Re: Question about color key signature

2025-07-01 Thread Tom Brennan
t I may be misremembering. Hopefully, someone will guide you how to make this happen in lilypond directly, though. Best wishes Tom On Tue, Jul 1, 2025, 5:45 PM Carren Carlsen wrote: > Good Afternoon, > > I have an unusual question. I am working on a special project and I need > to color co

lilypond-invoke-editor generalization

2025-02-11 Thread Tom Brennan
ally want those to have a dependency on something unrelated. Does that make sense? Tom

Re: Linux OS

2025-02-07 Thread Tom Brennan
Hi Knute You mentioned there's a flatpak for the Frescobaldi v4.0.0 beta. I'm curious how to find and install this. Thanks! Tom On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM Knute Snortum wrote: > On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM Valentin Petzel wrote: > >> >> The not so nice thin

Re: Tempo changes and spanners

2024-07-24 Thread Tom Brennan
in all of the parts? Thanks again! Tom On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 6:32 PM Thomas Morley wrote: > Am Di., 23. Juli 2024 um 23:52 Uhr schrieb Tom Brennan >: > > > > Hi all > > > > I'm notating a sonata for a cello and piano, and I would like to produce > three

Tempo changes and spanners

2024-07-23 Thread Tom Brennan
Perhaps my approach is completely wrong, and I would love to know the best approach. I imagine this has to be a common (and hence solved) problem. Thanks Tom

Barline scaling issues

2024-07-11 Thread Tom Brennan
arlines. The only issue is that I think this last one needs to be positioned at the end of the staff, small or not, like it is in the Ravel example above. The question is, is this a bug or expected behavior? Is there a workaround to get that barline to snap to the end? Thanks Tom

Re: Workaround for \grace + \tuplet bug

2024-07-08 Thread Tom Brennan
I just realized that guile 3 is available for 2.24.x, so that's the workaround. I'll still file the bug, though, for v2.25 in the proper channel. Thanks Tom On Mon, Jul 8, 2024 at 11:40 AM Tom Brennan wrote: > Hi all > > I came across a bug with grace music containing tu

Workaround for \grace + \tuplet bug

2024-07-08 Thread Tom Brennan
_works } } ``` This is only a problem in version 2.25.x, but I'm specifically using that version to gain access to guile 3, so downgrading to 2.24.x doesn't work for my situation. Does this sound like low hanging fruit? Is there a workaround maybe? Thanks! Tom

Re: Re[4]: Frescobaldi?

2024-05-06 Thread Tom Brennan
I think that all sounds good, but that kind of rework is probably going to involve a lot of regression risk (what are the tests like right now?), but also a ton of opportunities for improvements to the extent that it might be a good time to make a break from backward functional compatibility, maybe

Re: organizing shared libraries

2024-04-04 Thread Tom Brennan
24 at 2:21 PM Tom Brennan wrote: > > Hello > > I'm going through documentation, refamiliarizing myself with Lilypond, > and trying to define a process for daily work that I like. One thing > I'm pretty sure I'll want is to create a shared library that will live >

organizing shared libraries

2024-04-03 Thread Tom Brennan
y to do this and I'm just overthinking it. What do other people like doing for shared ly libraries? Thanks Tom

Re: Point and click - permission denied

2024-03-22 Thread Tom Brennan
Ok, I just noticed that the binary location is wrong -- and I have more than one install on this computer, so I'm going to remove both and start with the latest version and see what happens. On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 10:20 AM Tom Brennan wrote: > > BTW, for what it's worth it does

Re: Point and click - permission denied

2024-03-22 Thread Tom Brennan
ke-editor" pid=65082 comm="sh" requested_mask="x" denied_mask="x" fsuid=1000 ouid=0 [ 8087.871698] audit: type=1400 audit(177091.247:145): apparmor="DENIED" operation="exec" profile="/usr/bin/evince" name="/usr/bin/lilypond-i

