Re: Debian questions

2006-04-12 Thread Atte André Jensen
Atte André Jensen wrote: That was easy! Odd but asy. Thanks. sed s/asy/easy/g -- peace, love & harmony Atte http://www.atte.dk http://www.atte.dk/gps ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilyp

Re: 4 voices on 3 staves?

2006-04-12 Thread Daniel Johnson
jango wrote: I was trying to do it on my own, but I got lost :) I need to get two voices on the first stave and then 2 additional staves with one voice on each. Can anyone give me an actual code that would perform this task? \version "2.8.0" sopNotes = \relative c'' { c1 } altNotes = \relative

Re: Set vs. Override - I'm confused

2006-04-12 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Werner LEMBERG writes: >> \set: set the value of a context property >> \override: set the value of a layout object property > > I've always wondered why it isn't possible to unify them... Or until that time have explicit naming. Jan. -- Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | GNU LilyPond - Th

Re: Old-style F clef?

2006-04-12 Thread josiah boothby
I also seem to recall that having custom graphics made is possible and is not a terribly expensive sponsorship. You would have to inquire as to the price and likelihood of implementation, though, if this is something that interests you. Josiah On 4/11/06, Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: Drum march questions

2006-04-12 Thread Sven Axelsson
On 11/04/06, Jannik Jeppesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I want to whrite a few drum march and rhythm exercises, but cant make them > look perfect... > Here is a little march, with alot of things that can be done more nicely. > > can anyone set this one up in a more beautifulll manner? So the ba

Installing 2.8 after many other releases

2006-04-12 Thread Luise Marion Frenkel
Hello, In my Debian like Linux (actually Kurumin) installing lilypond works fine, without complaints, but I cannot use it because my system still finds some old version (2.4.0). I have been using lilypond since 1.4.12 or alike, and in this system of mine it has been quite complicated to have a

Re: Installing 2.8 after many other releases

2006-04-12 Thread Cameron Horsburgh
Luise Marion Frenkel wrote: > Hello, > > In my Debian like Linux (actually Kurumin) installing lilypond works > fine, without complaints, but I cannot use it because my system still > finds some old version (2.4.0). > > I have been using lilypond since 1.4.12 or alike, and in this system > of

Making ligature brackets all horizontal

2006-04-12 Thread Sven Axelsson
I've been filddling a little with a context for pipebans snare drum. One of the things needed is a way to put a bracket above arbitrary music to indicate the tytti passages. I first tried this by using \startGroup and \endGroup. That worked, but the syntax was a bit awkward. I have reread the manua

Re: Installing 2.8 after many other releases

2006-04-12 Thread Luise Marion Frenkel
Thank you so much! Now it works, very well! On Wed, 12 Apr 2006, Cameron Horsburgh wrote: > How have you installed LilyPond in the past? With apt-get or some other way? Yes, with apt-get, usually from packages made by some Lilypond contributors. > If you've used apt-get (or some other packa

Re: Installing 2.8 after many other releases

2006-04-12 Thread Cameron Horsburgh
Luise Marion Frenkel wrote: > > Thank you so much! Now it works, very well! > > On Wed, 12 Apr 2006, Cameron Horsburgh wrote: > > >> How have you installed LilyPond in the past? With apt-get or some other way? > > Yes, with apt-get, usually from packages made by some Lilypond > contributors.

Re: Old-style F clef?

2006-04-12 Thread David Feuer
Do you mean this one: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/79/Oldbassclef.png ? David Feuer ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Single Straight Eighths?

2006-04-12 Thread David Feuer
On 4/12/06, Atte André Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > S L Raymond wrote: > > > IMO, the markup "straight" is a bit crowded for just one or two notes. > > I've considered using a sixteenth-dotted eighth figure, supposing that a > > performer would interpret the "ahead of the beat" implication.

Still Have convert-ly Questions/Problems.

2006-04-12 Thread Ted Stanion
I managed to get 'convert-ly' version 2.8.1 to run in Cygwin by doing the following: 1) I have Cygwin LilyPond 2.6.4 installed. This was installed in the default location using the 'setup' program. 2) I have Windows Lilypond 2.8.1 installed in the directory c:\nobackup\LilyPond. 3) I copi

Re: Single Straight Eighths?

2006-04-12 Thread David Rogers
On 12-Apr-06, at 09:01, David Feuer wrote: On 4/12/06, Atte André Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: S L Raymond wrote: IMO, the markup "straight" is a bit crowded for just one or two notes. I've considered using a sixteenth-dotted eighth figure, supposing that a performer would interpret

Re: Still Have convert-ly Questions/Problems.

