RE: ANN: LilyPondTool 2.12.862 2nd Release Candidate

2009-07-21 Thread Nick Payne
Ditto here with the latest LPT. Once the PDF has been opened in the viewer, I get permission denied every time, even if I close the PDF preview before building the ly file. Can't delete the PDF with Windows Explorer either. I have to close jEdit to stop Java locking the PDF. With the previous vers

Re: ANN: LilyPondTool 2.12.862 2nd Release Candidate

2009-07-21 Thread Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool)
Which version of LilyPond are you running? Nick Payne wrote: Ditto here with the latest LPT. Once the PDF has been opened in the viewer, I get permission denied every time, even if I close the PDF preview before building the ly file. Can't delete the PDF with Windows Explorer either. I have to c

Re: ANN: LilyPondTool 2.12.862 2nd Release Candidate

2009-07-21 Thread Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool)
Ok, I could reproduce it, now I will try to find out. Nick Payne wrote: Ditto here with the latest LPT. Once the PDF has been opened in the viewer, I get permission denied every time, even if I close the PDF preview before building the ly file. Can't delete the PDF with Windows Explorer either.

Re: slurDown ignored?

2009-07-21 Thread Mark Polesky
Werner wrote: > \tieDown doesn't exist as far as I know It exists. - Mark ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: midi output without harmonies from ChordNames

2009-07-21 Thread Mark Polesky
Werner wrote: > But it's a pity, that something like > > \midi { > \context { > \Score > % midi-out all voices but not harmonies from ChordNames > % \??? > } > } > > doesn't exist. It would be easier. Commands that are too specific are not as useful. The syntax allows you to create as many sc

jEdit & LilyPondTool on Mac OS X 10.4

2009-07-21 Thread Patrick Schmidt
Hi all, I'm having problems to install jEdit and LilyPondTool on my Mac OS X 10.4. When I download the latest development version (4.3pre17) and click on it jEdit starts but doesn't continue to »run startup scripts«. Nothing happens. (Same with slightly older versions but not with 4.2) I manage

Re: jEdit & LilyPondTool on Mac OS X 10.4

2009-07-21 Thread Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool)
Yes, it has recently been discussed on the jedit users list: The startup was caused by a settings directory at /Users/GarryFre/Library/Jedit directory. The command locate to find perspective.xml was not reporting the existence of this spurious file. removing this directory and it's files solv

Re: ANN: LilyPondTool 2.12.862 2nd Release Candidate

2009-07-21 Thread Francisco Vila
2009/7/21 Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool) : > Ok, I could reproduce it, now I will try to find out. Members of the Spanish list report that are not able to install it correctly. It runs perfectly for me under Linux, but what's not clear is whether it is necessary to install the dependant plugins fro

Re: ANN: LilyPondTool 2.12.862 2nd Release Candidate

2009-07-21 Thread Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool)
As this is still the beta release, the best way is: - install the latest from the plugin repository (that will include the necessary dependencies) - then overwrite the files with the ones in the zip file I released. If you don't want to download so much, get the following plugins: ErrorListPlug

Re: jEdit & LilyPondTool on Mac OS X 10.4

2009-07-21 Thread Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool)
There is a file called activity.log in the jedit settings folder (in your home directory look for .jedit/activity.log) . Send it to me privately. Patrick Schmidt wrote: Hi Bertalan, I deleted the file »jedit« in /Users/myname/Library/ but when I relaunched jEdit 4.3pre17 the program stopped a

Re: jEdit & LilyPondTool on Mac OS X 10.4

2009-07-21 Thread Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool)
... well, the settings directory on Mac is ~/Library/jEdit, but there can be $HOME/.jedit hanging around causing problems ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: jEdit & LilyPondTool on Mac OS X 10.4

2009-07-21 Thread Patrick Schmidt
Hi Bertalan, I deleted the file »jedit« in /Users/myname/Library/ but when I relaunched jEdit 4.3pre17 the program stopped again early and the file »jedit« reappeared. http://www.java.com recommends to update Java via the apple-function Software-Update. It is up to date. Any other ideas? Thanks

Moving an espressivo sign

2009-07-21 Thread Josh Nichols
I am trying to move the espressivo sign down below the staff in the following example: \version "2.12.2" \relative c'' { c4_\espressivo a8 a b g } Could someone help me or direct me in the right direction? Thanks! - Josh Nichols SDG __