Point and click - permission denied

2024-03-22 Thread Tom Brennan
. I also tried to stop the apparmor service and then reboot ``` ~$ sudo systemctl stop apparmor ~$ sudo systemctl disable apparmor ``` This didn't have any effect. What should I try next? Thanks, Tom

Re: squeezing a page

2023-07-09 Thread Tom Sgouros
ct it worked. I always like it best when I can tell the computer, "you're a computer, figure it out". (And thank you to David K for that same answer, too.) -Tom On Sun, Jul 9, 2023 at 6:54 PM Jakob Pedersen wrote: > Hi Tom > > The documentation provides different meth

squeezing a page

2023-07-09 Thread Tom Sgouros
acing controls, and so far my attempts to use them seem to make things look worse. Can anyone share some general tips for the order of things to try to do some gentle squeezing? Thank you, -Tom

Re: How to unsubscribe?

2023-05-05 Thread Tom Brennan
TIL On Fri, May 5, 2023 at 12:47 PM Mark Stephen Mrotek wrote: > David, > > Your response assumes that all readers of mailing lists know what full > headers are, where the full headers are, and where in the full headers to > find the "unsubscribe". > > Mark > > -Original Message- > From:

Manually override code names?

2022-11-06 Thread Tom Campbell
Using a rootless version of C13 in the piano left hand makes Lilypond call it an E variant. I can't figure out how to override chord names so I'm using markup, like this. What am I doing wrong? leftHand = \relative c, { \clef bass \key c \major \time 4/4 4^\markup { C13 } 4 ^\markup {

Please tear apart this example lead sheet template for traditional Western folk tunes

2022-02-21 Thread Tom Campbell
I am about to transcribe a bunch of older Western folk music in lead sheet form for an open source tunebook. Am trying to create a robust template so I don't have to think too much about anything other than getting the notes, chords, and lyrics right. You can see it below, or rendered by the invalu

Re: Teaser: Animated Lilypond Scores

2022-02-18 Thread Tom Sgouros
It sounds like you're asking for feedback, so I'll say that it looks great and I would be very interested to hear more. Thank you, -Tom On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 8:08 AM Valentin Petzel wrote: > Hello Pondmates! > > I have created an experimental script to turn a Lil

Re: point-and-click default

2021-12-30 Thread Tom Sgouros
For those of us just catching up, can someone explain how to see the metadata? I guess this is more of a PDF question, but while I have some experts' attention... Thank you, -Tom On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 10:25 AM Knute Snortum wrote: > On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 7:13 PM David Zelinsky

Re: glossary suggestions from novice

2021-12-29 Thread Tom Sgouros
Will do. Thanks, -Tom On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 9:42 AM Knute Snortum wrote: > This sounds like something that should be treated as a possible bug. > Manual changes go in the bug tracker too. Here's what to do: > > https://lilypond.org/bug-reports.html > > -- > Kn

glossary suggestions from novice

2021-12-29 Thread Tom Sgouros
's not in the technical glossary, either. Also, there is no entry for "spanner" (also no simple index entry, and not in the technical glossary, either). It does have a section to itself, for those bright enough to use the table of contents, but the index entries only point to it in a fairly indirect way. Thank you, -Tom

Re: minimum measure size?

2021-12-29 Thread Tom Sgouros
Thank you all (and Brian, who replied directly) for your suggestions. Proportional notation seems to do what I need, simply, but the other seems worth investigating. -Tom On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 4:02 AM Valentin Petzel wrote: > Hello Tom, > > Consider using proportional notation

minimum measure size?

2021-12-28 Thread Tom Sgouros
ng up here? Thank you, -Tom

Re: tie from multiple voice?

2021-12-03 Thread Tom Sgouros
Great, I think I understand. Thank you very much. -Tom On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 12:48 PM Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote: > Hi Tom, > > Am 03.12.21 um 16:02 schrieb Tom Sgouros: > > Thanks, but I'm not sure I completely understand. What you're saying > > is that if you d

Re: tie from multiple voice?

