Re: new website, draft 7

2009-08-01 Thread Valentin Villenave
2009/7/30 Graham Percival : > http://lilypond.org/~graham/index.html I really like this. The "Where now?" stuff is simply brilliant. As is the green-ish gradient. Minor nitpicks: CSS - the quickSummary subheading's boder-bottom is a bit too thick to my taste (if it is to stay that thick, we shou

website: why do you use lilypond?

2009-08-01 Thread Graham Percival
Work on the actual content of the website seems to have hit a brick wall. I'm not very happy about this, especially since some of the gaps are easy to fill. (*nobody* knows *anything* about the non-English forums for discussing lilypond? really?!?) Anyway, I'm declaring the next week to be Int

Re: First Lilypond Score

2009-08-01 Thread Graham Percival
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:16:09PM -0500, Jonathan Kulp wrote: > On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Graham Percival > wrote: > > This seems to be a sufficiently common misunderstanding. > Jonathan: please add a @warning at the top of NR 1.3.2 Slurs. > > Patch attached. I hope I put it in

Re: First Lilypond Score

2009-08-01 Thread Jonathan Kulp
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Graham Percival wrote: > On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:16:09PM -0500, Jonathan Kulp wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Graham Percival < > gra...@percival-music.ca> > > wrote: > > > > This seems to be a sufficiently common misunderstanding. > > Jonatha

Re: new website, draft 7

2009-08-01 Thread Mark Polesky
On the page http://lilypond.org/~graham/Contact.html, definitely we should give the links for subscribing to the mailing lists: http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond http://lists.

Re: First Lilypond Score

2009-08-01 Thread Trevor Daniels
Thanks Jonathan - pushed to remote/origin. Trevor - Original Message - From: "Jonathan Kulp" To: "Graham Percival" Cc: "Jonathan Wilkes" ; Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 2:53 PM Subject: Re: First Lilypond Score On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Graham Percival wrote: On Fri, J

Re: First Lilypond Score

2009-08-01 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Ok Trevor, thanks. Graham informed me that I have push access so next time I'll just push it myself. Best, Jon On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Trevor Daniels wrote: > Thanks Jonathan - pushed to remote/origin. > > Trevor > > - Original Message - From: "Jonathan Kulp" > > To: "Graham

Re: website: why do you use lilypond?

2009-08-01 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Saturday 01 August 2009, Graham Percival wrote: > Work on the actual content of the website seems to have hit a > brick wall. I'm not very happy about this, especially since some > of the gaps are easy to fill. (*nobody* knows *anything* about > the non-English forums for discussing lilypond?

Re: website: why do you use lilypond?

2009-08-01 Thread Federico Bruni
Graham Percival wrote: Consider two questions: 1. Would these 7 web pages (everything under Introduction) convince you to give lilypond a try? yes, definitely I think it's a really good introduction 2. If you used lilypond for a short time (say, 1-3 hours), would you regret doing so? I me

Re: website: why do you use lilypond?

2009-08-01 Thread Valentin Villenave
2009/8/1 David Raleigh Arnold : > Some cartoons would not be amiss. At "bug reports" a delighted > frog nailing a bug with a loong tongue, and under "downloads" > some happy people being handed boxes off of the back of a truck, you > get the idea. This idea has been rejected in the past (see

Re: website: why do you use lilypond?

2009-08-01 Thread Francisco Vila
2009/8/1 Graham Percival : > Work on the actual content of the website seems to have hit a > brick wall.  I'm not very happy about this, especially since some > of the gaps are easy to fill.  (*nobody* knows *anything* about > the non-English forums for discussing lilypond?  really?!?) The Spanish

Re: Big Measures in Large Ensemble

2009-08-01 Thread Mark Polesky
craigbakalian wrote: > is there a possibility of cutting a measure off and finishing it > on another page? See http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Bars#Bar-lines - Mark ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.

Re: website: why do you use lilypond?

