Re: Some random lilypond questions

2004-08-12 Thread Mats Bengtsson
For lilypond-devel: Feature request below, add a markup command to get ordinary text font encoding! I mostly use d4_\markup{\dynamic p \italic dolce } which handles the internal alignment neatly. That works for most things, but not all: \version "2.3.10" \score{\relative c''{ c1\> c2\!_\markup{\dy

Re: Some random lilypond questions

2004-08-11 Thread Graham Percival
On 11-Aug-04, at 1:20 AM, Mats Bengtsson wrote: Graham Percival wrote: I'm not aware of any immediate plans -- that's the primary use of \once \override #'padding = #'foo in my scores. See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2004-08/msg00047.html For ease of discussion, Jan wrote: | I

Re: Some random lilypond questions

2004-08-11 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Sorry, you have to set the property in the Staff context, not in the Voice context, since the Multi_measure_rest_engraver lives in the Staff context: \override Staff.MultiMeasureRest #'expand-limit = #1 /Mats Benjamin Esham wrote: On Aug 11, 2004, at 4:04 AM, Mats Bengtsson wrote: To see what I'

Re: Some random lilypond questions

2004-08-11 Thread Benjamin Esham
On Aug 11, 2004, at 12:43 AM, David Rogers wrote: As a temporary fix, is it possible to let it print the old-style signs but add your own number over top? The players would probably not be too disturbed... I'm not exactly sure what you want, but maybe something like this? \time 4/4 R1*2^\markup{\n

Re: Some random lilypond questions

2004-08-11 Thread Benjamin Esham
On Aug 11, 2004, at 4:04 AM, Mats Bengtsson wrote: To see what I'm talking about, take a look at the first example image in the "Multi measure rests" section of the user manual. The 17-measure rest is as I described it above, while the 4-measure rest is displayed differently. I'm trying to get

Re: Some random lilypond questions

2004-08-11 Thread Benjamin Esham
On Aug 11, 2004, at 4:20 AM, Mats Bengtsson wrote: - Can a \sffz dynamic command be added? One can make this using text markups, but it seems like the "real" dynamic markings are more horizontally centered on the notes than the markups. This is unfortunately not answered in the documentation, b

Re: Some random lilypond questions

2004-08-11 Thread David Rogers
On Aug 10, 2004, at 7:39 PM, Benjamin Esham wrote: - In concert band music, multi-measure rests always appear as a thick horizontal bar with vertical flares at each end-- for an example of this, see the 17-measure rest in the "Multi measure rests" section in the documentation. Is it possible to f

Re: Some random lilypond questions

2004-08-11 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Graham Percival wrote: On 10-Aug-04, at 7:39 PM, Benjamin Esham wrote: - Are there any plans to make text markups "smarter" with regards to collisions? In a score I typeset recently, about half of the text markups collided with something or other. Will these just have to be tweaked by hand, or

Re: Some random lilypond questions

2004-08-11 Thread Mats Bengtsson
If you look at the section on Multimeasure rests in the on-line manual and look at the end of the page, you will find a link to the detailed program reference for the MultiMeasureRest object. In the list of properties that can be set, you can find one called expand-limit, which you can set to a low

Re: Some random lilypond questions

2004-08-10 Thread Benjamin Esham
On Aug 10, 2004, at 11:28 PM, Graham Percival wrote: On 10-Aug-04, at 7:39 PM, Benjamin Esham wrote: - In concert band music, multi-measure rests always appear as a thick horizontal bar with vertical flares at each end-- for an example of this, see the 17-measure rest in the "Multi measure rests"

Re: Some random lilypond questions

2004-08-10 Thread Graham Percival
On 10-Aug-04, at 7:39 PM, Benjamin Esham wrote: - In concert band music, multi-measure rests always appear as a thick horizontal bar with vertical flares at each end-- for an example of this, see the 17-measure rest in the "Multi measure rests" section in the documentation. Is it possible to forc

Some random lilypond questions

2004-08-10 Thread Benjamin Esham
I have a bunch of mostly unrelated questions about lilypond. Any responses to any of these items would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! - In concert band music, multi-measure rests always appear as a thick horizontal bar with vertical flares at each end-- for an example of this, see the 17-measur