2021-12-03 Thread Tom Sgouros
e \voices construct? That makes sense, if that's correct. Thank you, -Tom On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 2:17 AM Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote: > Hi Tom, > > > This does not work: << { d1~ } \\ {g1} >> | d1 | No tie appears > > and I don't see anything like an e

tie from multiple voice?

2021-12-02 Thread Tom Sgouros
e an empty second voice in that second measure, but maybe it's feasible to do it some other way? Thank you, -Tom

Re: how to not specify midi instrument?

2021-08-28 Thread Tom Sgouros
Ah, you mean the ruby slippers have been on my feet the whole time? And they confirm Martin's good advice. Thank you! -Tom On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 6:32 PM David Kastrup wrote: > Tom Sgouros writes: > > > Hello all: > > > > The Frescobaldi people pointed their

Re: how to not specify midi instrument?

2021-08-28 Thread Tom Sgouros
-friendly for that kind of detail. Thank you, -Tom On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 7:29 AM Tom Sgouros wrote: > Thank you, I understand. This is a Frescobaldi question not a Lilypond > question. I’ll go ask there. > > -Tom > > > On Aug 28, 2021, at 3:32 AM, Marti

Re: how to not specify midi instrument?

2021-08-28 Thread Tom Sgouros
Thank you, I understand. This is a Frescobaldi question not a Lilypond question. I’ll go ask there. -Tom > On Aug 28, 2021, at 3:32 AM, Martin Tarenskeen > wrote: > >  > >> On Fri, 27 Aug 2021, Tom Sgouros wrote: >> >> Hello all: >> Is there a w

how to not specify midi instrument?

2021-08-27 Thread Tom Sgouros
es me question who's in control here. Thank you, -Tom

large-scale example projects repositories

2021-07-02 Thread Tom Brennan
ch through with keywords or tags, like the snippet repository. Is there something like this already and I just haven't found it yet? Would anyone else be interested in something like that if it doesn't already exist? Thanks Tom

Stem objects with symbols stamped on top

2021-04-15 Thread Tom Brennan
los are achieved; is there something like that for Stem objects, perhaps using a list of predefined (or maybe even arbitrary, postscript, etc.) symbols? Thank you! Tom

Re: Time bracket notation for very large scale compositions

2021-04-09 Thread Tom Brennan
t, it might require more effort to learn how the Lilypond architecture, lifecycles, interfaces, etc., work, which is not trivial. But the community is great and your questions will be answered promptly and thoughtfully. It does take time to learn, though; there's no getting around that. Tom On

Re: misbehaving voice entry in 4 part piano score

2021-04-04 Thread Tom Cloyd MS MA
Mark, Davie, Lukas-Fabian - This has to be the single best user discussion list of all time. Within 20 minutes I have THREE excellent responses. I have long appreciated this community, but, really, this blows me away. My thanks to you all! Tom On 4/4/21 2:38 PM, Tom Cloyd MS MA wrote

misbehaving voice entry in 4 part piano score

2021-04-04 Thread Tom Cloyd MS MA
"Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you." ~ Ruth Bader Ginsberg ~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA | t...@tomcloyd.com ~

Re: Workaround for (not-allowed) numbers in variable names?

