Re: Error when trying to install LilyPond under kubuntu

2008-05-20 Thread Mats Bengtsson
You have to replace the X.Y.Z with the actual version number of the file you downloaded. First of all, make sure that your working directory is the directory where you downloaded your file. Then, the easiest way to get the filename correct is to let the command shell automatically fill in the

problem with lilypond-book

2008-05-20 Thread Stefan Thomas
Dear lilypond-users, after running lilypond-book (I attached the .tex-file to the mail) I got a very long error message, I don't understand. I'm not able to produce a pdf or dvi-file. What have I done wrong? Here is the message: lilypond-book (GNU LilyPond) 2.11.43 Reading notennamen.tex... Runnin

re: problem with lilypond-book

2008-05-20 Thread Stefan Thomas
Sorry, I forgot the attachment. I 've copied a little snppet of it in the mail: \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article} \usepackage[ngerman]{babel} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage[paper=a4paper,left=20mm,right=20mm,top=25mm,bottom=25mm]{geometry} \begin{document} \begin{center} \textbf{Not

Re: Error when trying to install LilyPond under kubuntu

2008-05-20 Thread Joseph Wakeling
Mats Bengtsson wrote: > So, type in > sh lily > and then press the TAB key, which fills in the file name and results in > something like > sh lilypond-2.10.33-1.linux-x86.sh > Then you can press enter. > I would recommend you to do this as root N.B. in Kubuntu you can't directly access root -- so

Compilation setup (Was: Modules)

2008-05-20 Thread Hans Aberg
On 20 May 2008, at 04:42, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: My original reply was to Karl Hammar said: I would be nice to be able to do like lilypond a.ly .. o.ly z.ly i.e. treat a.ly .. o.ly as if they where included in z.ly, without having to say so in z.ly. to which I said it is not needed with

Re: rhythm template function

2008-05-20 Thread Alard de Boer
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 6:44 AM, Jay Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a snippet I've used a couple times. If there's interest I'll > add it to the LSR. (I'm currently getting an 'invalid security > certificate' when I go here > https://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/list.php?type=usr). This is very s

Re: Lyrics to rests?

2008-05-20 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Valentin Villenave wrote: \addlyrics { "1" "+ 2 " "+" "3" "4" | "1" "+ 2 +" "3 4" } You are using explicit durations here; No! The \addlyrics construct copies the durations from the music, i.e. any durations specified explicitly in the lyrics are ignored. The simplest way I ca

Re: Lyrics to rests?

2008-05-20 Thread Valentin Villenave
2008/5/20 Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Valentin Villenave wrote: >> You are using explicit durations here; > > No! The \addlyrics construct copies the durations from the music, i.e. any > durations specified > explicitly in the lyrics are ignored. Oh gosh, I should stop pretending I kno

Re: Error when trying to install LilyPond under kubuntu

2008-05-20 Thread Damian leGassick
surely those same copy-pasters will simply paste sh lilypond-*.*.*.linux-x86.sh and get an error it's always best to give an example like: "at the command line type sh lilypond-X.Y.Z.linux-x86.sh according to your version and platform (e.g. for Version 2.11.14 type sh lilypond-2.11.14.li

Re: Error when trying to install LilyPond under kubuntu

2008-05-20 Thread Valentin Villenave
2008/5/19 Silvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I tried to install LilyPond using the command "sh > lilypond-X.Y.Z.linux-x86.sh". 2008/5/20 Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > You have to replace the X.Y.Z with the actual version number of the file you > downloaded. Maybe we'd better change the inst

an output question

2008-05-20 Thread James E. Bailey
I was just wondering if it's possible to get lilypond to print 2-up. So I get two A4 sheets on one A3 sheet? I know I can do it in acrobat, but I like to use acrobat as infrequently as possible, and I've actually never used ghostscript directly.

AW: Error when trying to install LilyPond under kubuntu

2008-05-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you very much Two of your advice were necessary: First I didn't replace X.Y.Z by the version-numer, second I tried to execute the installation in an other folder than the installation file was placed. have a nice evening Silvan Ursprüngliche Nachricht Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Datu

Re: 12/8 problems

2008-05-20 Thread Jon
I'm really starting to wrap my brain around the idea of using this software over other notation software, but I am having a problem. Here is a basic template below: \version "2.10.33" \header { } \include "english.ly" staffTrombone = \new Staff { \time 4/4 \set Staff.timeSignatureFraction = #'(12

Re: 12/8 problems

2008-05-20 Thread Matthew Rowles
2008/5/21 Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > \time 4/4 > \set Staff.timeSignatureFraction = #'(12 . 8) Is there any reason why you're using a 4/4 time signature, but setting it to be equal to 12/8? Why not just use \time 12/8 in the first place? -- Matthew Rowles - Be Alert. Australia needs lerts. _

Re: 12/8 problems

2008-05-20 Thread Matthew Rowles
2008/5/21 Jonathan Siddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Matthew, > > For whatever reason when I was trying it earlier, it didn't want to parse > correctly. Always the simplest thing...thank you very much. > > Jon maybe you wrote /time 12/8? I've know I've done that at least once. :} ___

building a DIY Lilypond engraving server

2008-05-20 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hey y'all, I've got a long-term Lilypond-related project I'm interested in working on, and I wanted to brainstorm a bit... I'm planning to publish all my music using Lilypond... of course! ;-) And for the most part, I will be personally making all the engraving choices (ahead of time), ge