Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-02-13 Thread Noeck
Hi Kieren, thanks for the info. I reviewed my stylesheets and now I am ready whenever you are. I just didn't want to loose touch with this initiative. Cheers, Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/list

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-02-13 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Joram, > did I miss something or what happened to GASP? It’s on a (hopefully brief) hiatus, while I finish two large commissions (one two-act stage musical, one concert-length multidisciplinary work). > Is there any repository and plans how to contribute? Urs and I are discussing (off-line)

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-02-12 Thread Noeck
Hi Kieren, did I miss something or what happened to GASP? I don’t want to urge anyone, I am just curious. Is there any repository and plans how to contribute? Cheers, Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mail

Re: OT: Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-20 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Johan, > As I understand, the compact chord names require a (otherwise > harmless) change in one of lily's scm files. I don't know if this can be > dealt with by pure inclusion of an .ily file. Yes… I misunderstood the original post. > Just nitpicking: the names are Clinton H. Roemer and Carl

Re: OT: Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-20 Thread Richard Shann
On Mon, 2015-01-19 at 19:08 -0500, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > > Hi all, > > > "Chord Chart” > > +1 > > > the compact chord symbols have yet to make it into LilyPond > > I don’t think those (or any other) chord symbols should “make it into > Lilypond” I wrote too tersely, it is not the "symbol

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Joram (et al.), > I would contribute my modest style sheets for choir works (SATB). > It is mostly about distances (paper) and fonts – not really choir related. That’s what a stylesheet is, in my opinion. Templates are a whole different thing — which should be discussed in a different thread.

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-19 Thread Urs Liska
Am 20.01.2015 um 00:15 schrieb Noeck: Hi Kieren, et al. I like you initiative and I would contribute my modest style sheets for choir works (SATB). It is mostly about distances (paper) and fonts – not really choir related. I think the OpenLilyLib snippets/stylesheets would be a good place to c

Re: OT: Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi all, > "Chord Chart” +1 > the compact chord symbols have yet to make it into LilyPond I don’t think those (or any other) chord symbols should “make it into Lilypond” — instead, I think we should have stylesheets like stylesheets/chords/ChordNames.ily and stylesheets/chords/names/

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-19 Thread Noeck
> E.g., I would not use small caps for the voice names. More > important, I would need German voice names. … and it is very well documented how to do that in those templates! I will have another look at them … ;) Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing list li

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-19 Thread Noeck
> There is a built-in template almost exactly like this in LilyPond already > which may be used to typeset a range of choral music, with or without > accompaniment, in two or four staves. > > See > http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/learning/built_002din-templates That’s interestin

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-19 Thread Jim Long
On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 09:36:55AM -0500, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > > > Melody + chords (tunes, e.g. Irish or old-timey) > > That's a "lead sheet" in my parlance. IMO, it would be useful to include an (optional) lyric context in the lead sheet stylesheet. Jim _

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-19 Thread Noeck
Hi Kieren, et al. I like you initiative and I would contribute my modest style sheets for choir works (SATB). It is mostly about distances (paper) and fonts – not really choir related. I think the OpenLilyLib snippets/stylesheets would be a good place to collect them. (If Urs agrees – I am not su

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-19 Thread Trevor Daniels
Johan Vromans wrote Monday, January 19, 2015 1:55 PM > In an earlier posting I mentioned a set of templates that I've developed > and used for a couple of years. These do not work by changing the template > code, but adding to it. This is much simpler to achieve. > > For example: > > +--- > | \

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Henning, > My templates contain a lot of commented lines with commands/tweaks that I > sometimes use, so that I don’t need to look them up again. That might fit > templates in Frescobaldi, but isn’t suitable for stylesheets that you just > include without looking at them. To my mind, the st

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Jay (et al.), > - solo instrument + solo instrument (solo part is cue staff) Cool. > I assume the goal is mostly for setting sensible defaults for a > specific type of score and less about building the structure. So you'd > still need to manually build the scores and staves. Correct? Yes. Te

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Christopher, > Melody + chords (tunes, e.g. Irish or old-timey) That’s a “lead sheet” in my parlance. > Instrument + piano (accompanied instrument solo) Good. This should be different (though not much so) from the piano+voice stylesheet. Cheers, Kieren. ___ Kieren MacM

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Urs, > Anything with figured bass. Good call. > I don't know if that should be a kind of "plug-in" solution or if it would > need a complete set of style sheets. Either way, I would hope it wouldn’t be a lot of extra overhead. Thanks, Kieren. ___ Kieren MacMillan, comp

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Urs (et al.), > I think it would be easier to develop such a thing as a library, as a work in > progress. When including it into LilyPond it the stakes are quite high, and > this might be a reason for never getting to that point … +1 > I'd see the attitude towards reviewing contributions st

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Martin, > But before needing all kinds of includes for different kinds of scores: I > think there is still enough room for improvement for the raw default LilyPond > output - without needing extra include files. I agree 100%. One of the outputs of this effort, I hope, will be a consensus-bui

