Re: starting Fescobaldi

2009-04-26 Thread Tom Cloyd
Martin Tarenskeen wrote: the standard for starting a program once it's installed is to call the program from the command-line. precompiled packages generally install to /usr/bin, self-compiled packages to /usr/local/bin or on some distributions to /opt/bin or /opt/local/bin. Wherever

Re: table of contents page numbers are all question marks

2009-04-26 Thread Nicolas Sceaux
Le 26 avr. 09 à 05:12, Chip a écrit : In using the sample code from NR 3.2.4 Table Of Contents I get all my page numbers as question marks. Even the example shows all the page numbers are page 1. There is no info on how to get the page numbers to increment, or how to manually insert the pag

Re: Changing font of "Table of Contents"

2009-04-26 Thread Nicolas Sceaux
Le 26 avr. 09 à 01:38, Nick Payne a écrit : I'm putting together a book of pieces, and using a particular font for headers, footers, titles, subtitles, etc. The one place where I haven't figured out how to get that font used is for the header text for the table of contents that Lilypond crea

Re: date in footer?

2009-04-26 Thread Graham Percival
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 01:36:11PM -0600, Carl D. Sorensen wrote: > > On 4/25/09 1:31 PM, "Neil Puttock" wrote: > > > Perhaps the point I was trying to make got lost in my slightly > > facetious reply: if we're talking about LSR snippets which are in the > > docs, the LSR editor must be mindful

Subject: Re: flats as sharps and sharp as flats

2009-04-26 Thread Stefan Thomas
Dear community, with Your hints I made success with my idea of changing the enharmonic context. But, what I did doesn't still work like I expect it. Here is an example with short comments on it: \version "2.13.0" #(define (naturalize-pitch p) (let* ((o (ly:pitch-octave p)) (a (* 4 (ly

Centered footnotes and spacing

2009-04-26 Thread Mark Austin
I'm putting the finishing touches on a book of English folk tunes, but have a few problems. The first is in trying to center a footnote. So far, I've got this: \paper { #(define page-breaking ly:minimal-breaking) ragged-bottom = ##t oddFooterMarkup = \markup { Engraved on

Re: music expression explanation

2009-04-26 Thread Trevor Daniels
Graham Percival wrote Saturday, April 25, 2009 12:53 PM On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 12:31:14PM +0100, Trevor Daniels wrote: Graham Percival wrote Saturday, April 25, 2009 10:13 AM Eh?!?! You want to tell people to put articulation and dynamic marks after the duration, before they've been told

Re: date in footer?

2009-04-26 Thread Neil Puttock
2009/4/26 Graham Percival : > This is easily solved; the python script that copies from > input/new/ to input/lsr/ should add a "This snippet only works in > 2.13"; that way, the LSR editor can easily see such snippets from > browsing the docs. We already have a comment which says where the snipp

Re: Centered footnotes and spacing

2009-04-26 Thread Robin Bannister
Mark Austin wrote: I'm putting the finishing touches on a book of English folk tunes, but have a few problems. I suppose it's rather crude, but I like using \null for things like this. So, for the footer: \markup { Engraved ... } becomes \markup \fill-line { \null \line

(2 - 3)/4 time signature

2009-04-26 Thread Alberto Simões
Hello. I am transcribing a music that defines the time signature as (2-3)/4 That is, some bars are 2/4, some others are 3/4. While I can change time signature from time to time accordingly with the composer changes, that polutes a lot the music score. Any suggestion on a solution? Thank you A

Re: (2 - 3)/4 time signature

2009-04-26 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Alberto Simões wrote: Hello. I am transcribing a music that defines the time signature as (2-3)/4 That is, some bars are 2/4, some others are 3/4. While I can change time signature from time to time accordingly with the composer changes, that polutes a lot the music score. Any suggestion on

Re: (2 - 3)/4 time signature

2009-04-26 Thread Alberto Simões
Hello, Jonathan Jonathan Kulp wrote: > Alberto Simões wrote: >> Hello. >> >> I am transcribing a music that defines the time signature as >> >> (2-3)/4 >> >> That is, some bars are 2/4, some others are 3/4. >> >> While I can change time signature from time to time accordingly with the >> composer

adding to the LSR

2009-04-26 Thread Chip
When I conclude my addition to the LSR, do I click on the Save button or the OK button? Does it make a difference? I just want to make sure I don't loose my work, but that it gets properly inserted into the LSR. Regards, Chip ___ lilypond-user mailin

How to create shortcut to a command?