2009-08-01 Thread Jonathan Kulp
> BTW, have you (Lilypond community) ever thought about recording some > *screencasts*? > This is the way how many people learn using a program and, even though you > might think this could work just with graphics or video software, I guess it > may work for lilypond as well.. (at least for new use

Re: website: why do you use lilypond?

2009-08-01 Thread Valentin Villenave
2009/8/1 Francisco Vila : > 2009/8/1 Graham Percival : >> Work on the actual content of the website seems to have hit a >> brick wall.  I'm not very happy about this, especially since some >> of the gaps are easy to fill.  (*nobody* knows *anything* about >> the non-English forums for discussing li

Re: Big Measures in Large Ensemble

2009-08-01 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Samstag, 1. August 2009 19:19:50 schrieb Mark Polesky: > craigbakalian wrote: > > is there a possibility of cutting a measure off and finishing it > > on another page? > > See > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Bars#Bar-line

Re: First Lilypond Score

2009-08-01 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
--- On Fri, 7/31/09, James E. Bailey wrote: > From: James E. Bailey > Subject: Re: First Lilypond Score > To: "Jonathan Wilkes" > Cc: "lilypond-user Mailinglist" > Date: Friday, July 31, 2009, 10:20 PM > > > resizing > staff/score - since layout-set-staff-size does not resize > the distan

ties across voices

2009-08-01 Thread Patrick Schmidt
Hi all, how can I tie a note of one voice to a note of another voice? << { \times 2/3 { es8 d c } bes'2 f 4 } \\ { g,4 2 d4 } >> I would like to tie the »c« of the upper voice to the »c« of the lower voice. The tilde doesn't seem to work here. (I already tried \laissezVibre

Re: ties across voices

2009-08-01 Thread Neil Puttock
2009/8/1 Patrick Schmidt : > how can I tie a note of one voice to a note of another voice? You can't. The usual workaround is to use a hidden note: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/input/lsr/lilypond-snippets-big-page.html#Making-an-object-invisible-with-the-_0027transparent-property Regards, Nei

Re: ties across voices

2009-08-01 Thread Wilbert Berendsen
Op zaterdag 01 augustus 2009, schreef Patrick Schmidt: > how can I tie a note of one voice to a note of another voice? There is no easy way to do just that (afaict, other than placing the Tie- Engraver in the Staff context?), but most times I fiddle a bit with voiceOne, voiceTwo etc. This is one

Aphex Twin deathWaltz

2009-08-01 Thread Michel Villeneuve
Ok, lilypond Gurus have a look at this : http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/Langer/misc/aphex-twin-deathwaltz-2.jpg Beautiful and with lots of humour inside. I'm looking for the .ly file ;-) ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http:

Re: ties across voices

2009-08-01 Thread Francisco Vila
2009/8/1 Neil Puttock : > 2009/8/1 Patrick Schmidt : > >> how can I tie a note of one voice to a note of another voice? > > You can't.  The usual workaround is to use a hidden note: > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/input/lsr/lilypond-snippets-big-page.html#Making-an-object-invisible-with-the-_0027

RE: website: why do you use lilypond?

2009-08-01 Thread Nick Payne
The best introduction to Lilypond that I have seen is at http://www.eugenecormier.com/pdfs/lilypond-guide.pdf. It's what I used when getting started with Lilypond. By comparison, the manuals are a bit daunting. Nick > -Original Message- > From: lilypond-user-bounces+nick.payne=internode.o

French accents

2009-08-01 Thread Graham Norton
I am trying to insert a circumflex on e for the French verb e^tre and other accents such as on the e of cafe in some lyrics. I cannot find this in the doc and tried \^e, \'e respectively (which I saw in an old LilyPond score) but they were rejected. Any tips or references on how to do this?

Re: website: why do you use lilypond?

