mode exports to LaTeX. org-babel can automatically run LilyPond source blocks embedded in the org document, generating EPS and dropping it seamlessly into the LaTeX document. If you wrap the source bloc

Re: Workaround for Issue 5001? (TupletNumber.avoid-slur)

2017-11-05 Thread James Lowe
that caused tihs tracker says that they used padding http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2016-11/msg00633.html Is that what you wanted? James ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Rhythmic clusters (i.e. *not* \makeClusters)

2017-10-28 Thread James Harkins
ythmic notation. Temporarily, I'll use \improvisationOn, but I think that's not right. The idea in my mind is to replace the note column with a filled rectangle. Thanks, James ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists

Re: "Text spanner"-ish thing with text in the middle

2017-10-28 Thread James Harkins
On Sat, 28 Oct 2017 13:55:49 +0800 Nathan Ho wrote > On 2017-10-27 21:37, James Harkins wrote: > > I couldn't find this quickly: for an unmetered section, I'd like to > > indicate duration by tuplet-style brackets, only not a tuplet (no > > cha

"Text spanner"-ish thing with text in the middle

2017-10-27 Thread James Harkins
10" ---: TextSpanner seems to assume text at the beginning or end, but not the middle. Thanks in advance, James ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Piano Left Hand Alone

2017-10-24 Thread James Harkins
It's perhaps one of the confusing things in LilyPond that it engraves only the staves that you create. By convention, a piano staff has two staves, *but those staves don't exist unless you make them*. A PianoStaff is a staff group (container for staves) with specific properties: left brace, ke

Markup + fermataMarkup over a note?

2017-10-23 Thread James Harkins
Hi all, In an unmetered section, the soloist has some longish rests that I would like to notate this way, e.g.: 9-10" fermata full-bar rest (within the staff) I know how to do the duration as a markup, and I know how to do \fermataMarkup, but I don't know how to combine them and center them.

Re: Markup + fermataMarkup over a note?

2017-10-22 Thread James Harkins
> I also looked for the \musicglyph identifier for a fermata, but this seems > not to be documented in the Notation Reference's page on the Feta font. > (Searching the page text for "fermata" failed.) To be more precise, I used Frescobaldi's doc browser search-in-page feature, and *this* faile

Re: Reducing staff numbers in LilyPond

2017-10-17 Thread James Harkins
> On 16 Oct 2017 20:38, "Ken Williams" wrote: > I honestly did not expect this kind of response, and I'm getting it from > multiple people. I asked a technical question and got a whole bunch of > "answers" saying I'm stupid to try to achieve that effect. Except for > Kieren hinting that it w

Re: "Creating MIDI Files" doc is wrong

2017-10-15 Thread James Harkins
On Sun, 15 Oct 2017 18:32:29 +0800 David Kastrup wrote > > Never mind, I see my mistake now. I had extrapolated from \new Staff > > and \new Voice to \new Score. LilyPond accepts \new Score > > (!). Possible improvement might be to reject that wrong syntax with an > > informative err

Re: "Creating MIDI Files" doc is wrong

2017-10-15 Thread James Harkins
On Sun, 15 Oct 2017 17:39:18 +0800 James Harkins wrote > However, the LP version installed from Ubuntu 16.04 packages requires this: > > \layout { } > \midi { } > \score { > …music… > } > > \layout{} or \midi{} inside the \

Re: "Creating MIDI Files" doc is wrong

2017-10-15 Thread James Harkins
> 1. If I write it as specified in the manual, I get a syntax error. > > 2. If I write it as above, I get no syntax error, and no MIDI file. Never mind, I see my mistake now. I had extrapolated from \new Staff and \new Voice to \new Score. LilyPond accepts \new Score (!). Possible improvement

"Creating MIDI Files" doc is wrong

2017-10-15 Thread James Harkins
I suppose this must have been reported at some point, but, LP 2.18.2 (stable): http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/creating-midi-files ``` To create a MIDI output file from a LilyPond file, insert a \midi block inside a \score block; \score { …music… \layout { }

Re: Ties between voices?

2017-10-07 Thread James Harkins
On Sat, 07 Oct 2017 23:15:17 +0800 Thomas Morley wrote > > You could do \override TieColumn.positioning-done = ##t, but be aware, > > using it means you are now responsible yourself for the Tie's > > directions. > > You tell LilyPond "Don't bother placing the Ties, I'll do" > > T

Re: Ties between voices?

2017-10-07 Thread James Harkins
On Sat, 07 Oct 2017 20:49:31 +0800 Simon Albrecht wrote > On 07.10.2017 13:55, James Harkins wrote: > > But, it's a chord where I want the lower tie to go down, and > > the upper one to go up... > > Put the ties inside the chord: > Oh... I&#

Re: Ties between voices?

2017-10-07 Thread James Harkins
On October 7, 2017 20:49:38 Simon Albrecht wrote: On 07.10.2017 13:55, James Harkins wrote: But, it's a chord where I want the lower tie to go down, and the upper one to go up... Put the ties inside the chord: I'm binge watching Rick & Morty season 3, but this blows my

Re: Ties between voices?

2017-10-07 Thread James Harkins
On October 7, 2017 14:52:06 Werner LEMBERG wrote: Without looking at your example: Use `_~' and `^~' instead of `~' to immediately specify a tie's direction. Crikey, I knew about that for slurs, didn't think of it for ties. But, it's a chord where I want the lower tie to go down, and the

Re: Ties between voices?