2009-04-26 Thread Antheo
Hi, I am writing a score for violin with many commands that are repeated and would like to know if it is possible to write a shortcut command. The commands are: - \downbow - \upbow - ^\markup { \small "III" } - _\markup { \italic { rit. } } ~Marc -- View this message in context: http:

Re: adding to the LSR

2009-04-26 Thread Neil Puttock
2009/4/26 Chip : > When I conclude my addition to the LSR, do I click on the Save button or the > OK button? Does it make a difference? I just want to make sure I don't loose > my work, but that it gets properly inserted into the LSR. The only difference between the two options is that `OK' takes

Re: adding to the LSR

2009-04-26 Thread Chip
Neil Puttock wrote: 2009/4/26 Chip : When I conclude my addition to the LSR, do I click on the Save button or the OK button? Does it make a difference? I just want to make sure I don't loose my work, but that it gets properly inserted into the LSR. The only difference between the two o

Re: tablature.ly

2009-04-26 Thread Neil Puttock
2009/4/25 Marc Hohl : > Hello tablature users*, Like Carl, I'm not a tablature user, so I can only comment on matters of coding. Some suggestions and thoughts follow below: > % some publications use the triangled note head > % for palm mute, so here we go: > palmMuteOn = { \set shapeNoteStyles =

Re: adding to the LSR

2009-04-26 Thread Chip
Neil Puttock wrote: 2009/4/26 Chip : When I conclude my addition to the LSR, do I click on the Save button or the OK button? Does it make a difference? I just want to make sure I don't loose my work, but that it gets properly inserted into the LSR. The only difference between the two o

Re: adding to the LSR

2009-04-26 Thread Neil Puttock
2009/4/26 Chip : > Hmm, did run into an apparent error - after I click on the Save button I get > a pop-up box that says "No output from Lilypond", did I do something wrong? Probably not. :) It normally means your snippet is incompatible with the version of LilyPond being run on LSR (2.10.12) or

Re: Fingering font size on grace notes

2009-04-26 Thread Neil Puttock
2009/4/25 Nick Payne : > This reduction seems about right to me, comparing the sizes on the normal and > grace notes: Thanks, I've made the changes in git. Regards, Neil ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailma

Re: adding to the LSR

2009-04-26 Thread Chip
Neil Puttock wrote: 2009/4/26 Chip : Hmm, did run into an apparent error - after I click on the Save button I get a pop-up box that says "No output from Lilypond", did I do something wrong? Probably not. :) It normally means your snippet is incompatible with the version of LilyPond b

Re: adding to the LSR

2009-04-26 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Chip wrote: Neil Puttock wrote: 2009/4/26 Chip : Hmm, did run into an apparent error - after I click on the Save button I get a pop-up box that says "No output from Lilypond", did I do something wrong? Probably not. :) It normally means your snippet is incompatible with the version

Re: adding to the LSR

2009-04-26 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Chip, One more option is to place the date in the footer, or as it is called in Lilypond - the tagline. This is not accurate: the tagline and the footer are two different things. (Check the docs to see what each of them are.) Please correct the LSR snippet accordingly, so we don't have

Re: adding to the LSR

2009-04-26 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Kieren MacMillan wrote: Hi Chip, One more option is to place the date in the footer, or as it is called in Lilypond - the tagline. This is not accurate: the tagline and the footer are two different things. (Check the docs to see what each of them are.) Please correct the LSR snippet accordin

Re: adding to the LSR

2009-04-26 Thread Chip
Jonathan Kulp wrote: Chip wrote: Neil Puttock wrote: 2009/4/26 Chip : Hmm, did run into an apparent error - after I click on the Save button I get a pop-up box that says "No output from Lilypond", did I do something wrong? Probably not. :) It normally means your snippet is incompat

Re: adding to the LSR

2009-04-26 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Chip, I already did [the testing]. Below is the list of tested/usable parameters Nice! Thanks, Kieren. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: adding to the LSR

2009-04-26 Thread Chip
Kieren MacMillan wrote: Hi Chip, One more option is to place the date in the footer, or as it is called in Lilypond - the tagline. This is not accurate: the tagline and the footer are two different things. (Check the docs to see what each of them are.) Please correct the LSR snippet accordin

Re: adding to the LSR

2009-04-26 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Chip wrote: Thanks Jon, I got those parameters from a Linus manpage and tested all of them and more, and the ones listed below work as expected. There were several others that did not work on the Lilypond output. That is why I think these should be listed, so someone doesn't try one of the oth

Re: adding to the LSR

2009-04-26 Thread Chip
Jonathan Kulp wrote: Chip wrote: Thanks Jon, I got those parameters from a Linus manpage and tested all of them and more, and the ones listed below work as expected. There were several others that did not work on the Lilypond output. That is why I think these should be listed, so someone does

Re: tablature.ly

2009-04-26 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
Neil, Thanks for your input. I think it's all really good. On 4/26/09 1:49 PM, "Neil Puttock" wrote: > 2009/4/25 Marc Hohl : >> Hello tablature users*, > > Like Carl, I'm not a tablature user, so I can only comment on matters of > coding. > > Some suggestions and thoughts follow below: >

Re: New fonts for chords

2009-04-26 Thread Pekka Siponen
For chords I don't think there is a standard approach. Chords haven't been around long enough. I was hoping to collect opinions here. :) Maybe the best source would be in some typography book? I checked mine and couldn't find any specific mention about the position, only the weight. Maybe someo