Re: two beginners questions

2016-04-06 Thread mj
Yess. Great support on this list! Thanks! On 04/06/2016 11:58 AM, David Kastrup wrote: mj writes: \context { \FretBoards \override FretBoards.FretBoard.size = #0.8 You are putting a spurious FretBoards into that override. } \context { \Score \remove "Bar_number_eng

Re: two beginners questions

2016-04-06 Thread David Kastrup
mj writes: >> \context { \FretBoards >> \override FretBoards.FretBoard.size = #0.8 You are putting a spurious FretBoards into that override. >> } >> \context { >> \Score >> \remove "Bar_number_engraver" >> } >> } > > but there is seems to be ignored. You should have been gett

Re: two beginners questions

2016-04-06 Thread mj
Hi Phil, Thanks for your reply. The page you reference (which I read) is where I found the code that I used: \new FretBoards { % Set global properties of fret diagram \override FretBoards.FretBoard.size = #'1.2 This DOES take effect in my main file like this: \score { << \new

Re: two beginners questions

2016-04-06 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "mj" To: Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 10:10 AM Subject: Re: two beginners questions Hi Phil, list, On 04/05/2016 05:12 PM, Phil Holmes wrote: \context { \ChordNames \override ChordName #'font-size = #-1 } to your layout block.

Re: two beginners questions

2016-04-06 Thread mj
On 04/06/2016 10:27 AM, Simon Albrecht wrote: You sure? It’s known that some distributions package 2.16.2 still, but 2.19.2 is a really odd choice… anyway, in most cases one will want to install a recent version manually. Well... I'm not entirely sure anymore. Anyway: I'm now working with 2.18

Re: two beginners questions

2016-04-06 Thread mj
Hi Phil, list, On 04/05/2016 05:12 PM, Phil Holmes wrote: \context { \ChordNames \override ChordName #'font-size = #-1 } to your layout block. That works, and now I'd like the fret diagrams to be reduced as well. Below is an exerpt from my include file, which works for everything, excep

Re: two beginners questions

2016-04-06 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 06.04.2016 09:31, mj wrote: On 04/05/2016 05:55 PM, David Kastrup wrote: 2.19.2, however, is almost as old as 2.18.0 (close to two years I think). It's actually older than 2.18.1. That seems like a strange choice to use. Well, strange as it may be, it was the lilypond version that was auto

Re: two beginners questions

2016-04-06 Thread mj
I understand the versioning now, thanks. On 04/05/2016 05:55 PM, David Kastrup wrote: 2.19.2, however, is almost as old as 2.18.0 (close to two years I think). It's actually older than 2.18.1. That seems like a strange choice to use. Well, strange as it may be, it was the lilypond version that

Re: two beginners questions

2016-04-06 Thread mj
Hi all, Thanks very much for the kind reactions, both on- and offlist. My issues are solved. :-) MJ On 04/05/2016 05:12 PM, Phil Holmes wrote: - Original Message - From: "mj" To: Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 2:43 PM Subject: two beginners questions Hi, Just

Re: two beginners questions

2016-04-05 Thread David Kastrup
mj writes: > Hi, > > Just trying out lilypond. I have created my first file, using the "new > from template" function of frescobaldi. Phil answered your main questions already. Here is another note: > \version "2.19.2" LilyPond offers "even-numbered" stable versions (currently 2.18.2) and "od

Re: two beginners questions

2016-04-05 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "mj" To: Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 2:43 PM Subject: two beginners questions Hi, Just trying out lilypond. I have created my first file, using the "new from template" function of frescobaldi. I am trying to alter two things:

two beginners questions

2016-04-05 Thread mj
Hi, Just trying out lilypond. I have created my first file, using the "new from template" function of frescobaldi. I am trying to alter two things: - make chord names display smaller and - get the correct fret guitar diagrams, like the ones shown in the docs here: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2