Re: Header title problem or convert-ly problem

2009-06-25 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
how to change the header so it works the way it did in 2.10 > or > 2] how to get convert-ly to work on my machine. > Thanks > Jay > > Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:18:55 +0300 > From: Simon Dahlbacka > Subject: Re: Problem with header/copyright

Re: Problem with header/copyright in new 2.12 version

2009-06-25 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 1:52 AM, Jay Hamilton wrote: > Unfortunately, I have never been able to get convert-ly to work. It's > mostly my computer ignorance. My files don't seem to be in simple places > and I never get the parameters correct. > so I have the file in C:\Documents and Settings\Fryb

Re: significance of whitespace [WAS: LilyPond, Finale and Sibelius]

2009-04-06 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
> Can be typed pretty rapidly too: hold down right shift with your little > finger and <> fall under the index and middle fingers. ..not everyone uses us keyboard ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: download versie 2.12

2009-03-31 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
The unknown publisher warning sounds like OP is running Vista. The warning is due to the fact that the installer isn't authenticode signed. Getting a suitable certificate for this is several hundred €/$ per year, and thus is not likely to happen. ___ li

Re: LilyPond is excessively slow on Windows Vista

2008-11-13 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
> > > The problem is that the problem is often hard to diagnose and > reproduce without having the afflicted machine at hand. In general, > my takeaway from it is that shipping software on top of Windows is a > religious experience. You can never be sure that it works, so you have > to pray a lot.

Re: GDP: What term do you use? (redux)

2008-02-17 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
2008/2/18, Reinhold Kainhofer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Am Sonntag, 17. Februar 2008 schrieb Simon Dahlbacka: > > FWIW, it seems that Finnish is the only? language that includes the > > "note/rest" part. >Ahm, no, in German we also say ... actually, what I

Re: GDP: What term do you use? (redux)

2008-02-17 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
FWIW, it seems that Finnish is the only? language that includes the "note/rest" part. ( http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/Documentation/user/music-glossary/Duration-names-notes-and-rests.html#Duration-names-notes-and-rests ) And the swedish name for 128th would be hundratjugoåttondel and 256th tvåhun

Re: Program crashes whenever I start it (not solved yet)

2008-01-30 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
Just a random thought, do you have another python version installed? /Simon 2008/1/30, Bryan Previte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Frank Dieckmann gmx.org> writes: > > > > > Which operating system do you use? > > Frank > > > > I use Windows XP with service pack 2; automatic updates were on at the > t

Re: EasyLilyPond: A Tribute To LilyPond And LilyPondTool

2007-12-27 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
Nice work! I have a few "bug reports" though - recommanded should be spelled "recommended" - the "progress text area/scroll bar" ( in the installer flickers (probably due to scrolling?) - EasyLauncher seem to be in french!?! (I do speak a little bit of french so I can just about use it, but I wou

Re: lilypond slowness?

2007-11-30 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
13 AM, Han-Wen Nienhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2007/11/29, Simon Dahlbacka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I have had a break working with lilypond, but I just downloaded 2.11.35 > > (running on Vista x86), and find it *very* slow compared to my > recollection. > &

lilypond slowness?

2007-11-29 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
I have had a break working with lilypond, but I just downloaded 2.11.35(running on Vista x86), and find it *very* slow compared to my recollection. We're talking close to thee digit numbers for a simple monophonic score with less than 20 bars.. This cannot be right? What am I missing here? runnin

Re: Help with repeats for midi

2007-10-01 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
Actually *following* Grahams advise about reading "Repeats and Midi" in the documentation *will* give the answer... /Simon ps. sorry to sound arrogant, but this is clearly a case of RTFM On 10/1/07, John Pezouvanis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > \set Staff.midiInstrument = "bright acoustic" >

Re: Windows install/run error

2007-09-27 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
On 9/27/07, Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quoting Gilles THIBAULT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > >> If you haven't had LilyPond installed on this machine earlier, I hope > that > >> you have tried to log out and log in again after the installation, > >> otherwise there are som

Re: Removing text from a typeset PDF

2007-09-18 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
See section 10.2.1 Creating titles in the manual (numbering for 2.10) On 9/18/07, tyr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I hope this question isn't too ridiculous. > > I would like to typeset some of my pieces for my portfolio using Lilypond > but I > can't seem to remove the "Music engraving by Lilyp

