Re: problem with compilation of a large file

2010-12-11 Thread Richie Gress
Your problem is, there is a setting somewhere that is set to #f instead of ##f. So, check your file for #f. Change it to ##f. For example: Good - \once \override Score.timeSignature '#Stencil=##f Bad - \once \override Score.timeSignature '#Stencil=#f _

Re: Shrinking beams along with noteheads

2010-12-04 Thread Richie Gress
nachkan wrote: I am simply trying to explicitly write out a glissando in small notes (of a specified size), while keeping the rhythmic notation accurate. They happen to be 64th notes, so they have four beams connecting the stems. It is easy enough to make the noteheads the desired size with e.g.

Controlling between-system-padding for specific systems

2010-10-29 Thread Richie Gress
Hi! I know it is possible to control the between-system-padding of an entire score, but I want to know if it is possible to do that for specific systems instead? - Richie ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mail

Switching staves with \times looks odd

2010-10-27 Thread Richie Gress
Hi. I'm having a small issue here. I'm writing a score for Mutopia which involves some beamed notes, which are in a \times 4/6 { ... } block, switching staves like this: \times 4/6 { \stemUp [ ees aes c> 16.\f \change Staff="RH" \stemDown aes>32] } This works, except that the "6" is displayed

Customizing ottava brackets

2010-10-21 Thread Richie Gress
Hi. I am wondering if it is possible to customize ottava brackets at all. Specifically I am trying to * set how far away they are from systems/staffs, * set the height at which they begin and end/put them at a slant, * or draw them like a line, so they can be bent certain ways. If it

Making split systems

2010-10-08 Thread Richie Gress
Hi. I am wondering if it is possible to have measures that start in one system and continue on in another. Thank you in advance for any suggestions! ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-us

Meterless typesetting help

2010-09-06 Thread Richie Gress
I am trying to engrave music that has no meter; this is what I need help doing: * I need to engrave a score that has no time signature: I was thinking about entering the time signature in but having a universal command that will hide it whenever it changes. * I need to specify wh

RE: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 94, Issue 1

2010-09-01 Thread Richie Gress
I think \book is the bast way to do it, but I think that the files need to be arranged a certain way. Your hymn layout is like this: = %hymn1.ly \version %ver \header { } \footer { } \score { } = so your "tie-it-all-together" file would look something like this: == %tietogether.ly \ve

RE: invisible rest that takes no horizontal space

2010-06-15 Thread Richie Gress
> Hi all, > > \skip and s consume score time, but both print some horizontal space. > How can I insert an invisible rest that does not take horizontal space? > I searched the manuals and snippet repository, but no clue... > > Thanks! > > Peter van Kranenburg You can't, because I think Lily

Re: absolute x-positioning of objects?

2010-05-25 Thread Richie Gress
Wilbert Berendsen xs4all.nl> writes: > > Hi, > > is there a possibility to manually specify the X-position of objects like > rests or bar lines? > > For example I'm setting single-voice Genevan psalm tunes which have a half > rest at the end of each line. I want the rest close to the end of