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Abraham, > Is this effort all about creating stylesheets (i.e., customizing the > look-and-feel of scores via \overrides, fonts, etc.) Yes. > or templates (i.e., the structure of the scores)? No… but I could imagine that one beneficial side-effect of devevloping the stylesheets would be ne

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-19 Thread Urs Liska
pport* such a template (and a style sheet) library instead of incorporating itself. I think it would be a good idea not to tie such important enhancements to a single editing environment. Urs - Abraham ---------------- View this message

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-19 Thread Johan Vromans
> ... I don't see any > reason why a standard set of these can't be included in LilyPond itself > for the user to access, but maybe that's more for something like > Frescobaldi. I'm inclined to second this. > ... but to be able to open an > actual file with a lot of the structure already crea

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-19 Thread tisimst
t of the structure already created, where a user can then customize as necessary, I would think, could be very useful, especially to newcomers. - Abraham -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Grand-Advanced-Stylesheet-Project-GASP-tp170659p170693.html Sent

OT: Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-19 Thread Johan Vromans
On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 22:44:29 -0500 Kieren MacMillan wrote: > piano solo > instrument solo/part > orchestra score > choir, a cappella > choir plus piano > piano + voice, art song > piano + voice + guitar chords, popular > chamber score (2-4 players) > piano cham

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-19 Thread Urs Liska
Am 19.01.2015 um 04:41 schrieb Kieren MacMillan: Hi Urs (et al.), Maybe having it as a semi-official library would be more manageable? Sure… whatever works best! I think it would be easier to develop such a thing as a library, as a work in progress. When including it into LilyPond it the s

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-19 Thread Urs Liska
Am 19.01.2015 um 04:44 schrieb Kieren MacMillan: Hi all, I had been surprised not to find a template for the “lead sheets” I’ve been making. Yes! Let’s start making a list of the “big picture” targets: piano solo instrument solo/part orchestra score choir, a cappella

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-18 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Mon, 19 Jan 2015, Urs Liska wrote: Am 18.01.2015 um 20:42 schrieb Kieren MacMillan: My idea is that we have a basic set of stylesheets for the main types of scores — e.g., piano solo, organ solo, instrumental solo/part, choir, full score, etc. — which can be \include-d by the user to gi

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-18 Thread Johan Vromans
On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 22:44:29 -0500 Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Other obvious ones? choir (4 voices) + guitar chords (names) I have a set of templates that I currently use for this. I can define the melodies, and one or more lyrics for each melody. All is automatically combined into the final scor

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-18 Thread Jay Anderson
On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 8:44 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Let’s start making a list of the “big picture” targets: > piano solo > instrument solo/part > orchestra score > choir, a cappella > choir plus piano > piano + voice, art song > piano + voice + guitar chords, pop

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-18 Thread Christopher R. Maden
On 01/18/2015 09:44 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Other obvious ones? Melody + chords (tunes, e.g. Irish or old-timey) Instrument + piano (accompanied instrument solo) ~crism -- Chris Maden, text nerd http://crism.maden.org/ > Surround hate and force it to surrender. GnuPG fingerprint: DB08 CF6

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-18 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2015-01-19 um 09:44 schrieb Kieren MacMillan : > Hi all, > >> I had been surprised not to find a template for the “lead sheets” I’ve been >> making. > > Yes! > > Let’s start making a list of the “big picture” targets: >piano solo >instrument solo/part >orchestra score >choi

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-18 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi all, > I had been surprised not to find a template for the “lead sheets” I’ve been > making. Yes! Let’s start making a list of the “big picture” targets: piano solo instrument solo/part orchestra score choir, a cappella choir plus piano piano + voice, art song pia

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-18 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Urs (et al.), > Maybe having it as a semi-official library would be more manageable? Sure… whatever works best! > A suggestion regarding the interface: how about >\include "stylesheets/choral/octavo.ily” Okay. > There could be a hierarchy of different building blocks, and the actual >

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-18 Thread Mike Kilmer
Speaking as a newbie, I also love this idea, as I’m understanding it. I had been surprised not to find a template for the “lead sheets” I’ve been making. On Jan 18, 2015, at 6:59 PM, Tom Cloyd wrote: > I have to say that I like this idea a LOT. Like Urs' suggestion too. Seems > like this shou

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 wrote: > I have

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-18 Thread Urs Liska
Am 18.01.2015 um 20:42 schrieb Kieren MacMillan: Hello all! I recently sent a post about my choral piece, and had to *not* use my choral stylesheet. Seeing what the default output looks like lit a fire under my butt to get a stylesheet project going ASAP — I haven’t really seen a default Lil

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-18 Thread Ralph Palmer
On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Kieren MacMillan < kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hello all! > > I recently sent a post about my choral piece, and had to *not* use my > choral stylesheet. Seeing what the default output looks like lit a fire > under my butt to get a stylesheet project goi

Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-18 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hello all! I recently sent a post about my choral piece, and had to *not* use my choral stylesheet. Seeing what the default output looks like lit a fire under my butt to get a stylesheet project going ASAP — I haven’t really seen a default Lilypond score (as opposed to tiny snippets) in at leas