2017-10-06 Thread James Harkins
Continuing with this neat "\context Voice" trick -- quite powerful. I see how it works: you have two expressions stuffing events into the same Voice context, and LP merges them into one timed list and does the best it can to make sense out of the tie properties. I've got one I can't quite get r

Re: Ties between voices?

2017-10-06 Thread James Harkins
A-ha, got it, it was a combination of Harm's trick plus a hidden note: \new Score { \new Staff { \numericTimeSignature << \new Voice = "a" \relative c' { \voiceOne \set tieWaitForNote = ##t c16 g' ~ 8 ~ q2. ~ q2 ~ 2 } \context Voice = "a"

Re: Ties between voices?

2017-10-05 Thread James Harkins
> Probably: > > \new Score { > \new Staff { > \numericTimeSignature \time 2/4 % barline, so E must be tied > << > \new Voice = "xy" \relative c' { > \set tieWaitForNote = ##t > 2~ > } > \context Voice = "xy" \relative c' { > s4 \voiceTwo f4 ~ 2

Ties between voices?

2017-10-05 Thread James Harkins
Hi, been away for awhile. I'm now writing for khaen, a Thai mouth organ. Fascinating instrument. Notation is usually single-staff and heavily multi-voiced. One nut I never cracked in LilyPond: how to tie a note from one Voice to another, e.g. \new Score { \new Staff << \numericTimeSignat

Re: Documentation - issue #318 ; 1.4.2. Short repeats / Tremolos

2017-08-02 Thread James
es and Warnings > section be added to : > > 1.4.2. Short repeats > Tremolos > > addressing the issue. > > Ralph > Issue 318 is marked as a defect (i.e. bug) we don't normally document bugs as 'known issues' in the Notation Reference. James

Re: Font cache issues on Windows 10

2016-11-15 Thread James Lowe
you know it! > > Because it's a very annoying issue and it makes a very bad impression it > would be nice if it was mentioned somewhere where you donwload the > application. Just my two cents > g. Suggest some text and we can go from there. -- -- James _

Re: Ties between words in lyrics

2016-09-14 Thread James Evensen
f notation with lyrics isn't here yet. I'm inserting "n.b." as markup where the choir isn't supposed to breathe at the moment, but if this ever gets added, I'd be most interested. On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 10:37 AM, Kieren MacMillan < kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca&

Ties between words in lyrics

2016-09-13 Thread James Evensen
e between notes. -- James Evensen ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: partially frenched score

2016-06-05 Thread james
> On Jun 5, 2016, at 11:37 AM, james wrote: > > >> On Jun 5, 2016, at 11:35 AM, David Kastrup wrote: >> >> james writes: >> >>> Is there an easier way of creating a partially frenched score? >> >> Easier than what? >> >>&

Re: partially frenched score

2016-06-05 Thread james
> On Jun 5, 2016, at 11:35 AM, David Kastrup wrote: > > james writes: > >> Is there an easier way of creating a partially frenched score? > > Easier than what? > >> I'd like to hide all of the empty staves for a bit, but then show even >>

partially frenched score

2016-06-05 Thread james
Is there an easier way of creating a partially frenched score? I'd like to hide all of the empty staves for a bit, but then show even the 20 measures of rests later on. Thanks, james ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: Displaying Japanese & Chinese characters.

2016-05-03 Thread James Sa
Hi Ming, In fact I am using Frescobaldi as my editor. It can process UTF8 correctly. It's looks like a font issue on PostScript side. Thank you. james On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 3:33 AM ming wrote: > James, > > > > In your editor select UTF-8 and lily support UTF-cod

Re: Displaying Japanese & Chinese characters.

2016-05-03 Thread James Sa
scend %%Orientation: Portrait %%DocumentMedia: a4 595.28 841.89 80 () () %%DocumentSuppliedResources: font Sazanami-Mincho-Regular %%DocumentSuppliedResources: font TeXGyreSchola-Regular %%EndComments %%BeginProlog On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 12:52 AM Thomas Morley wrote: > 2016-05-01 15:51 GMT+02:00

Displaying Japanese & Chinese characters.

2016-05-01 Thread James Sa
lilypond 2.19.40 [FontIssue.ly]... Processing `/Users/james/Desktop/LilyPond/FontIssue.ly' Parsing... Interpreting music... warning: no music found in score Preprocessing graphical objects... Finding the ideal number of pages... Fitting music on 1 page... Drawing systems..

Re: unfoldRepeats and : shortcut

2016-01-21 Thread james
> On Jan 21, 2016, at 6:36 PM, lilyp...@maltemeyn.de wrote: > > Am 2016-01-21 15:57, schrieb james: >> Hello, I've discovered something that looks to be intentional >> behavior, just not expected. The : shortcut for tremolos doesn't >> expand in unfoldRepeat

unfoldRepeats and : shortcut

2016-01-21 Thread james
remolo 4 { 16 e } \repeat tremolo 4 { d } a'2:8 g: } \score { \new Staff \test } \score { \new Staff \unfoldRepeats { \test } } Thanks, James ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: [feature-request] optional duration for temporary

2015-11-14 Thread James Lowe
ser > ‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info > ‣ email: i...@kierenmacmillan.info > > > ___ > lilypond-devel mailing list > lilypond-de...@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel Hello Kieren, I have opened https://sourcefor

Re: PDF Links in Windows

2015-10-05 Thread James
ent operating systems. The information "Custom protocol handlers aren't supported by Adobe Reader X and later for security reasons." isn't very explanatory in the context of LilyPond. To help the bug squad could you articulate more clearly w

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