Re: Instructions to install lilypond onto Raspberry Pi

2018-09-25 Thread Peter Engelbert
> > <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2018-04/msg00044.html> > > There, Peter Engelbert was trying to compile LilyPond from source. (Adding > him to CC on this post.) He did report that adding the Debian 8 Jessie > repository to his APT sources.list allowed

Re: Will my scheme function work have unintended consequences? Adding staccatos to notes.

2018-09-14 Thread Peter Engelbert
complete understanding of how things work, so I hope you will humor me. On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 11:18:11PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote: > Peter Engelbert writes: > > > Here is the MWE I've used to test it: > > > > =test.ly=== > > \version "2.19.82"

Will my scheme function work have unintended consequences? Adding staccatos to notes.

2018-09-14 Thread Peter Engelbert
Hello all, I've written the following functions to add staccatos to an arbitrary number of notes: ===addStaccatos.ly= \version "2.19.82" #(define (add-staccato note-event) (set! (ly:music-property note-event 'articulations) (cons (make-music 'ArticulationEvent 'articulation-type "staccato"

Re: Several questions concerning scheme-music-function

2018-07-30 Thread Peter Engelbert
I know this is late, but I just wanted to chime in -- thank you Urs for your book. I have spent many hours staring at it and enjoying it. Your book, in combination with The Little Schemer and the lilypond extension reference, have helped me start to understand the power of extending Lilypond. Yo

Syntax Completion in Vim

2018-07-29 Thread Peter Engelbert
Hi everyone, I am wondering if anyone knows how to set up vim to be able to do tab completion (or Ctrl-N completion) for Lilypond syntax. As is, Vim can do tab completion for variables, contexts and grobs that are defined within the current file or included files. For example, once i \override N

Re: Interactive PDF Link to Notes in Preview

2018-07-07 Thread Peter Engelbert
If you're looking to have this feature work, and are running linux, I was only able to do it by building an older version of xpdf (for the pdf viewer) and using GVim (not regular Vim) for the point and click feature. It still works but it seems the feature hasn't been updated since most people

Re: Is lilypond really suitable for composing?

2018-03-23 Thread Peter Engelbert
I developed my inner ear almost entirely as an adult, so I learned it consciously. It came first from solfeging everything I came into contact with. That helped me understand the diatonic tendencies of notes. Then I studied counterpoint. In doing my exercises, i would do it on paper first. When