2021-03-05 Thread Tom Brennan
That's neat. I checked to see that unicode as well as whitespace seems to work via quoting, too. \version "2.22" "rødgrød med fløde 123 和毛泽东 <<重上井冈山>>. 严永欣, 一九八八年. 久有归天愿 终过鬼门关 千里来寻归宿 春华变苍颜 到处群魔乱舞 更有妖雾盘绕 暗道入阴间 过了阎王殿 险处不须看 风雷动 旌旗奋 忆人寰 八十三年过去 弹指一挥间 中原千军逐蒋 城楼万众检阅 褒贬满载还 世上无难事 只怕我癫痫 " = { a b c } cla

Re: functions with multiple arguments

2021-01-03 Thread Tom Sgouros
Aha! Thank you, I could have looked at that for a week without realizing it's supposed to be a list of functions not a list of function calls. -Tom On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 7:46 PM Knute Snortum wrote: > I think this is the correct syntax: > > rpt = > #(define-music-functi

functions with multiple arguments

2021-01-03 Thread Tom Sgouros
(ly:pitch?) (ly:pitch?) #{ $note1 1 note2 1 #}) \rpt a bes I was imagining I could use a function like this to generate groups of sextets efficiently, with four notes input to make the groups of six and making the arpeggio automatically. Perhaps barking up the wrong tree? Thank you, -Tom

Re: new compositions - typesetting - guitar

2020-12-08 Thread Tom Cloyd MS MA
, and I've been the fortunate recipient of some good advice by others who knew I could use it. I could pass on to you what I've learned, if it seems appropriate after seeing your code. Tom On 12/8/20 12:38 PM, bart deruyter wrote: Hello everyone, I have a question which is not strictly

Re: Questions about using Scheme with Lilypond

2020-11-16 Thread Tom Brennan
al sense they make it possible to do (in Clojure, anyway) "unquote-splicing", obviating using something like `apply`, etc. But since you're in a lilypond block, it's just not clear to me what is allowed there in terms of interpolating scheme values. Thanks again Tom On Sun,

Questions about using Scheme with Lilypond

2020-11-15 Thread Tom Brennan
xpanded, in the `apply` sense. I assume Guile has macros, like Clojure, but I don't know how to use them yet. Would that path lead me to success here, though? Thanks Tom

architecture document?

2020-10-14 Thread Tom Sgouros
might talk about the design choices made in putting Lilypond together that might compare and contrast it with TeX? Lessons learned? Thank you, -Tom

Re: left-hand marking

2020-09-16 Thread Tom Sgouros
Thank you. Had to hunt for "thumbBracket.ily", but this has the output I want, even if I was hoping for simpler. And thank you also for the arpeggiobracket suggestion. That might also work. -Tom On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 11:05 AM Mark Stephen Mrotek wrote: > Tom, > > >

left-hand marking

2020-09-16 Thread Tom Sgouros
n brackets extending from the other clef, for the chord, as well as little "L.H" marks. (Or "M.S." or "M.D." depending.) Is there a Lilypond-canonical way to indicate this? Thank you, -Tom

Re: unable to install version 2.0

2020-09-05 Thread Tom Swan
David: That's great info! Thanks. --Tom > On September 4, 2020 9:08 PM David Wright wrote: > > > On Fri 04 Sep 2020 at 17:11:27 (-0400), Tom Swan wrote: > > […] Yes, I do set the PATH (in my case in .bashrc) > > Not the best place, though many people will not

Re: unable to install version 2.0

2020-09-04 Thread Tom Swan
en I tried again, v2.0 hang until I removed the older version. After that, v2.0 now runs correctly. (PS: I installed to a private ~/bin folder that I use for various things.) Thank you for your help getting me going. -- Tom

Re: unable to install version 2.0

2020-09-04 Thread Tom Swan
PS: Output of /usr/local/bin/lilypond is "No such file or directory" On September 4, 2020 2:18 PM Kevin Barry wrote: Hi Tom, It looks like you might have two versions installed: 2.18 from apt and

unable to install version 2.0

2020-09-04 Thread Tom Swan
I copied and executed script "lilypond-2.20.0-1.linux-64.sh" from the Downloads page. It seems to run but afterwards, "lilypond --version" still reports GNU LilyPond 2.18.2. What am I doing wrong? Also tried apt-get upgrade lilypond, which reports  "lilypond is already the newest versio

Long text passages: Proper use of \markup, \column, \line?

