Re: drums

2005-05-18 Thread Gilles
> > Has anyone write drums parts with lilypond ? Yes. > Is it really possible. Yes. See: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.4/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Percussion-staves.html#Percussion-staves > Need help. > More explicitely? Best, Gilles ___

Missing feta20.afm file on Cygwin - Windows 2000

2005-05-18 Thread Charles Cave
I have installed lilypon on Cygwin on a Windows 2000 machine. When I run the lilypond command I get a message about a missing feta20.afm file. I researched the mailing list archives and couldnt find a solution to the problem. The result of both printenv TEXMF and kpsewhich feta20.afm both giv

Re: Distance between staves

2005-05-18 Thread Antonio PALAMA'
Same problem for me, my long established method of using interscoreline = some small or even negative length to fine tune the distance between staves and the number of staves per page doesn't work any more. I suspect this has something to do with the use of the latex backend, but at this point I

Why do chords print below staff?

2005-05-18 Thread Peter F Whyte
I used to get chordnames printing above the staff, but now they always, always print below. Nothing I try to change seems to have any effect on the position whatsover. I've searched the entire archive, but all to no avail. Hoping desperately someone can help. This is the third time I've trie

TEXMF variable needs to be set on Cygwin

2005-05-18 Thread Charles Cave
In my earlier post I descrived a problem running Lilypond. I have worked around that problem by setting the variable TEXMF, but now I get a new message! I now have a choice of files to donwload from the lilypond.org site. Which file do I download for Cygwin echo $TEXMF /usr/share/lilypond/2

Re: problem with \tempo

2005-05-18 Thread benoit farley
I was using version 2.4.3 that comes with cygwin, because I am on a PC with Windows 2000. That is the version I got from the 'download' page of Lilypond for Windows. A few minutes ago, I downloaded the latest version of Cygwin's Lilypond (2.4.6) and I tested again the score I gave in example: the

Missing Font

2005-05-18 Thread Will Oram
I installed 2.5.23 from fink a few days ago, and it's been nothing but trouble. All files process similarly to below: Yossarian:~/projects/elements spamguy$ lilypond magnesium GNU LilyPond 2.5.23 Processing `magnesium.ly' Parsing... Interpreting music... Interpreting music... [3] Preprocessing gr

Re: Is there an RPM

2005-05-18 Thread Jamie Bullock
Hi, On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 21:59 -0700, Mark Healey wrote: [snip] > > I was hoping to avoid using apt for fear of getting updates > all out of sync by using two package management systems. > Since I'm already using yum and up2date I figured that I > would just stick to them. > > > ec-fonts-mft

Re: cis-ces question

2005-05-18 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Since the documentation has been significantly improved in the development versions and since there haven't been so many changes to the input format between version 2.4 and 2.5, I recommend to take a look at the manual for version 2.5 even if you haven't upgraded yet. For example, in http://lilypon

Re: cis-ces question

2005-05-18 Thread Graham Percival
On 17-May-05, at 10:47 AM, Thomas Scharkowski wrote: I have a bar with a "cis", some other notes and then "ces". Lilypond prints a "cancellation-natural" before the flat for the note "ces". (How) can I turn this off? Many updates have been made to the 2.5 documentation which are still useful for ve

Re: Distance between staves

2005-05-18 Thread Graham Percival
On 15-May-05, at 3:56 PM, Renato Biolcati Rinaldi wrote: \set Staff.minimumVerticalExtent = #'(-4 . 4) IIRC (-4 . 4) is now the default. The 2.5 has more details on this (and other ways to decrease the spacing) http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.5/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/ Vertical-spacing.ht

Re: Page break between scores in a \book

2005-05-18 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Search the mailing list archives! The short answer is that it's not supported in version 2.4 but in version 2.5. /Mats [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to get page breaks between certain scores in a \book section made up of several scores. The page breaks don't appear. Is there a trick? Stev

Re: Ineffective \override

2005-05-18 Thread Nicolas Sceaux
Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sure! In the latest 2.5.xx versions, you can do > \displayMusic{\hideNotes}, > However, it's easier to read the files where the macros are > defined, directly. See /usr/share/lilypond/2.4.x/ly/property-init.ly > or wherever the files are installed on

Re: Distance between staves

2005-05-18 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Renato Biolcati Rinaldi wrote: Hello How do I decrease the distance between staves? The command \set Staff.minimumVerticalExtent = #'(-4 . 4) Doesn't seem to help much, Since (-4 . 4) is the default value in LilyPond version 2.4, it will obviously not make any diffence. However, from version 2.4,

Re: Page break between scores in a \book

2005-05-18 Thread Graham Percival
On 16-May-05, at 10:18 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to get page breaks between certain scores in a \book section made up of several scores. The page breaks don't appear. What version are you using? 2.5 has a new feature called "breakbefore", but that doesn't work in 2.4. Cheers, - Gr

Re: drums

2005-05-18 Thread Graham Percival
On 16-May-05, at 12:35 AM, pascal lawrynowicz wrote: Has anyone write drums parts with lilypond ? Is it really possible. Need help. Please read this section of the manual: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.5/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/ Rhythmic-music.html Cheers, - Graham _

