Re: ugly font in title

2005-07-01 Thread Mats Bengtsson
LilyPond version? Operating system? What package did you install (or did you compile it yourself)? (Please reply to the mailing list) /Mats Andreas Rittershofer wrote: When I generate a PDF-file with lilypond input.ly the title is set in a really ugly font. What's wrong here? mfg ar --

Re: pdf files

2005-07-01 Thread Mats Bengtsson
I'm using Acrobat Reader 5.0, but have just downloaded Adobe reader 6.0 and am still unable to open the files. Can I be really thick and ask what the difference between PDF and PS is? That may be the key, as it seems the PS files are the ones I can't open. PS is short for PostScript, which is a

Re: ugly font in title

2005-07-01 Thread Andreas Rittershofer
Am Freitag, den 01.07.2005, 09:19 +0200 schrieb Mats Bengtsson: > LilyPond version? 2.4.5 > Operating system? Debian unstable > What package did you install (or did you compile it yourself)? > I installed it via apt-get. The font used is a typewriter font with very bad kerning. When I inclu

Re: Feature request - contemporary trill indications

2005-07-01 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Sure, at least if you know something about the Scheme language and how it's used in LilyPond. The example called stencil-hacking.ly in the "Regression Test" document at www.lilypond.org shows how to add parentheses around a note head. It shouldn't be so hard to modify it to give brackets instead (

Re: ugly font in title

2005-07-01 Thread Andreas Rittershofer
Am Freitag, den 01.07.2005, 11:13 +0200 schrieb Mats Bengtsson: > See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2005-05/msg00207.html I already have these fonts, that is not the problem. > > However, you may want to try the new stable version 2.6.0, > which is available i a package that sh

Re: Feature request - contemporary trill indications

2005-07-01 Thread Jamie Bullock
Thanks. I've already tried that, but it isn't really robust enough - it puts accidentals outside the brackets for example. It also doesn't take account of the note/grace note spacing properly. I haven't really got time to learn some Scheme, so I might take Han-Wen up on his offer. Jamie On Fri, 2

Bounties - was [Re: Feature request - contemporary trill indications]

2005-07-01 Thread Jamie Bullock
Something like the Gnome bounties system perhaps? See - http://www.gnome.org/bounties/index.html for details. Jamie On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 19:02 +0200, Erik Sandberg wrote: > On Thursday 30 June 2005 13.14, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > > If you're willing to pay for the development, I could impleme

Laissez vibrer tie

2005-07-01 Thread Jamie Bullock
Is there any mechanism for doing unterminated (laissez vibrer) ties in Lilypond (2.4.5 - 2.6)? -- Regards, Jamie ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: ugly font in title

2005-07-01 Thread Mats Bengtsson
See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2005-05/msg00207.html However, you may want to try the new stable version 2.6.0, which is available i a package that should install on most Linux versions. I wouldn't be surprised to see a new Debian package for version 2.6 to appear any day, as

Re: ugly font in title

2005-07-01 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Andreas Rittershofer wrote: Am Freitag, den 01.07.2005, 11:13 +0200 schrieb Mats Bengtsson: See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2005-05/msg00207.html I already have these fonts, that is not the problem. Are you sure that you have exactly that version of the package and no

Re: Laissez vibrer tie

2005-07-01 Thread Mats Bengtsson
See the section on "Hidden Notes" in the manual, for a common trick. /Mats Jamie Bullock wrote: Is there any mechanism for doing unterminated (laissez vibrer) ties in Lilypond (2.4.5 - 2.6)? -- = Mats Bengtsson Signal Processing

Re: ugly font in title

2005-07-01 Thread Gilles
Hi. > > See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2005-05/msg00207.html > > I already have these fonts, that is not the problem. > Try "dpkg-reconfigure tetex-bin" and, maybe, reinstall those fonts. [I had the same problem.] Gilles ___ l

Re: Feature request - contemporary trill indications

2005-07-01 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Erik Sandberg wrote: On Thursday 30 June 2005 13.14, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: If you're willing to pay for the development, I could implement this as a small feature. Hi, Is there somewhere a list of features which you are willing to implement for a fee? No. I'm willing to implement almos

Re: ugly font in title

2005-07-01 Thread Andreas Rittershofer
Am Freitag, den 01.07.2005, 11:55 +0200 schrieb Mats Bengtsson: > > Andreas Rittershofer wrote: > > Am Freitag, den 01.07.2005, 11:13 +0200 schrieb Mats Bengtsson: > > > >>See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2005-05/msg00207.html > > > > > > I already have these fonts, that is n

Re: pdf files

2005-07-01 Thread Sacha Standen
Thanks Mats The problem is, Lilypond 2.6 on my system only seems to generate PS files and not PDFs. To clarify what I'm doing, in case anyone else out there knows about Lilypond on Windows: Having written my text file, I then drag it onto the Lilypond icon, which then processes it and creates a