2018-10-05 Thread Tom Campbell
I'm writing multiple pages of text and noticed that the bottom margin wasn't being observed. I think it's because I'm placing the whole chapter inside a \markup. I can't seem to find a cohesive explanation of \markup all in one place. Likewise with \column, \line, \wordwrap, and \markuplist. Explan

Re: #vspace not working after text?

2018-10-02 Thread Tom Campbell
Thanks, all. The solution I arrived at thanks to your input looked like the following: #(define-markup-command (headerThree layout props text) (markup?) "Create a level 3 header" (interpret-markup layout props #{ \markup { \column { \vspace #.5 \bold \sans { #text } \vspace #2 } }

#vspace not working after text?

2018-10-01 Thread Tom Campbell
I want vertical space to occur after a heading. But it seems that the following still puts the space before it, or am I going insane? #(define-markup-command (headerThree layout props text) (markup?) "Create a level 3 header" (interpret-markup layout props #{ \markup { \fontsize #1 \line \bold

Re: Intervalic Chord Names

2018-08-29 Thread Tom Swan
continued reply... Re: accidentals, yes that will be necessary. Do you have an idea about how to go about that? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Intervalic Chord Names

2018-08-29 Thread Tom Swan
That worked perfectly! Thank you. I am not very familiar with lilypond internals, but now I am also intrigued by your solution. I am determined now to learn scheme. :-) > > Do you need lowercase numbers (i to vii) too? And how about accidentals? > I am comfortable with IVm7 or IV-7 but I am c

Intervalic Chord Names

2018-08-28 Thread Tom Swan
Hello. (Trying this again in plain text. Sorry for duplication but my previous try didn't seem to go through.) I need some help figuring out how to change chord names (C, F, G) into intervals such as (I, IV, V). The short example below displays a timing diagram for a melodic line, but I would

Intervalic Chord Names

2018-08-24 Thread Tom Swan
Hello. I need some help figuring out how to change chord names (C, F, G) into intervals such as (I, IV, V). The short example below displays a timing diagram for a melodic line, but I would also like to display the chords C7, F7 as generic intervals I7 IV7. Manually setting the text would okay --

Re: Is lilypond really suitable for composing?

2018-03-23 Thread Tom Cloyd
than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ~ Neil Gaiman ~~~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA LMHC (WA) | t...@tomcloyd.com Psychotherapist (psychological trauma, dissociative disorders) Sp

Re: Is lilypond really suitable for composing?

2018-03-23 Thread Tom Cloyd
g Lilypond program places real demands on our attentional workspace. Thus, I argue, NOT using Lilypond during the most creative part of composition give us much more cognitive reserve, of both sorts, for composing, including the part involving working without an instrument to "hear'

Re: Is lilypond really suitable for composing?

2018-03-23 Thread Tom Cloyd
?) t. ~ “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ~ Neil Gaiman ~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA LMHC (WA) | t...@tomcloyd.com Psychother

Re: Is lilypond really suitable for composing?

2018-03-22 Thread Tom Cloyd
ertainly do continue after that. Tom ~ “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ~ Neil Gaiman ~~~~~~~

Re: Transposition

2018-01-10 Thread Tom van der Hoeven
x27;t overlooked anything. I am not looking for a new scheme function. In the example of Kieren it is not clear to me what the added value is of \transition in trapII and trapIII Tom --- Hi Tom, I have a piece of music written in different transpositions. I want to tran

Transposition

2018-01-09 Thread Tom van der Hoeven
I have a piece of music written in different transpositions. I want to transform it to a piece in one transposition. I have found \transposition to indicate the transposition of the subsequent notes. trap = \relative c'{ a \transposition f'  c e g f bes \transposition bes' c e} It is used

Transposition

2018-01-06 Thread Tom van der Hoeven
I have a piece of music written in different transpositions. I want to transform it to a piece in one transposition. I have found \transposition to indicate the transposition of the subsequent notes. trap = \relative c'{ a \transposition f'  c e g f bes \transposition bes' c e} It is used

Re: Cannot include # in URL?