Re: problem with Lilypond

2007-05-18 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
you might want to RTFM, Lilypond isn't a point and click application. And if this isn't your problem, then do elaborate a bit on exactly what doesn't work... On 5/18/07, sid glickman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I get only a Black page when I open Lilypond, [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

Re: producing "archival" scores

2007-04-10 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
On 4/10/07, Anthony W. Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kieren MacMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >> musicXML -> lilypond is currently done as a python script; python >>is a very nice language and is quite easy to learn. > >Why is it not in XSLT? >Even if t

Re: markup in header

2007-03-15 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
According to this http://forum.context.cx/index.php?topic=15.0 it doesn't On 3/15/07, Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: According to http://www.context.cx/content/view/18/41/ your editor does support UTF-8, which provides a much better solution to your problem. /Mats Palmer, Ralph

Re: Problems with german umlauts

2007-01-24 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
then you should go "shopping" for a better editor IMO /S On 1/24/07, David Gippner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When using any convert option of WinEdt with UTF-8, the File cannot be compiled and is corrupted. Yours, David ___ lilypond-user mailing l

Re: transpose just the midi

2006-12-31 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
you'll want to use the \transposition command On 12/30/06, Neuro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Excuse me, one small questions. How can I transpose just the midi output? for example, French horn is in F; we want it sounds fifth lower than written. Here are the examples, 0 %% file horn.ly 1 hor

Re: lilypond and editors

2006-12-03 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
If you are on Windows, I created this syntax highlighter for the Context editor: www.context.cx Here is the highlighter plug in I created: http://forum.context.cx/index.php?topic=1396.0 First download/install Context editor, then download/copy the highlighter file to the appropriate directory

Re: bash: lilypond: command not found

2006-11-17 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
either type /home/silvio/bin/lilypond test.ly OR add /home/silvio/bin to $PATH On 11/17/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: sorry for such a trivial question: if i tape /home/silvio/bin/lilypond the shell answers: GNU LilyPond 2.10.0 Usage: lilypond [OPTION]... FILE... Typeset

Re: percussion & midi ?

2006-11-13 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
On 11/13/06, Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As long as you use a DrumVoice context to typeset the percussion, theMIDI output should automatically contain the corresponding drum soundsin channel 10.   /MatsIn that case, something else is broken. I ncluded is a snippet from 7.4.3 Percussio

percussion & midi ?

2006-11-11 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
Hi all,I'm trying to add some percussion to my music and cannot seem to get midi working sensibly for the percussion, my assumption is that I cannot get lily to use midi channel 10. I tried to RTFM, but did not find anything related to this.. Have I missed something (simple) or is this a known limi

Re: PDF file

2006-11-11 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.htmlOn 11/11/06, Richik < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I've got the PDF file with the scale.I need to know how to get the program. How do I get it on?Regards,Richik___lilypond-user mailing listlilypond-user@gnu.org htt

Re: Is Lilypond right for this need?

2006-10-31 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
In step 1 I need to just provide lyrics for my vocalists, and lyricswith chord names for the musicians.  So for example I would need the Lilypond equivalent of:G  D   C D   Over all the earth You reign onGhighthe problem with this, is that you somehow will need to tell Lilypond how

Re: New User (Problems getting started)

2006-10-31 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/Documentation/user/lilypond/Notes-for-the-MacOS-X-app.html#Notes-for-the-MacOS-X-app On 10/31/06, Cliff Pruitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey everyone,  I'm just trying Lilypond for the first time today andI'm hoping this list is a resource that can help me out a bit.I

Re: question about midi2ly (mac osx)

2006-10-29 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/Documentation/user/lilypond/Notes-for-the-MacOS-X-app.html#Notes-for-the-MacOS-X-app On 10/29/06, Peter O'Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello,I would be very grateful if some one could give me some pointers onusing midi2ly; I keep getting an error message in termin

Re: Bravo and extra stanzas question

2006-10-19 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
1) 2.4 is *old*http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.8/Documentation/user/lilypond.html#More-about-stanzas On 10/19/06, Mike Blackstock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi there and bravo on developing Lilypond! It's awesome.I'm typesetting some songs for voice and guitar (classical) and Ineed to know how to includ