Re: Auto-beam in 2.6

2005-07-01 Thread Mats Bengtsson
The default settings in LilyPond include settings equivalent to #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 32 2 4) 1 8) #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 32 2 4) 3 8) see the file scm/auto-beam.scm This means that you have to revert these settings using: #(revert-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 32 2 4) 1

Re: pdf files

2005-07-01 Thread Paul Scott
Sacha Standen wrote: Thanks Mats The problem is, Lilypond 2.6 on my system only seems to generate PS files and not PDFs. To clarify what I'm doing, in case anyone else out there knows about Lilypond on Windows: Having written my text file, I then drag it onto the Lilypond icon, which then pro

Re: Extending beamed stems

2005-07-01 Thread Henrik Frisk
OK, that makes sense. Beginner question: Is this terminology consistent for all properties, that is, *-extent referring to spacing and *-offset to 'real' size? /henrik Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Henrik Frisk wrote: > > Your suggested solution seems to be the way to do it.

Re: Folk songs scores / tabs

2005-07-01 Thread VSD
And sorry to be such a dull reading the doc, no prob, but keep in mind that the documentation and the mailing lists contain the vast majority of answers, although there always are some issues that usually need to be solved with the help of others... question: is it possible to enter tabs

Re: Extending beamed stems

2005-07-01 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Read in the chapter on "Changing Defaults" how to find the documentation of these properties. Regarding the naming, -extent refers to the extent of the object and offset to the offset (displacement) ;-) /Mats Quoting Henrik Frisk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > OK, that makes sense. Beginner question

Re: pdf files

2005-07-01 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Paul Scott writes: >>file and continues processing for a while but creates nothing new. There is >>no PDF file. Anyone know why? >> > I also get no PDF's. I installed the native LilyPond on MS Windows 98SE. Then probably ghostscript fails. Can someone please run lilypond with the --verbose sw

Re: pdf files

2005-07-01 Thread Paul Scott
Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: Paul Scott writes: file and continues processing for a while but creates nothing new. There is no PDF file. Anyone know why? I also get no PDF's. I installed the native LilyPond on MS Windows 98SE. Then probably ghostscript fails. Can someone pleas

Re: Auto-beam in 2.6

2005-07-01 Thread Joe Neeman
> This means that you have to revert these settings using: > #(revert-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 32 2 4) 1 8) > #(revert-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 32 2 4) 3 8) Thanks, that makes things clearer. I think I was confused by the use of the words override and revert. I'm going to try to summarize here;

png

2005-07-01 Thread Stephen
How do I produce a png file using Lilypond 2.6.0 for Windows? Stephen ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Auto-beam in 2.6

2005-07-01 Thread Joe Neeman
>override-auto-beam-setting adds an extra beam start/break point >revert-auto-beam-setting removes a beam start/break point (but doesn't >seem to like wildcards) > > Actually, I still have a couple problems understanding things: %%% This beams straight through the 3rd beat, as expected { \time

Compiling Lilypond-2.6.0 On Gentoo

2005-07-01 Thread J. Scott Amort
Hi All, I am eager to give Lilypond-2.6.0 a try! However, on my Gentoo box, I get the following error during the compile: mf-nowin -progname=mf "\mode:=laserjet; nonstopmode; input feta11.mf;" This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.4) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt mf.base tcfmgr: config file

Re: Compiling Lilypond-2.6.0 On Gentoo

2005-07-01 Thread Joe Neeman
If this list allows .tar.bz2 attachments, you could try unpacking the attachment into your $PORTDIR_OVERLAY directory. It adds ebuilds for the correct versions of mftrace and fontforge, so it should help resolve any dependency problems. Joe lilypond-ebuild.tar.bz2 Description: Binary data __

Windows Installer 2.6.0 and Ptyhon Scripts

2005-07-01 Thread J L
Hi, I've recently downloaded the 2.6.0 windows installer and am glad to see that some progress has been made in trying to get the Python scripts functional. Regarding the context-menu or the menu that pops up on right-clicking a .ly file, the lilywins command should be modified to: (extension

Re: Compiling Lilypond-2.6.0 On Gentoo

2005-07-01 Thread Scott Amort
Joe Neeman wrote: If this list allows .tar.bz2 attachments, you could try unpacking the attachment into your $PORTDIR_OVERLAY directory. It adds ebuilds for the correct versions of mftrace and fontforge, so it should help resolve any dependency problems. Joe Hi Joe, Thanks for taking the time

Re: Compiling Lilypond-2.6.0 On Gentoo

2005-07-01 Thread Daniel Johnson
If you are going to be building the documentation on Gentoo (i.e. you have "doc" in your USE variable) it is almost imperative that you use a version of Guile newer than the latest stable -- use a CVS snapshot of the development branch, and you get Han-Wen's garbage-collection patches. What I woun

LP 2.6 on Win98 -- question on Ghostview & on PS file size

2005-07-01 Thread stk
Since the problem I encountered involves using Ghostview, which I don't think was intended in the native Windows distribution of LilyPond 2.6, I don't think this qualifies as a LilyPond bug. If I'm wrong about that assumption, please tell me; I'm new to this list and I welcome your guidance on the