2017-10-29 Thread Tom Campbell
Worked like a charm, Abraham. Thank you so much. That made my night! ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Cannot include # in URL?

2017-10-28 Thread Tom Campbell
Can't figure out how to include # in a URL. When I do something like this: \markup { For more, see http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/ writing-rhythms#durations } I get the following message: error: GUILE signaled an error for the expression beginning here For more, see http:/

Re: Help changing chord names

2017-07-18 Thread Tom Swan
Thank you Matthew. This issue is way more complex than I anticipated. I will dig into the resources you referenced. So far, at least, d1:11.13 does what I need in the interim.On July 18, 2017 at 10:04 AM msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote:On Mon, 17 Jul 2017, Tom Swan wrote:Hi. How do I change the

Re: Help changing chord names

2017-07-18 Thread Tom Swan
Kieren -- Thank you! That's exactly what I was looking for and couldn't find in the library. I will certainly welcome the new chord name enhancements when available. -- TomOn July 18, 2017 at 8:06 AM Kieren MacMillan wrote:Hi Tom,Please don't quote an entire digest in your answe

Re: Help changing chord names

2017-07-18 Thread Tom Swan
ntents of lilypond-user digest..."Today's Topics:Re:MsLily - LilyPond Add-In for Word (Michael Rivers)Help changing chord names (Tom Swan)Re:Help changing chord names (Thomas Morley)Re:MsLily - LilyPond Add-In for Word (Helge Kruse)Re:MsLily - LilyPond Add-In for Word (Denton Thomas)Re:MsLily - Lil

Help changing chord names

2017-07-17 Thread Tom Swan
Hi. How do I change the chord name to just D13, not D9 13, as in the following snippet? This is probably rudimentary, but I'm a bit rusty and just getting back into lp. Thanks. -- Tom \version "2.18.2"songChords = \chordmode { {d1:13} |} \score { << \new ChordNames { \so

Re: Non-lyric text in lyrics

2016-12-05 Thread Tom Cook
ine, which is not quite what I was after - I wanted to show exactly where (mid-bar) it changes from one to the other. Marc's suggestion does what I'm after. Thanks again, Tom ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Non-lyric text in lyrics

2016-12-05 Thread Tom Cook
On Mon, 5 Dec 2016 at 12:14 wrote: > > > Am 05.12.2016 12:38 nachm. schrieb Tom Cook : > > I've googled for this, and looked through the lilypond snippets > repository, and can't find anything. > > I'm trying to insert instructions mixed up with lyric

Non-lyric text in lyrics

2016-12-05 Thread Tom Cook
each stanza, then 'Both' in half-way through, in a way that doesn't count as a syllable and creates some extra space in the notation. Thanks for any advice. Tom ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Please help with fretboard diagram spacing

2015-11-17 Thread Tom Swan
I didn't get any response to my request for advice on adjusting spacing between a fretboard diagram and the associated staff. Does anybody have any suggestions? I am stuck and need help with this. Thanks! Here is the snippet -- I would like more space below the fretboard diagram and the staff, but

Fretboard and Staff Spacing

2015-11-15 Thread Tom Swan
Hi Lily Friends! I would like to increase the space between the fretboard diagram, used here to show a scale fingering, and the top of the staff. I have tried \paper settings and various overrides with no results. Suggestions please? Thank you! -- Tom \version "2.18.2" << \new

Re: my favorite bug :-)

2015-05-02 Thread Tom Cloyd
__ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > -- ~ My life is full of mistakes. They're like pebbles that make a good road. ~ Ceramic artist Beatrice Wood,