Re: Regarding "unhelpful error messages.." (reproduction)

2006-09-29 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
will work in 2.9.19.Cheers,- GrahamMats Bengtsson wrote:> Simon Dahlbacka wrote:>>> I sent a mail to bug-lilypond regarding unhelpful error messages in>> \version 2.9.16 (winxp/mingw) >>>> The included snippet produces these kinds of errors, but still>> produces more or l

Re: advanced \tag -ing

2006-09-18 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
it seems you would need the \chordcombine that I've been requesting/thinking about trying to implement, but never gotten to..On 9/18/06, Jan Janovcik < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi,thank for the suggestion with \partcombine, it does indeed part of the job, it merges the noteheads, but it also change

Fwd: Lilypond + LaTex (on Mac)

2006-09-17 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
[Resending my mail to maillist, since Reply does not do "the right thing"]-- Forwarded message --From: Simon Dahlbacka < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Sep 17, 2006 12:51 PMSubject: Re: Lilypond + LaTex (on Mac)To: Peter O'Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>you hav

Regarding "unhelpful error messages.." (reproduction)

2006-08-28 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
I sent a mail to bug-lilypond regarding unhelpful error messages in \version 2.9.16 (winxp/mingw) The included snippet produces these kinds of errors, but still produces more or less the intended output.Is this a bug or have I screwed up somehow? /SimonPS. (the \sourcefilename is just for debugging

\breathe in lily 2.9.14

2006-08-18 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
Running the following file through lily 2.9.14  on winxp % breathe.ly\version "2.9.14"\relative c' { c c \breathe c c }% end breathe.ly Produces the following output:D:\Scores\>lilypond --png breathe.lyGNU LilyPond 2.9.14Processing `breathe.ly'Parsing...Interpreting music...warning: Unknown event c

Re: Sized Contents

2006-07-18 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
>lilypond --helpGNU LilyPond 2.9.10Usage: lilypond [OPTION]... FILE...Typeset music and/or produce MIDI from FILE.LilyPond produces beautiful music notation.For more information, see http://lilypond.orgOptions:  -b, --backend=BACK use backend BACK (gnome, ps,eps,   

Re: Newbie LilyPondTool installation help?

2006-07-13 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
Try first reverting the console plugin to an older version, that did the trick for me (I think I have something like 4.1.3..)On 7/14/06, Stephen Corey < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:43:09 +0100, Joseph Anderson wrote: > Hello All,>> I'm looking for a bit of help getting LilyPondT

Re: Evolutionary User Strategy - A Compromise

2006-07-12 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
On 7/12/06, Erik Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 12 July 2006 12:59, Anthony Youngman wrote:> Something I thought of (having seen the comment about convert-ly using> grep ...)It's not using grep, but it relies heavily on regexps (so it can somewhat fairly be compared to sed).> I've

Re: Evolutionary User Strategery

2006-07-10 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
Bruce, sorry to be rude but: Being forced to absolute backward compatibility sucks, and having to keep compatibility with e.g. 2.4 2.6 and 2.8 sucks even more, and makes the code base bloated, less maintainable and probably a lot of #ifdefs of what not that leads to more bugs.. Put it another wa

Re: Reading the fine manual.. hint [was Re: MultiMeasureRest - trying to be clever ...]

2006-07-05 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
On 7/5/06, Kieren MacMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Simon (et al.):> Personally, I find it easier to work with the one page html version> and just let the browser search for hopefully good keywords.> (The pdf version does not work as well due to the search being > slower and I cannot seem to

Reading the fine manual.. hint [was Re: MultiMeasureRest - trying to be clever ...]