Re: Moving an espressivo sign

2009-07-21 Thread Alexander Kobel
Josh Nichols wrote: I am trying to move the espressivo sign down below the staff in the following example: \version "2.12.2" \relative c'' { c4_\espressivo a8 a b g } Pardon? It is below the staff here for me... If you want to increase the distance to the staff, you can use

Re: Moving an espressivo sign

2009-07-21 Thread Alexander Kobel
Alexander Kobel wrote: Josh Nichols wrote: I am trying to move the espressivo sign down below the staff [...] \override Voice . Script #'padding = #whatYouWantInStaffSpace But: Why does this work? I've found some other mail about it, but according to what I understand from http://lilypond.o

Best name for function to create cross-style noteheads

2009-07-21 Thread Carl Sorensen
Dear LilyPond users, Marc Hohl has done a good job of improving tablature notation. We're just ready to add it to LilyPond 2.13.4. In the process of adding it, a question come up about the name for some notation. In rock (and maybe jazz) guitar, there is a note described as a "dead note" that i

Re: Best name for function to create cross-style noteheads

2009-07-21 Thread Mark Polesky
Carl Sorensen wrote: > In rock (and maybe jazz) guitar, there is a note described as a "dead note" > that is notated in both tablature and staff notation with a cross-style > notehead. This note is played on a muted string, so it gets rhythm but no > real pitch. Just to clarify: a "cross-style"

Re: Best name for function to create cross-style noteheads

2009-07-21 Thread Hans Aberg
On 21 Jul 2009, at 20:20, Carl Sorensen wrote: ... a question come up about the name for some notation. In rock (and maybe jazz) guitar, there is a note described as a "dead note" that is notated in both tablature and staff notation with a cross- style notehead. This note is played on a mut

Re: Best name for function to create cross-style noteheads

2009-07-21 Thread Mark Polesky
Carl Sorensen wrote: > 1) What instances (other than a drum staff) are you aware of > where a note uses a cross symbol rather than a standard note > head? > > 2) For each of the instances you identified in part 1), what do > you call the resulting note? Below I've listed all the uses of the x-sha

Re: Best name for function to create cross-style noteheads

2009-07-21 Thread Hans Aberg
On 21 Jul 2009, at 20:20, Carl Sorensen wrote: I'd prefer to get the most useful name for the notation, but I'd also like to avoid instrument-specific names if possible. There is a Unicode name for it: MUSICAL SYMBOL X NOTEHEAD U+1D143 (And there is a list of noteheads up to U+1D15B MUS

Re: Best name for function to create cross-style noteheads

2009-07-21 Thread Mark Polesky
There is an informative section called "Unpitched Sounds" on p.190 of Kurt Stone's book. Basically he says unpitched sounds should be notated with x-shaped heads on an extra line (usually above the staff) with a textual performance direction written at first occurence, using opposing stem-directio

Re: Best name for function to create cross-style noteheads

2009-07-21 Thread Hans Aberg
On 21 Jul 2009, at 21:18, Mark Polesky wrote: There is an informative section called "Unpitched Sounds" on p.190 of Kurt Stone's book. Basically he says unpitched sounds should be notated with x-shaped heads on an extra line (usually above the staff) with a textual performance direction written

Re: Best name for function to create cross-style noteheads

2009-07-21 Thread Trevor Daniels
Given the wide variation in the use of the x-shaped note head I think the only possible name to use is one that reflects the shape of the note head - crossNote, crossNoteHead or similar - rather than trying to find a suitable generic name which adequately covers all these disparate uses. Trevor

Re: Best name for function to create cross-style noteheads

2009-07-21 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 7/21/09 3:00 PM, "Trevor Daniels" wrote: > > > Given the wide variation in the use of the > x-shaped note head I think the only possible > name to use is one that reflects the shape of > the note head - crossNote, crossNoteHead or > similar - rather than trying to find a suitable > generi

Re: Best name for function to create cross-style noteheads

2009-07-21 Thread Mark Polesky
"Trevor Daniels" wrote: > Given the wide variation in the use of the > x-shaped note head I think the only possible > name to use is one that reflects the shape of > the note head - crossNote, crossNoteHead or > similar - rather than trying to find a suitable > generic name which adequately covers

Re: Best name for function to create cross-style noteheads

2009-07-21 Thread TaoCG
Carl Sorensen-3 wrote: > > 2) For each of the instances you identified in part 1), what do you call > the > resulting note? > I've never heard the term 'dead note' but 'ghost note' is very common. Doesn't matter if it's a string or wind instrument. Neither is it limited to woodwinds, it occurs