2006-04-12 Thread Geoff Horton
> The script seems to run, but stops at conversion 2.7.40 and leaves > the line \version "2.7.40" in the new file. (It started as "2.6.0".) > Is this the expected outcome or should it have continued further? There weren't any syntax changes after 2.7.40, so that's what convert-ly codes in the \ver

Re: Single Straight Eighths?

2006-04-12 Thread Dave LaDelfa
S L Raymond charter.net> writes: > > In a Jazz chart with mostly swung eighth notes, what is the preferred > nomenclature for a single straight 8th note? A single one? I can't imagine how you've not have some multiple of 2. Completely unambiguous would be the designation "no swing" above the

Re: Installing 2.8 after many other releases

2006-04-12 Thread Luise Marion Frenkel
On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Cameron Horsburgh wrote: > > I just don't know why in a root shell I get > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# lilypond -v > > bash: /usr/bin/lilypond: No such file or directory > > > > but it does not matter. > > > Hmm, it seems your system needs a bit of a clean! I'm glad to se

Re: Still Have convert-ly Questions/Problems.

2006-04-12 Thread Mats Bengtsson
A much better solution is to download and install the Windows version of Python from www.python.org and then add it at the beginning of your PATH, either by doing set PATH="C:\Program Files\Python2.4;%PATH% in the command shell before running convert-ly or by doing it once and for all by right-

Re: Installing 2.8 after many other releases

2006-04-12 Thread josiah boothby
Honestly, I think this is the problem: > I am afraid to lose the lilypond-snapshot 2.4.1 and remain with no > working lilypond, which has become essential to me. My advice would be to uninstall this with apt-get, and try the GUB installer. Deleting the binaries doesn't uninstall the program. Jos

Re: Installing 2.8 after many other releases

2006-04-12 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Quoting josiah boothby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Honestly, I think this is the problem: I am afraid to lose the lilypond-snapshot 2.4.1 and remain with no working lilypond, which has become essential to me. My advice would be to uninstall this with apt-get, and try the GUB installer. Deleting the

Re: Installing 2.8 after many other releases

2006-04-12 Thread josiah boothby
so, for instance /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin if the new is in /usr/local/bin and the old is in /usr/bin? but with the old binaries deleted, is the old installation still salvageable? On 4/12/06, Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting josiah boothby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Honestly, I

Re: Installing 2.8 after many other releases

2006-04-12 Thread Pedro Kröger
> convert-ly : works only in a root shell, where it is version 2.8.1 and > works as expected. In a user shell it gives: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ convert-ly --version > bash: /usr/bin/convert-ly: No such file or directory > > lilypond-book : works in root shell and user shell, version 2.8.1 > > lily

Re: Installing 2.8 after many other releases

2006-04-12 Thread Cameron Horsburgh
Luise Marion Frenkel wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Cameron Horsburgh wrote: > >>> I just don't know why in a root shell I get >>> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# lilypond -v >>> bash: /usr/bin/lilypond: No such file or directory >>> >>> but it does not matter. >>> >> Hmm, it seems your system needs a

Re: Installing 2.8 after many other releases

2006-04-12 Thread Chris Leyon
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# lilypond -v > >>> bash: /usr/bin/lilypond: No such file or directory This error can appear if a dynamic library cannot be found or loaded. On my system, lilypond is a shell-script wrapper which sets LD_LIBRARY_PATH and then execs a binary. Check that the LD_LIBRARY_PAT

Ghostscript patches and packaging

2006-04-12 Thread Quentin Spencer
Hello everyone, I'm an occasional user of lilypond, and new to this list. I'm also the maintainer of a few packages in Fedora Extras, and I'm considering submitting lilypond for inclusion there. Initially I built everything (version 2.8.1) from source and I ran into the PDF file size problem

Re: Old-style F clef?

2006-04-12 Thread eduardo . susan
Hi, I'm also interested in using this kind of clef in Lilypond. There is a TTF music font that already has this glyph. It's a modified version of Finale's Petrucci, it is called Petrucjt. It is available for free in the site: http://www.paperlesshymnal.com/shapnote/shaped.htm See: Enhanced Fina

Re: State of the docs, April 2006

2006-04-12 Thread eduardo . susan
Hello, I'm also interested in making contributions to the manual or developing more tutorials, etc. For now my time is very limited, too. But here are my ideas on things to explore: 1) The Vocal Music section. I'm starting to work with lilypond to typeset songs and hymns, I'm still learnin

Re: Ghostscript patches and packaging

2006-04-12 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Have you made sure to search the mailing list archives of both bug-lilypond and liliypond-devel? I'm pretty sure you can find an explanation of the patch there. Also, when talking about Ghostscript versions, note that there are two parallel sets of versions, the GNU and the AFPL versions. /Mat