2006-07-05 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
And no disrespect, but I think Thibault is spot on with his firstsentence. The lilypond documentation is the size of a small novel! Finding what you're looking for isn't easy.Personally, I find it easier to work with the one page html version and just let the browser search for hopefully good keywo

Re: DYI \chordcombine

2006-06-21 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
On 6/21/06, Eduardo Vieira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi! Isn't \partcombine what you need?well... No, as can be seen from the example. (depending on if the \oneVoice:s are commented or not, I get different, but equally bad results.) Basically, I want to input the music as non-chords, but want lily

DYI \chordcombine

2006-06-20 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
I've been wanting something like \chordcombine, i.e. combine multiple voices into chords if they occur at the same time and same duration (possible edge cases not taken into account right now)How hard would it be to put together something like that myself, (a person knowing close to nothing about s

Re: chordnames vs lyrics problem

2006-06-13 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
the chord with\once \override ChordName #'extra-offset = #'(0 . 10)and tweaking each of the lyric verses with  \override LyricText #'extra-offset = #'(0 . -4)and after that I get the output I want (see attachment)  I mention this in the event it benefits another user..regards,Simon

chordnames vs lyrics problem

2006-06-13 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
I'm trying to typeset a SATB piece, with chords for pianoThe problem: the sopranos partially have their own lyrics (three verses, so it takes a lot of room) If I put the ChordNames above the lyrics, the placement of the chords looks rather stupid where the sopranos sing the same as the rest, I trie

Re: How to work with makefile?

2006-06-01 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
On 6/1/06, Anthony W. Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Eduardo Vieira<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes>Hello list! Once in a while I see .ly examples posted in this list in a zip file >containing several pieces and a file called "makefile". I suppose it is to put>all the

Re: Generating SVG in Windows

2006-05-03 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
hat produces  the same effect in a safer way, sorry I "forgot to remove my tech hat" before answering, (actually, did not think of that at that moment)/Simon Quoting Simon Dahlbacka <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >:> On 5/3/06, Tomas Valusek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>>>> Hell

Re: Generating SVG in Windows

2006-05-03 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
On 5/3/06, Tomas Valusek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello,.ly files have context menu entry Create PDF. How to add an entry CreateSVG? Basically you fire up regedit, navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Lilypond\shelland create another key, e.g. generatePDF (the name does not matter)as it's default value

Re: kill off acrobat reader before generating .pdf?

2006-04-18 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
No, it is not hard in any way, it's just annoying, especially when you forget to do it..On 4/18/06, Ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:Closing the document inside acrobat, and leaving Acrobat running? It's not that hard, on a windows box. Just click the small close icon. Nothing to it.  ~Ben On 4/17/06

Re: kill off acrobat reader before generating .pdf?

2006-04-17 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
FWIW, I experimented a bit with the wrapper theory myself, attached is a python script that closes a specified file using DDE (requires pywin32 extensions)regards,Simon On 4/17/06, Rick Hansen (aka RickH) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Outright killing the EXE would be problematic for those of us who k

kill off acrobat reader before generating .pdf?

2006-04-17 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
Hi,After getting annoyed with the fact that lilypond fails if I happen to keep Acrobat Reader open (since it for some curious reason holds an exclusive lock on the file) when running it I wondered if lilypond could kill acrobat reader, before trying to generate the pdf? It seems that it is possibl

Re: Starting up

2006-04-04 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
In the Format menu in Notepad++ you can choose the option "Encode in UTF-8" that should be all that is required, hope this helps..regards,SimonOn 4/4/06, Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Quoting Tomas Valusek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:> Hello,>> I'm a Czech music teacher. I'm visually impaired,

combining stems

2006-03-28 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
I'm (a relative newbie) trying to typeset a choir-type piece, where I'd have SAT on one staff, *with* combined stems,Now, I realize that I can do it by adding everything as chords, but this does not feel natural to me, and I'd like to keep the different voices separate in the input file if at all p

Re: Regression Tests?

2006-03-27 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.8/input/regression/collated-files.html..seems to be a good guess :)/Simon On 3/22/06, Edward Ardzinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm confused, trying to read old posts...What is the "Regression Tests" documents?  Where do I locate them?I'm using 2.6.5 on a Win XP/Home ma

Re: SciTE and Lilypond

2006-03-27 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
On 3/24/06, Erik Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thursday 23 March 2006 04.56, RDNewman wrote:> At the  SciTE web site , there seems to be a pretty cool source code editor> that can be set up to auto compile if the right commands are given.  It> needs a lexer to support Lilypond though. >> I

indicate where melody continues

2006-03-20 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
Hi,I'm trying to create a sheet where there are at times two voices (but mostly one) on one staff and occasionally it is not obvious which one is the melody and which is the second voice, so I'd like to have some kind of indication where the melody continues, (like an arrow or "glissando"-ish line