Re: Lilypond 2.8.1 slow on WindowsXP

2006-04-04 Thread David Feuer
Fortunately, there's a workaround. As Han-Wen explained: > I suggest to use the workaround, ie. to run fc-cache.exe in > C:/windows/fonts/ . I've verified that this works over here. Note that > you'll need to remove Read-only and System attributes to > C:/Windows/fonts/ to make this work, i

Re: time signature with note in denominator

2006-04-04 Thread David Feuer
On 4/3/06, Jos Smeets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I am typesetting a score which has a non-standard time signature in the > original. E.g. for 4/2 it has a half note symbol in the denominator > instead of the number 2. So, it is like using TimeSignature > "single-digit", but with th

Re: Undocumented \with syntax?

2006-04-04 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Tuesday 04 April 2006 07.50, Rick Hansen (aka RickH) wrote: > \new Voice="Soprano" > \with { > \consists "Ambitus_engraver" > } { myNotesGoHere } > > ... > > The above example gets a compiler error, saying that the "\with" was > unexpected Try using \context iso. \new. -- Erik ___

Re: What to put where for unicode using jedit?

2006-04-04 Thread Bertalan Fodor
Jay Hamilton, Sound and Silence wrote: Nicolas was very clear if one is using emacs but what about jedit it seems odd that if one cancels out a line with % that it would affect how the text coding worked. So is it the same? Also I can't find the correct numbers that have been referred to in p

Re: time signature with note in denominator

2006-04-04 Thread Jos Smeets
On Tue, 4 Apr 2006 00:07:24 -0700 "David Feuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/3/06, Jos Smeets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I am typesetting a score which has a non-standard time signature in > > the original. E.g. for 4/2 it has a half note symbol in the > > denominator i

Re: Reverse-direction ties?

2006-04-04 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Dave LaDelfa wrote: The workaround in other software I've used (predominantly MusicPress) is to manually set each tie in the "wrong" direction. The problem with this is that once you transpose the notes (e.g. to extract a horn or clarinet part) you have to go through and manually redo any of the

Re: MusicXML converter: "ImportError: No module named musicxml"

2006-04-04 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Gerhard G. Tooorges wrote: Hello! I am new to Lilypond. At the moment, I do all of my work — I am a music teacher and arranger — in Sibelius 4. I used to look on the Lilpond homepage form time to time, because I somehow like the project. The engraving gets better and better, thus the "tweaks"

Re: Undocumented \with syntax?

2006-04-04 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Rick Hansen (aka RickH) wrote: \new Voice="Soprano" \with { \consists "Ambitus_engraver" } { myNotesGoHere } ... The above example gets a compiler error, saying that the "\with" was unexpected Please send a full bugreport including minimal .ly file. -- Han-Wen Nienhuys - [EMAIL PR

Re: Producing postscript for custom paper size (9x12" manuscript paper)?

2006-04-04 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
John Hawkinson wrote: Err, I'm not sure I follow. If LilyPond is generating PostScript output, it needs to specify the size of the rendered page in the PostScript. Otherwise the PostScript is incomplete and cannot be properly processed by printers and by the PDF generator both (this is why the

Re: Markup next to a note:

2006-04-04 Thread Colin Wilding
You could use embedded Postscript. It may take a while to get the hang of it (especially if you have not used Postscript before) but it is very powerful and it is invisible to Lilypond, so you can put objects anywhere and Lilypond will not move things around to avoid them. For example, I have us

Re: Lilypond 2.8.1 slow on WindowsXP

2006-04-04 Thread Sotaro
Thanks! I will try that when I get home. Best regards, Sotaro David Feuer-2 wrote: > > Fortunately, there's a workaround. As Han-Wen explained: > > I suggest to use the workaround, ie. to run > fc-cache.exe in >> C:/windows/fonts/ . I've verified that this works > over here. Note that >

Re: Markup next to a note:

2006-04-04 Thread Colin Wilding
Like this, for example: -- \version "2.8.0" cwpsDef = \markup { \postscript #" /CMWFont { /CenturySchL-Roma findfont 2 scalefont setfont } bind def /CMWOrg { CMWFont (Org.) show } def " } cwpsOrg = \markup { \postscript #"-4 1.5 moveto CMWOrg" } music = \relative c'

Re: Markup next to a note:

2006-04-04 Thread Mats Bengtsson
What's the point of using embedded postscript instead of just using the extra-offset property on an ordinary text script? /Mats Colin Wilding wrote: Like this, for example: -- \version "2.8.0" cwpsDef = \markup { \postscript #" /CMWFont { /CenturySchL-Roma findfont 2 scalefont

a EasyHeads/acciaccatura problem

2006-04-04 Thread Jay Hamilton, Sound and Silence
Hello- the pdf of this has the letter names nearly obliterating the acciaccaturas rendering the note pretty much unreadable is there a solution to this? Jay \version "2.8.0" \header { title = "Plearaca Eadarnai (a reel)" subsubtitle = "The Humours of Ederney" copyright = "For Study Purpos

Re: Markup next to a note:

2006-04-04 Thread Colin Wilding
None, really - I confess I hadn't learnt how to use extra-offset and wasn't aware that you could use it to get the text to appear overlaid on the staff. The Postscript comes into its own when adding a piece of text in the normal way would push other objects out of the way (as with a bracket spann

Re: Producing postscript for custom paper size (9x12" manuscript paper)?

2006-04-04 Thread John Hawkinson
Han-Wen Nienhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Tue, 4 Apr 2006 at 12:41:47 +0200 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >should be generating a %%DocumentMedia comment, which can include > > it does, at least 2.8 does. Whoops, so it does. Sorry about that. > >I don't think there were any printer-specifics i

Re: Producing postscript for custom paper size (9x12" manuscript paper)?

2006-04-04 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
John Hawkinson schreef: Would you prefer to treat it as an option like 'landscape? E.g.: #(set-default-paper-size "manuscript" 'manualfeed) My impression is that this is just an extra option that won't benefit anyone and would cause confusion, since I don't think anyone would not want

Re: Markup next to a note:

2006-04-04 Thread Colin Wilding
This works for me.  Notes in my previous email about fonts and tweaking apply here too. \version "2.8.0" cwpsDef = \markup { \postscript #"     /CMWFont { /CenturySchL-Roma findfont 7 scalefont setfont } bind def     /CMWBrace { CMWFont /braceright glyphshow } def     " } cwpsBrace = \marku

Re:time signature with note in denominator

2006-04-04 Thread Ben
On 4/4/06, "David Feuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 4/3/06, Jos Smeets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I am typesetting a score which has a non-standard time signature in > > > the original. E.g. for 4/2 it has a half note symbol in the > > > denominator instead of

Starting up

2006-04-04 Thread Tomas Valusek
Hello, I'm a Czech music teacher. I'm visually impaired, so creating scores graphically is very tiring for my eyes. I just downloaded and installed LilyPond 2.8.1 on WindowsXP Pro Czech edition. As a Czech user, I'd like to use Czech accented characters within text elements in LilyPond. 1. I

From Lilypond ly to Finale

2006-04-04 Thread Ben Fisher
I was impressed with Lilypond's cool and fast syntax. I wrote some songs in it, but now unfortunately I need to export those songs back to Finale. (My music professor doesn't like Lilypond...) I've seen that Lilypond has great support for importing other file formats, but had a hard time finding a

RehearsalMark break-visibility

2006-04-04 Thread Daniel Johnson
I've been trying to get a rehearsal mark to show up at the end of a staff. (The object is eventually to use markup such as a fermata here.) Here's a stripped-down example: % begin lilypond code % \version "2.8.1" eolMark = { \once\override RehearsalMark #'break-visibility = #end-of

Re: RehearsalMark break-visibility

2006-04-04 Thread Graham Percival
On 4-Apr-06, at 11:46 AM, Daniel Johnson wrote: eolMark = { \once\override RehearsalMark #'break-visibility = #end-of-line-visible % end lilypond code % In this example, though, the rehearsal mark shows up at the beginning of the second line rather than the end of the first. Any

Re: RehearsalMark break-visibility SOLVED

2006-04-04 Thread Daniel Johnson
Graham Percival wrote: Yes, read the manual, 8.1.3 Text marks: To print the mark at the end of the current line, use \override Score.RehearsalMark #'break-visibility = #begin-of-line-invisible I don't know why end-of-line-visible doesn't work, but since it isn't mentioned in the ma

Re: LilyPad (was: Change pdf viewer on mac)

