Re: conversion factor for \pt

2013-03-24 Thread Thomas Morley
Hi all, for the record: Torsten from the german forum found a simple solution: \version "2.16.2" #(set-global-staff-size 30) % try different values #(define-markup-command (harm-test layout props size) (number?) (let ((pt (ly:output-def-lookup layout 'pt))) (interpret-markup layout props

Re: conversion factor for \pt

2013-03-21 Thread Thomas Morley
2013/3/21 David Rogers : > Thomas Morley writes: > >> Best I can say: It works. >> Though, in german I'd call this "Fischertechnik" (don't know if it's >> understandable outside Germany, otoh, there's an english >> wikipedia-article about it ...) > > North American writers use "Tinkertoy" to mean

Re: conversion factor for \pt

2013-03-21 Thread David Rogers
Thomas Morley writes: > Best I can say: It works. > Though, in german I'd call this "Fischertechnik" (don't know if it's > understandable outside Germany, otoh, there's an english > wikipedia-article about it ...) North American writers use "Tinkertoy" to mean the same thing. :) -- David R __

Re: conversion factor for \pt

2013-03-16 Thread Thomas Morley
2013/3/16 Trevor Daniels : [...] > Does the example in > http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/fonts#entire-document-fonts > help? > > Trevor A little, though: Wanting to get a brace and a line having the same length in a markup, I need to do some calculations, therefore I seem

Re: conversion factor for \pt

2013-03-16 Thread Trevor Daniels
Thomas Morley wrote Saturday, March 16, 2013 2:10 AM > in the following markup I want draw-line to have the same Y-length as the > brace. > > \version "2.16.2" > > factor = #0.175 % a rough estimation, and for default-staff-size only > size = #40 > > \markup { >\left-brace #size >

conversion factor for \pt

2013-03-15 Thread Thomas Morley
Hi, in the following markup I want draw-line to have the same Y-length as the brace. \version "2.16.2" factor = #0.175 % a rough estimation, and for default-staff-size only size = #40 \markup { \left-brace #size \translate #`(0 . ,(/ (* size factor) -2)) \draw-line #`(0