2009-08-01 Thread Tim McNamara
On Aug 1, 2009, at 8:41 PM, Nick Payne wrote: The best introduction to Lilypond that I have seen is at http://www.eugenecormier.com/pdfs/lilypond-guide.pdf. It's what I used when getting started with Lilypond. By comparison, the manuals are a bit daunting. Wow. There is some stuff in ther

Re: French accents

2009-08-01 Thread Mark Polesky
Graham Norton wrote: > I am trying to insert a circumflex on e for the French verb e^tre and other > accents such as on the e of cafe in some lyrics. > > I cannot find this in the doc and tried \^e, \'e respectively (which I saw in > an > old LilyPond score) but they were rejected. > > Any t

tie over time signature

2009-08-01 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
Hello, In the following, the tie is drawn through the time signature. \relative c'' { b b b b~ \time 5/4 b2. b2 } Is there any way to get the tie to be transparent where it collides with the time signature? Thanks, Jonathan _

Re: tie over time signature

2009-08-01 Thread James E. Bailey
On 02.08.2009, at 05:04, Jonathan Wilkes wrote: Hello, In the following, the tie is drawn through the time signature. \relative c'' { b b b b~ \time 5/4 b2. b2 } Is there any way to get the tie to be transparent where it collides with the time signature?

Re: Aphex Twin deathWaltz

2009-08-01 Thread James E. Bailey
On 01.08.2009, at 22:24, Michel Villeneuve wrote: Ok, lilypond Gurus have a look at this : http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/Langer/misc/aphex-twin- deathwaltz-2.jpg Beautiful and with lots of humour inside. I'm looking for the .ly file ;-) _

Re: website: why do you use lilypond?

2009-08-01 Thread Graham Percival
On Sat, Aug 01, 2009 at 06:27:25PM +0200, Federico Bruni wrote: > Graham Percival wrote: > >> Also, can you improve any examples? I mean, the Goyescas / > > I'd be really glad to help with the tablature example. > I think a modern piece would be better in this case, as tablature are > used by mo

Re: website: why do you use lilypond?

2009-08-01 Thread Graham Percival
On Sat, Aug 01, 2009 at 07:04:24PM +0200, Valentin Villenave wrote: > 2009/8/1 Federico Bruni : > > Maybe, it could be helpful adding a short *video introduction* showing how > > it works. > > BTW, have you (Lilypond community) ever thought about recording some > > *screencasts*? > > I have been d

RE: tie over time signature

2009-08-01 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Jonathan, > In the following, the tie is drawn through the time signature. > > \relative c'' { > b b b b~ > \time 5/4 > b2. b2 > } > > Is there any way to get the tie to be transparent where it collides with > the time signature? Yes: search the archives for Mark P’s “whiteoutTimeSignatures”

Re: tie over time signature

2009-08-01 Thread Mark Polesky
James E. Bailey wrote: >>Is there any way to get the tie to be transparent where it >>collides with the time signature? > >this is addressed in the Learning Manual under "Real music >example" Sort of. The "Real music example" is here: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond-lear

Re: tie over time signature

2009-08-01 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
--- On Sun, 8/2/09, James E. Bailey wrote: > From: James E. Bailey > Subject: Re: tie over time signature > To: "Jonathan Wilkes" > Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org > Date: Sunday, August 2, 2009, 5:26 AM > > > On 02.08.2009, at 05:04, Jonathan Wilkes > wrote: > > Hello, > In > the following, th

Re: tie over time signature

2009-08-01 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
--- On Sun, 8/2/09, Mark Polesky wrote: > From: Mark Polesky > Subject: Re: tie over time signature > To: "James E. Bailey" , "Jonathan Wilkes" > > Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org > Date: Sunday, August 2, 2009, 6:11 AM > > James E. Bailey wrote: > >>Is there any way to get the tie to be transpa

Re: website: why do you use lilypond?

2009-08-01 Thread Frédéric Bron
> Back then I created a cartoonish music-note character as a joke: > http://valentin.villenave.info/lilypond/sketchbook/lilypond.png > I still use it every now and then on the unofficial LilyPond community > website, lilynet.net . I like it very much. It would be nice to have it as a wallpaper! F