Re: instrument names for GrandStaff, etc.

2006-10-01 Thread Marcus Macauley
On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:39:09 -0400, Kieren MacMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Marcus: Just a quick suggestion. Why not let a GrandStaff have an instrumentName (and a shortInstrumentName), just like a Staff and a PianoStaff already do? Just in case you don't know, you can always add

Re: instrument names for GrandStaff, etc.

2006-10-01 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi, Marcus: That's just what I was looking for! Glad I could help! The same trick works for ChoirStaff or StaffGroup, too, adding a new \context block for each. Exactly so... Or are we expected to search the main documentation, and failing that, Regression Tests, Tips and Tricks, and E

Literature?

2006-10-01 Thread running . tostandstill
Hello everyone, Does anyone know of any good books on the subject of music engraving? A book containing rules/tips/do/don'ts would be quite a useful investment I think. Thanks, Stewart ___ Tiscali Broadband from 14.99 with free setup! http

Re: Literature?

2006-10-01 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Have you checked the link to "Bibliography" on the LilyPond documentation page for your version of LilyPond? /Mats Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello everyone, Does anyone know of any good books on the subject of music engraving? A book containing rules/tips/do/don'ts would be quite a useful

To hide a time signature

2006-10-01 Thread Marcus Macauley
I'm trying to hide the first time signature, but display any which come later. So here's a snippet: \version "2.9.17" { \once \override Staff.TimeSignature #'break-visibility = ##(#f #f #f) \time 4/4 c'1 \time 3/4 c'2. } The tweak is based on this page: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/Documentati

Re: To hide a time signature

2006-10-01 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi, Marcus: But I'm curious, is there a better way to do this? I don't claim it's necessarily "better", but another way would be \version "2.9.17" { \once \override Staff.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \time 4/4 c'1 \time 3/4 c'2. } HTH! Kieren. _

Re: instrument names for GrandStaff, etc.

2006-10-01 Thread Graham Percival
Marcus Macauley wrote: Or are we expected to search the main documentation, and failing that, Regression Tests, Tips and Tricks, and Examples, and failing that, the email archives, and failing that, a message to lilypond-user? Currently, yes. Although you missed the unofficial wiki; that's a

Re: To hide a time signature

2006-10-01 Thread Marcus Macauley
Hi Kieren, I don't claim it's necessarily "better", but another way [to hide the initial time signature but not subsequent ones] would be \version "2.9.17" { \once \override Staff.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \time 4/4 c'1 \time 3/4 c'2. } Indeed, that works too. But where is