Re: Fixed measure width for chord charts.

2014-09-04 Thread Richard Shann
On Fri, 2014-08-29 at 12:20 +0100, Richard Shann wrote: > The remaining outstanding difficulty is controlling the measure width > - > ideally all the bar lines would align vertically down the screen (the > chord symbols would be made smaller if they didn't fit). > I have set > > \set Score.proport

Re: Fixed measure width for chord charts.

2014-09-04 Thread Richard Shann
On Fri, 2014-08-29 at 13:27 -0500, David Nalesnik wrote: > Richard, > > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Richard Shann > wrote: > On Fri, 2014-08-29 at 16:00 +0200, Jacques Menu wrote: > > Hello Richard, > > > > \set Score.bars-per-line-engraver '(4)

Re: Fixed measure width for chord charts.

2014-08-30 Thread Richard Shann
On Sat, 2014-08-30 at 15:09 +0200, Johan Vromans wrote: > Richard Shann writes: > > >> You may wish to take a look at the playtab program. > > > > What LilyPond (& Denemo) can bring to the party is transposition, > > playback, adding (non-printing) drum tracks, using the same music for a > > lead

Re: Fixed measure width for chord charts.

2014-08-30 Thread Johan Vromans
Richard Shann writes: >> You may wish to take a look at the playtab program. > > What LilyPond (& Denemo) can bring to the party is transposition, > playback, adding (non-printing) drum tracks, using the same music for a > lead sheet and a wealth of other stuff - dynamics, repeat bars etc. Playt

Re: Fixed measure width for chord charts.

2014-08-30 Thread Richard Shann
On Fri, 2014-08-29 at 19:17 +0200, Johan Vromans wrote: > Richard Shann writes: > > > I have been developing LilyPond code to enable the generation of "Chord > > Charts" such as the one attached here. > > You may wish to take a look at the playtab program. > > http://johan.vromans.org/software/

Re: Fixed measure width for chord charts.

2014-08-29 Thread David Nalesnik
Richard, On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Richard Shann wrote: > On Fri, 2014-08-29 at 16:00 +0200, Jacques Menu wrote: > > Hello Richard, > > > > \set Score.bars-per-line-engraver '(4)) > Thanks - > I can't get that to compile, and indeed I can't track down > bars-per-line-engraver

Re: Fixed measure width for chord charts.

2014-08-29 Thread Johan Vromans
Richard Shann writes: > I have been developing LilyPond code to enable the generation of "Chord > Charts" such as the one attached here. You may wish to take a look at the playtab program. http://johan.vromans.org/software/sw_playtab.html -- Johan _

Re: Fixed measure width for chord charts.

2014-08-29 Thread Richard Shann
I see that my question has been asked before: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2010-06/msg00127.html in the more challenging environment where the notes are also being typeset. That was four years ago, and no answer to the equal-measure-width question was given. I would be happy to

Re: Fixed measure width for chord charts.

2014-08-29 Thread Richard Shann
On Fri, 2014-08-29 at 16:00 +0200, Jacques Menu wrote: > Hello Richard, > > \set Score.bars-per-line-engraver '(4)) Thanks - I can't get that to compile, and indeed I can't track down bars-per-line-engraver in the 2.18 docs, but I see it in snippets (see below). This anyway appears to

Re: Fixed measure width for chord charts.

2014-08-29 Thread Jacques Menu
Hello Richard, \set Score.bars-per-line-engraver '(4)) JM Am 29.08.2014 um 13:20:57 schrieb Richard Shann : > I have been developing LilyPond code to enable the generation of "Chord > Charts" such as the one attached here. > They differ from conventional music notation by being shor

Fixed measure width for chord charts.

2014-08-29 Thread Richard Shann
I have been developing LilyPond code to enable the generation of "Chord Charts" such as the one attached here. They differ from conventional music notation by being short, comprising only Chord Symbols with one or two chord durations, and, ideally, a fixed measure spacing, usually four to a line. V