Re: Errors running test.ly

2005-05-18 Thread Graham Percival
On 16-May-05, at 9:06 AM, Mark Healey wrote: Is the problem the "a4"s? It looks like something thinks I'm in Europe. Does the output look bad? If not, ignore the warnings. :) To change the papersize (ie from a4 to letter), please read the manual under "paper size". Cheers, - Graham ___

Re: Importing other files

2005-05-18 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Did you read the Tutorial? It's described in the section called "An orchestral part" /Mats Alberto Simões wrote: Hi I'm typesetting a sonatinen with four parts. I would like to have a part in different files, and combining them all together. I'm almost sure there should be an \import{file.ly} c

Re: Importing other files

2005-05-18 Thread Graham Percival
On 15-May-05, at 11:00 AM, Alberto Simões wrote: I'm typesetting a sonatinen with four parts. I would like to have a part in different files, and combining them all together. I'm almost sure there should be an \import{file.ly} command, but I can't find the docs for it. Can anybody give me an hin

Re: Errors running test.ly

2005-05-18 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Search the mailing list archives, I'm certain that the problem has been discussed before. However, first run lilypond again with the flag lilypond --verbose test.ly to get more information on what's up. Especially, check the output lines related to dvips. For the paper size, the default in LilyPond

Re: Importing other files

2005-05-18 Thread Graham Percival
On 18-May-05, at 1:25 AM, Graham Percival wrote: On 15-May-05, at 11:00 AM, Alberto Simões wrote: I'm typesetting a sonatinen with four parts. I would like to have a part in different files, and combining them all together. I'm almost sure there should be an \import{file.ly} command, but I can

Re: Arpeggio

2005-05-18 Thread Mats Bengtsson
What LilyPond version? Please provide a complete input file. When I try the input file \relative c'{4.(\arpeggio f8 d4) r } it certainly prints an arpeggio both in verson 2.4.6 and 2.5.25. /Mats Alberto Simões wrote: Hi I'm trying to get an arpeggio. I've tried 4.(\arpeggio f8 d4) r and

Re: Importing other files

2005-05-18 Thread Peter F Whyte
On 15 May 2005 at 19:00, Alberto Simões wrote: > Hi > > I'm typesetting a sonatinen with four parts. I would like to have a part > in different files, and combining them all together. > > I'm almost sure there should be an \import{file.ly} command, > but I can't find the docs for it. Can anybody gi

Re: Why do chords print below staff?

2005-05-18 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Please send a small but complete example file that illustrates the problem. I tried to just make up some values for all the identifiers that you hadn't specified below and the chords are printed nicely on top of the stave, so there's nothing wrong with the part of the code that you sent. /Mats P

Re: Erreur : cannot find `feta20.afm'

2005-05-18 Thread Mats Bengtsson
If possible, use a recent 2.4.x version instead of 2.5.2. I guess it will be hard for anyone on the mailing list to answer your question unless you tell what Linux distribution you use and where you found the RPM. However, you can probably find the answer in the mailing list archives if your search

Re: Using the part combiner for hymns

2005-05-18 Thread Peter F Whyte
On 16 May 2005 at 10:16, steveweb414... wrote: > Hi. I'm working on a public-domain hymnal project. > > I'd like to get the part combiner to follow some stemming conventions > that are common in hymnals: > > - When the voices are in unison, there should be two stems. > - When the voices are a s

Re: Importing other files

2005-05-18 Thread Alberto Simões
Thank-you. I didn't read the full tutorial. I'm always searching it when I need (no time for the full read) and I didn't found it :) THank you, again Alberto Peter F Whyte wrote: On 15 May 2005 at 19:00, Alberto Simões wrote: Hi I'm typesetting a sonatinen with four parts. I would like to have a

Re: Arpeggio

2005-05-18 Thread Alberto Simões
Yes, it prints the arpeggio just over the finger information. Is there any variable I can use to control their distance? Or is the best solution to just put fingers information at the other side of the chord? Alberto Mats Bengtsson wrote: What LilyPond version? Please provide a complete input fi

Re: Why do chords print below staff?

2005-05-18 Thread Peter F Whyte
I've attached a couple of stripped down files that don't seem to work. (I had parts for other instruments in the original, but the problem still happens when I removed them.) I appreciate you taking the time to examine my problem. Hoping you can spot my mistake. On 18 May 2005 at 12:49, Mats

Re: Distance between staves

2005-05-18 Thread Mats Bengtsson
To avoid confusion: The handling of the score line spacing changed completely between version 2.2 and 2.4 of LilyPond. Antonio's answer is relevant up to version 2.2, whereas the answer I sent earlier today is relevant in version 2.4 and later. /Mats Antonio PALAMA' wrote: Same problem for me, m

Re: Arpeggio

2005-05-18 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Again, if you please send complete examples, it's much easier to realize what problems you are refering to. My guess is that you have set the property fingeringOrientations. I don't know what's common typesetting practice, but if you want to move the arpeggio further away from the notes, you can do

