Horizontally aligning staves in Scribus render frames

2011-11-09 Thread Nick Payne
I'm using lilypond source code in render frames in a Scribus two column layout to put short two bar single stave exercises at a dozen or more to the page. The render frames are horizontally aligned and of the same height, but the problem I haven't been able to solve is that of getting the stave

Re: Hiding or delaying new staffs

2011-11-09 Thread Steve Downes
Phil & Eluze, Please accept my apologies. I have found the problem & it is down to me not being careful enough with { }. It is now working fine. I am new to lilypond & virtually new to compiled languages & struggling with the level of attention to detail required. Will try to do better. Many

Re: ANN: Frescobaldi 1.9.1 (alpha)

2011-11-09 Thread Wilbert Berendsen
Op Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:42:54 +0200 Rodolfo Zitellini schreef: > I just have an annoying issue with the Music View: the scrollbar size > does not seem to get calculated correctly and it is possible to scroll > the doc only for circa 1/3 of it's total length, which is quite > annoying. Do you have

Re: ANN: Frescobaldi 1.9.1 (alpha)

2011-11-09 Thread Peekay Ex
Wilbert, On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Wilbert Berendsen wrote: > Op Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:42:54 +0200 > Rodolfo Zitellini schreef: > >> I just have an annoying issue with the Music View: the scrollbar size >> does not seem to get calculated correctly and it is possible to scroll >> the doc onl

Re: Horizontally aligning staves in Scribus render frames

2011-11-09 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 11/9/11 2:25 AM, "Nick Payne" wrote: > > > >I'm using lilypond source code in render frames in a Scribus two >column layout to put short two bar single stave exercises at a dozen >or more to the page. The render frames are horizontally aligned and >of the same height, but

Re: Cheat Sheet

2011-11-09 Thread Urs Liska
Am 09.11.2011 00:59, schrieb Carl Sorensen: On 11/8/11 1:32 PM, "Tim Roberts" wrote: As I do more and more LilyPond data entry, I find the skill set development to be interesting. I've become pretty quick at data entry now, including dynamics and articulation marks. I'v

Re: Cheat Sheet

2011-11-09 Thread Michael Ellis
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Urs Liska wrote: > It does _not_ depend on the context the notes live in - it depends only on > the order in which they appear in the input file. > Thanks, that's an easy-to-remember rule. It deserves prominent placement in the documentation.

Re: Cheat Sheet

2011-11-09 Thread David Kastrup
Michael Ellis writes: > On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Urs Liska wrote: > > It does _not_ depend on the context the notes live in - it depends > only on the order in which they appear in the input file. > > > Thanks, that's an easy-to-remember rule.  It deserves prominent > placement in

Re: Extending Lilypond's chord vocabulary PLUS Help on command definition

2011-11-09 Thread Robert Schmaus
Hi Jim & everyone, I'm currently preparing a macro file "jazz-chords.ily" which contains (my version of) common jazz chord notation. I will share that file as soon as it is in a usable state. However, right now, I just worked out how to define the markups of each chord by defining the markup

Re: Cheat Sheet

2011-11-09 Thread Michael Ellis
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 9:38 AM, David Kastrup wrote: > Michael Ellis writes: > > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Urs Liska wrote: > > > > It does _not_ depend on the context the notes live in - it depends > > only on the order in which they appear in the input file. > > > > > > Thanks

Re: Cheat Sheet

2011-11-09 Thread David Kastrup
Michael Ellis writes: > Ah! So the simple rule about simple rules still applies :-)   > Back to my previous approach, then: Use point and click to select the > first note with the wrong octave, change it, and re-run lilypond.  Or write octave checks. In relative mode, it is easy to forget an oc

Re: Cheat Sheet

2011-11-09 Thread Trevor Daniels
David Kastrup wrote Wednesday, November 09, 2011 3:03 PM The octave of notes may also be checked with the `\octaveCheck CONTROLPITCH' command. `CONTROLPITCH' is specified in absolute mode. This checks that the interval between the previous note and the `CONTROLPITCH' is within a fourth (i.

Re: Extending Lilypond's chord vocabulary PLUS Help on command definition

2011-11-09 Thread Tim McNamara
On Nov 9, 2011, at 8:45 AM, Robert Schmaus wrote: > Hi Jim & everyone, > > I'm currently preparing a macro file "jazz-chords.ily" which contains (my > version of) common jazz chord notation. I will share that file as soon as it > is in a usable state. > > However, right now, I just worked out

Re: Cheat Sheet

2011-11-09 Thread David Kastrup
"Trevor Daniels" writes: > David Kastrup wrote Wednesday, November 09, 2011 3:03 PM > >> The octave of notes may also be checked with the >> `\octaveCheck CONTROLPITCH' command. `CONTROLPITCH' is specified in >> absolute mode. This checks that the interval between the previous >> note >> and t

Call for help

2011-11-09 Thread Carl Sorensen
Dear LilyPond user community, The LilyPond development team is somewhat stressed right now, due to a variety of issues (seems like it's a different one for each developer). We *really* need to increase the size of the development pool. But we aren't ready right now to mentor inexperienced develop

Re: Extending Lilypond's chord vocabulary PLUS Help on command definition

2011-11-09 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 11/9/11 9:49 AM, "Tim McNamara" wrote: > >On Nov 9, 2011, at 8:45 AM, Robert Schmaus wrote: > >> Hi Jim & everyone, >> >> I'm currently preparing a macro file "jazz-chords.ily" which contains >>(my version of) common jazz chord notation. I will share that file as >>soon as it is in a usable

Re: Extending Lilypond's chord vocabulary PLUS Help on command definition

2011-11-09 Thread David Kastrup
Carl Sorensen writes: > jcRaise = > #(define-markup-function (props layout myMarkup) (ly:markup?) > >(interpret-markup layout props >#{ > \markup \raise #1.5 {\tiny $myMarkup} > #})) > > I haven't tested it, but it should work. See > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentati

Re: Extending Lilypond's chord vocabulary PLUS Help on command definition

2011-11-09 Thread Robert Schmaus
Am 11/9/11 4:49 PM, schrieb Tim McNamara: On Nov 9, 2011, at 8:45 AM, Robert Schmaus wrote: Hi Jim& everyone, I'm currently preparing a macro file "jazz-chords.ily" which contains (my version of) common jazz chord notation. I will share that file as soon as it is in a usable state. Howeve

Re: grace note synchronization

2011-11-09 Thread Helge Hafting
On 03. aug. 2011 17:08, Xavier Scheuer wrote: On 3 August 2011 15:34, Urs Liska wrote: [...] AFAIK you need to add a corresponding skip graces to _every voice_ in _every staff_. I wish lilypond could be changed, so this wouldn't be necessary. It is a *pain* when there are lots of grace not

Re: grace note synchronization

2011-11-09 Thread David Kastrup
Helge Hafting writes: > On 03. aug. 2011 17:08, Xavier Scheuer wrote: >> On 3 August 2011 15:34, Urs Liska wrote: > [...] >> >> AFAIK you need to add a corresponding skip graces to _every voice_ in >> _every staff_. > > I wish lilypond could be changed, so this wouldn't be necessary. [Rant dele

Re: Horizontally aligning staves in Scribus render frames

2011-11-09 Thread Nick Payne
On 10/11/11 14:35, Nick Payne wrote: On 10/11/11 00:25, Carl Sorensen wrote: On 11/9/11 2:25 AM, "Nick Payne" wrote: I'm using lilypond source code in render frames in a Scribus two column layout to put short two bar single stave exercises at a dozen or more to the page. The ren