2006-04-04 Thread fiëé visuëlle
Am 2006-04-03 um 00:29 schrieb Ed Baskerville: you could try my little lilypad app: http://edbaskerville.com/software/lilypad/ a vastly improved version should be out within the month with completion, syntax coloring, and hopefully some other nice features. i am also planning on releasing it

Re: Starting up

2006-04-04 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Quoting Tomas Valusek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hello, I'm a Czech music teacher. I'm visually impaired, so creating scores graphically is very tiring for my eyes. I just downloaded and installed LilyPond 2.8.1 on WindowsXP Pro Czech edition. As a Czech user, I'd like to use Czech accented charac

Re: Starting up

2006-04-04 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
In the Format menu in Notepad++ you can choose the option "Encode in UTF-8" that should be all that is required, hope this helps..regards,SimonOn 4/4/06, Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Quoting Tomas Valusek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:> Hello,>> I'm a Czech music teacher. I'm visually impaired,

Re: Starting up

2006-04-04 Thread Rick Hansen (aka RickH)
Also look into installing jEdit and it's LiiyPond plug in. Make sure Sun (or IBM) Java is up-to-date on your machine first. jEdit has worked out very nicely for me, and I just started a week ago. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Starting-up-t1394437.html#a3754016 Sent fr

Re: Control space between notes?

2006-04-04 Thread Jannik Jeppesen
Hi again... 1. when i use raggedright, it simply makes the bars as small as possible... How do i use this function, so that one bar still is one whole line? (or a half?) 2. when i use << >> around 2 different parts, it automaticly puts sets these two parts together with a vertical line. As i

Re: Control space between notes?

2006-04-04 Thread Geoff Horton
I think what I would try in your case is setting each row with an invisible line of sixteenth notes. See if you have a copy of partial-blank.ly on your computer and use that as a starting point. Gepff ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.or

Fwd: MusicXML converter: "ImportError: No module named musicxml"

2006-04-04 Thread Gerhard G. Tooorges
-- Forwarded message --From: Gerhard G. Tooorges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: 05.04.2006 03:08Subject: Re: MusicXML converter: "ImportError: No module named musicxml"To: Han-Wen Nienhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello Han-Wen,I work on Mac OS X 10.3.9.Lilypond version 2.8.1-1 (vBuild from F

No pagebreaks within a score?

2006-04-04 Thread Buddha Buck
I'm trying to put lots of scores in a \book, and I want the output such that no score is split between two pages.  I don't care if a page ends up half-full because the next score is too long to fit on the bottom of the page, but requiring my musicians to turn pages is, in this case, bad. For the m

Re: No pagebreaks within a score?

2006-04-04 Thread Carrick Patterson
Quoting Buddha Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm trying to put lots of scores in a \book, and I want the output such that > no score is split between two pages. I don't care if a page ends up > half-full because the next score is too long to fit on the bottom of the > page, but requiring my musicia

Reduce space between title and top of the page

2006-04-04 Thread Jefferson dos Santos Felix
here is the code: \version "2.8.0" \paper {     #(set-paper-size "a4")     top-margin = 0.7\cm     } \header {     title = "Title"     composer = "Composer"     meter = "Meter" } \score {  \relative  {   c''1 c2 c4 c \break  } } \layout {} %%% The problem: I can't reduce the

Re: Reduce space between title and top of the page

2006-04-04 Thread Graham Percival
On 4-Apr-06, at 10:14 PM, Jefferson dos Santos Felix wrote: The problem: I can't reduce the top-margin. The source above produces a incorrect distance between the title and the top of the page (it's larger than 0.7 cm).  I tried to read manual about page layout and page settings, but I can'

Trouble lining up Fine mark

2006-04-04 Thread David Feuer
I want the right side of the Fine mark to line up with the double bar line, so I did ... music \override Score.RehearsalMark #'break-visibility = #begin-of-line-invisible \once \override Score.RehearsalMark #'self-alignment-X = #right \mark \markup {\large Fine} \bar "||" \key bf \major ...

Re: Forcing a page break in markup

2006-04-04 Thread Graham Percival
On 1-Apr-06, at 6:19 AM, Geoff Horton wrote: It would be really handy to be able to insert page breaks in the middle of markups, or at the very least, in between \markup blocks. The \pageBreak command only works within a score as far as I can tell, and I'm not excited about dumping a ton of Sch