Re: Git/Lilypond workflow

2015-02-15 Thread Tom Cloyd
Thanks for this thread. I'm find this of real interest to me, for several reasons. I've had the question myself, and turned away from Git-engagement because I couldn't "see the light". I'm off to read the blog post. Should be interesting! Tom On Sun, Feb 15, 2015

Re: [ANNOUNCE] my newest Lilypond engraving

2015-02-07 Thread Tom Cloyd
vely. I will also further investigate the rest of your corpus, to the extent I can. You have much intrigued me. I, too, compose, but only for my instrument. I'm intrigued by what you've written and I want to hear and learn more. Thanks again, so very much, for your generosity. Tom On 0

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-18 Thread Tom Cloyd
I have to say that I like this idea a LOT. Like Urs' suggestion too. Seems like this should just be a part of the "package" - kind of an adjunct to the exceptional documentation that has always been a part of Lily. Tom (classic guitar) On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Tom Cloyd w

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!

2014-05-02 Thread Tom Cloyd
Stuart - you bet, will do. And if I detect problems, I'll do what you asked in your previous email. I'm glad to do it. Will likely happen later this evening. Thanks for everything. t. On 05/02/2014 04:28 PM, V Stuart Foote wrote: Tom, When you get a chance, could you load

Re: Guitars with capos

2014-02-02 Thread Tom Cloyd
re playing is NOT what is actually heard - because of the capo. But we, as instrumentalists, get to keep our sanity. Over time, this has certain advantages. :) Tom -- ~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA (LMHC, WA State) Cedar City / St.

Re: Label placed at end of \book not recognised in \paper

2014-01-21 Thread Tom van der Hoeven
like : print number-of-book-pages In the Internal Reference book I found the variable ly:paper-book-pages But I have no idea how to use this function in the \paper context. Tom - \version "2.18.0" \paper{ print-first-page-number = ##t oddFooterMarkup

Re: Label placed at end of \book not recognised in \paper

2014-01-20 Thread Tom van der Hoeven
as an indirect way to get the number of pages of a book. Or is there a name for the number of pages of a book to be used in the \paper{} context. Tom Eluze schreef op 20-1-2014 13:53: Tom van der Hoeven wrote Hi all, If a label placed at the end of a book, it is not recognised in the paper

Label placed at end of \book not recognised in \paper

2014-01-20 Thread Tom van der Hoeven
Hi all, If a label placed at the end of a book, it is not recognised in the paper description. If it is placed before the last score, it is recognised. Is that correct? Tom - \version "2.18.0" \paper{ %#(define page-breaking ly:page-turn-breaking) p

string concatenation 2.18 vs 2.16

2014-01-16 Thread Tom van der Hoeven
under 2.16 there were no errors in this \version "2.16.2" tom = "aap " + "noot" \book { \header { title = \tom } \relative {a b c} } ---- under 2.18 the expression tom = "aap

Re: 2.18 test.ly produce no pdf

2014-01-15 Thread Tom van der Hoeven
. "2.19" I installed version 2.19 and that one worked. I really could not imagine 2.18 was not working. It works fine now and maybe what I did had something to do with it. Thanks for the attention, Joram Tom Noeck schreef op 11-1-2014 16:42: Hi all, could someone else please look at t

Re: 2.18 test.ly produce no pdf

2014-01-10 Thread Tom van der Hoeven
\relative c' { c d e f g a b c } test.log # -*-compilation-*- Verwerken van 'C:/Users/Tom/Desktop/test.ly' Ontleden... Interpreting music... Voorbewerken van grafische objecten... Zoeken naar het ideale aantal pagina's... Muziek passend maken op 1 pa

2.18 test.ly produce no pdf

2014-01-10 Thread Tom van der Hoeven
After installing version 2.18 on Windows 7 (64bit) I was not able to produce test.pdf. It did however produce test.ps I had to revert to 2.16 ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: transposition: entering parts in absolute pitch