Re: TEXMF variable needs to be set on Cygwin

2005-05-18 Thread Mats Bengtsson
For the record (it seems from private emails that Charles suffered from some temporary problems): This is never the correct solution! This variable will be set automatically in Cygwin (for those interested in the technical details, it's done in the file /etc/profile.d/lilypond-profile.sh, which is

Re: Missing Font

2005-05-18 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Will Oram wrote: I installed 2.5.23 from fink a few days ago, and it's been nothing but trouble. All files process similarly to below: Yossarian:~/projects/elements spamguy$ lilypond magnesium GNU LilyPond 2.5.23 Processing `magnesium.ly' Parsing... Interpreting music... Interpreting music... [3

Re: TEXMF variable needs to be set on Cygwin

2005-05-18 Thread Bertalan Fodor
The fonts are part of the ec-fonts-mftraced package. They should be installed automatically along with lilypond. I must also note that your TEXMF variable is not correct. Please rerun setup.exe and reinstall lilypond. Make sure that tetex (bin and tiny) and ec-fonts-mftraced packages are selected

Re: Missing Font

2005-05-18 Thread Will Oram
The meaning of the message is fairly clear, but I didn't do anything...I don't tinker with the workings of lilypond, and especially not when it's not broken. Are you suggesting I remove the dead links in /.fonts? What am I looking for? Best, Will On May 18, 2005, at 9:23 AM, Mats Bengtsson wrot

Re: Missing Font

2005-05-18 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Will Oram wrote: I installed 2.5.23 from fink a few days ago, and it's been nothing but trouble. All files process similarly to below: redirect the symlinks in ~/.fonts to the new version. BTW, if you're feeling adventurous, you can try http://lilypond.org/~hanwen/lilypond.zip it should work by

Re: Why do chords print below staff?

2005-05-18 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Tricky one! I send a copy to bug-lilypond, both since the difference between \chords and \chordmode is completely undocumented (except for the NEWS file for 2.4) and since I don't realize why the chords end up below the stave. I stripped down your example to the following, where the chords still ar

Re: Missing Font

2005-05-18 Thread Will Oram
Thanks, the fix worked. Now the time signature is printed in a typewriter font, as was the problem in an earlier version with dynamics. And the drag and drop app works great. What's the significance of the snake/worm? Will On May 18, 2005, at 11:15 AM, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: Will Oram wrote:

RE: Distance between staves

2005-05-18 Thread Fairchild
Feature request - - Several recent threads demonstrate a desire for absolute control of vertical spacing. Available defaults and overrides normally create wonderful layouts, but there are instances where they frustrate user efforts to effect specific vertical spacing. Currently available handl

RE: Importing other files

2005-05-18 Thread Fairchild
Graham - Please include in the \include "filename" documentation a description of what filenames are acceptable, i.e. if they must be .ly files, and where and with what precedence the directory is searched. Thanks. - Bruce -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: Importing other files

2005-05-18 Thread Peter F Whyte
On 15 May 2005 at 19:00, Alberto Simões wrote: > Hi > > I'm typesetting a sonatinen with four parts. I would like to have a part > in different files, and combining them all together. > > I'm almost sure there should be an \import{file.ly} command, > but I can't find the docs for it. Can anybody gi

Re: Using the part combiner for hymns

2005-05-18 Thread Peter F Whyte
On 16 May 2005 at 10:16, steveweb414... wrote: > Hi. I'm working on a public-domain hymnal project. > > I'd like to get the part combiner to follow some stemming conventions > that are common in hymnals: > > - When the voices are in unison, there should be two stems. > - When the voices are a s

Re: Missing Font

2005-05-18 Thread Mats Bengtsson
These links in ~/.fonts/ have definitely not been added automatically when you installed any package. On the other hand, there have been some emails describing how you can manually add links to font files in that directory in order to handle some problems in the recent LilyPond 2.5.xx versions, see

Re: Missing Font

2005-05-18 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Will Oram wrote: Thanks, the fix worked. Now the time signature is printed in a typewriter font, as was the problem in an earlier version with dynamics. yes, you'd do cd .fonts ; ln -s /sw/share/lilypond/2.5.23/fonts/type1/*pfa . every time you upgrade, you have to reset the links, becuase the v

Re: Missing Font

2005-05-18 Thread Will Oram
On May 18, 2005, at 7:31 PM, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: Will Oram wrote: Thanks, the fix worked. Now the time signature is printed in a typewriter font, as was the problem in an earlier version with dynamics. yes, you'd do cd .fonts ; ln -s /sw/share/lilypond/2.5.23/fonts/type1/*pfa . Yes, thank y

layout question

2005-05-18 Thread Michiel Lange
Hello list, I have this piece that starts out with a combined Soprano and Alto and separate Piano system. After measure 14 there is a Tenor + Bass system added. After measure 36 the Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass staves are exploded to 4 systems. The numbers are not very important, but it's easie