2014-01-08 Thread Tom Yates
On Wed, 8 Jan 2014, David Kastrup wrote: Tom Yates writes: On Wed, 8 Jan 2014, David Kastrup wrote: You use \transposition to state the relation of printed to played music, regardless of whether you are entering in concert pitch or printed pitch. You use \transpose to change the printed

Re: transposition: entering parts in absolute pitch

2014-01-08 Thread Tom Yates
inted pitch without changing the rendered or real pitches. thank you! -- Tom Yates - http://www.teaparty.net ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

transposition: entering parts in absolute pitch

2014-01-08 Thread Tom Yates
d. Am I going about this the wrong way? Should I go back and re-enter all my parts in printed (ie, transposed) pitch? -- Tom Yates - http://www.teaparty.net [1] http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/displaying-pitches#instrument-transpositions _

Download lilypond manual via GIT or other updateable method?

2014-01-01 Thread Tom Dickson
I keep an offline copy of the Lilypond manual; is there a way to use GIT or similar to just update my copy without having to download a 200+ MB tarball each time? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listin

Re: how to update manuals in Frescobaldi?

2013-12-31 Thread Tom Cloyd
On 12/31/2013 03:42 AM, Nick Payne wrote: On 31/12/13 07:51, Federico Bruni wrote: 2013/12/30 Tom Cloyd <mailto:tomcloydm...@gmail.com>> Now that Ly 2.18.0 is out, those of us who use Frescobaldi need to update the manuals it refers to in its Documentation Browser tab. No

???: 2.18 installed; local docs in Frescobaldi are 2.16

2013-12-30 Thread Tom Cloyd
/Documentation/web/manuals.html" I do get the 2.18 documentation in a browser, so it IS there. I'm just trying to get Frescobaldi to show documentation that isn't dependent on the Internet. Any suggestions would most welcome! Tom Hav

Re: "convert-ly" gives unexpected output

2013-12-30 Thread Tom Cloyd
On 12/30/2013 05:13 PM, David Kastrup wrote: Noeck writes: Am 31.12.2013 00:35, schrieb Eluze: Tom Cloyd-2 wrote Running convert-ly (from Frescobaldi) on a score, I get this at the top of the code: \version "2.17.97" I can confirm this using version 2.18.0 (both within Frescoba

Re: "convert-ly" gives unexpected output

2013-12-30 Thread Tom Cloyd
...on Kubuntu Linux 13.10. t. On 12/30/2013 04:35 PM, Eluze wrote: Tom Cloyd-2 wrote Running convert-ly (from Frescobaldi) on a score, I get this at the top of the code: \version "2.17.97" Didn't quite expect THAT! sorry I have to ask that - which version are you using

Re: "convert-ly" gives unexpected output

2013-12-30 Thread Tom Cloyd
So sorry - a lapse. I'm running 2.18.0. t. On 12/30/2013 04:35 PM, Eluze wrote: Tom Cloyd-2 wrote Running convert-ly (from Frescobaldi) on a score, I get this at the top of the code: \version "2.17.97" Didn't quite expect THAT! sorry I have to ask that - which versi

Re: SCORE creator Leland Smith passed away

2013-12-30 Thread Tom Cloyd
ubers ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user -- ~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA (LMHC, WA State) Cedar City / St. George, UT, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332 * << t...@t

"convert-ly" gives unexpected output

2013-12-30 Thread Tom Cloyd
Surely the least urgent problem of the day(!): Running convert-ly (from Frescobaldi) on a score, I get this at the top of the code: \version "2.17.97" Didn't quite expect THAT! I assume this is (a) an updating oversight, and (b) therefore not a pr

Re: upgrade and convert-ly

2013-12-30 Thread Tom Cloyd
te so this question is answered right there. Tom http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/invoking-convert_002dly gives instructions for converting files. My command prompt comes up as C:\users\Owner>. Should I then complete it to be C:\users\Owner> convert-ly --e *.ly?

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