Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

>> I am also totally up for this idea as well. > > What's wrong with this list? Everybody wants to take his LilyPond > business to the web interface of his choice that takes a lot of > additional work over just reading and typing text and further > dilutes the LilyPond knowledge. I second that.

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

I agree with Urs that a Stack Exchange page shouldn't be instead of this list, if that was the suggestion. But as Gilberto pointed out there is already LilyPond questions asked on different Stack Exchange forums (I answered one myself earlier this week). And it seems to be some confusion about

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

Allow me to clarify that in no way did I intend for the Stack Exchange page to replace this list. It would have been purely an addition of resources. For me, the purpose of the Stack Exchange page is about accessibility to those who are 1) not familiar with LilyPond or 2) not familiar with mailing

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

Peter Bjuhr writes: > I agree with Urs that a Stack Exchange page shouldn't be instead of > this list, if that was the suggestion. > > But as Gilberto pointed out there is already LilyPond questions asked > on different Stack Exchange forums (I answered one myself earlier this > week). And it see

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

> Allow me to clarify that in no way did I intend for the Stack > Exchange page to replace this list. It would have been purely an > addition of resources. Well, you might answer all lilypond questions by simply pointing questioners to the list :) > For me, the purpose of the Stack Exchange pag

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

ryanmichaelmcclure writes: > Allow me to clarify that in no way did I intend for the Stack Exchange > page to replace this list. It would have been purely an addition of > resources. > > For me, the purpose of the Stack Exchange page is about accessibility > to those who are 1) not familiar with

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

On 11/02/2013 08:28 AM, David Kastrup wrote: Well, they are on-topic in this mailing list. If it's community policy or at least a general agreement that we should always refer to this list, I will of course do so the next time! But I hope we agree that it, as Ryan wrote, would be helpful fo

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

> If it's community policy or at least a general agreement that we > should always refer to this list, I will of course do so the next > time! Yes, please do so. > But I hope we agree that it, as Ryan wrote, would be helpful for the > community if we found ways to deal with questions posted outs

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

On 11/02/2013 10:28 AM, Werner LEMBERG wrote: If it's community policy or at least a general agreement that we should always refer to this list, I will of course do so the next time! Yes, please do so. No problem! Then I suppose I should also post that answer to the meta question I linked to

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

Werner LEMBERG writes: >> If it's community policy or at least a general agreement that we >> should always refer to this list, I will of course do so the next >> time! > > Yes, please do so. > >> But I hope we agree that it, as Ryan wrote, would be helpful for the >> community if we found ways t

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

> Then I suppose I should also post that answer to the meta question I > linked to previously!? I think this would be good, yes. > So, is this the link to give? > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user It depends. For casual users, the gmane interface is perhaps better suited, th

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

On 11/02/2013 11:16 AM, Werner LEMBERG wrote: It depends. For casual users, the gmane interface is perhaps better suited, thus the link should rather be http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.general Maybe it is even better to send them directly to the posting!? http://post.gmane.org

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

Peter Bjuhr writes: > On 11/02/2013 11:16 AM, Werner LEMBERG wrote: >> It depends. For casual users, the gmane interface is perhaps better >> suited, thus the link should rather be >> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.general > > Maybe it is even better to send them directly to the p

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

> Maybe it is even better to send them directly to the posting!? > http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.general Probably. I don't use gmane at all, so I can't give a recommendation. However, as with StackExchange, people should *search* first before post something whethe

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

Hi, my 3 eurocents: 1) StackExchange is great. It's Q&A style of sharing knowledge is very efficient and pleasure to work with. 2) LilyPond is too small to have its own StackExcange site. If you look at http://discuss.area51.stackexchange.com/questions/10733/leaving-beta-requirements you'll se

Re: And now for something completely different.

Jan Nieuwenhuizen writes: > David Kastrup writes: > >> No, the PostScript is still fine. But when you ask Ghostscript to >> convert it to anything else, it has its own idea what to convert. > > Nice. How did you come by this one? Accidentally. The weird thing is that I then tried using the fi

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

Janek Warchoł writes: > "when all you have is a hammer, every problem starts looking like a > nail". Mailing lists are an all-purpose communication tool. Many > things can be done using a mailing list, but some things may be done > more efficiently using other tools - for example, most of us th

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

Hmm, after reading all arguments against a Stack Exchange page, I have to say I completely changed my opinion on this regards as well. Indeed it would not be good for us to spread a small community in two places, and re-posting questions on both would be a waste of time indeed. My first reaction o

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

On 2013-11-02 05:52, David Kastrup wrote: > Gilberto Agostinho writes: > >> I am also totally up for this idea as well. > > What's wrong with this list? Everybody wants to take his LilyPond > business to the web interface of his choice that takes a lot of > additional work over just reading and

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

I think there is one thing the mailing list can't really offer compared to a Q&A site: accepted answers. This is really a good thing. But definitely no reason to spread our forceds and competence. Ther already _are_ places to present solutions, although not as answersx to posted questions: the L

Re: And now for something completely different.

2013/11/2 David Kastrup : > Jan Nieuwenhuizen writes: > >> David Kastrup writes: >> >>> No, the PostScript is still fine. But when you ask Ghostscript to >>> convert it to anything else, it has its own idea what to convert. >> >> Nice. How did you come by this one? > > Accidentally. The weird t

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

Hilary Snaden writes: > On 2013-11-02 05:52, David Kastrup wrote: >> Gilberto Agostinho writes: >> >>> I am also totally up for this idea as well. >> >> What's wrong with this list? Everybody wants to take his LilyPond >> business to the web interface of his choice that takes a lot of >> addi

Re: And now for something completely different.

Francisco Vila writes: > Or zeroline.ly , not true ordinary word but a likely filename. > Some filenames make gs crash; expect bug reports on this sooner or later. > A pity tiger.ly does not work I was actually looking for the tiger, but it seems that it is no longer being distributed. -- Davi

Re: On creating "title pages" and the like

Am 01.11.2013 19:13, schrieb David Kastrup: I seem to remember that Windows does something weird with = on the command line. I know for sure that the equal sign is nothing special for Windows. The command line is passed to the process as we give it at the command line. The Scheme interpreter

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

janek.lilypond wrote > Q&A sites like StackExchange are better for sharing Q&A knowledge than > mailing lists because they allow to edit information, update it, > remove duplicates, and make order. I think this is a good point. The mailing list is sufficient and fine, but it's probably not opti

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

Paul Morris writes: > janek.lilypond wrote >> Q&A sites like StackExchange are better for sharing Q&A knowledge than >> mailing lists because they allow to edit information, update it, >> remove duplicates, and make order. > > I think this is a good point. The mailing list is sufficient and fi

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

David Kastrup wrote > Uh, we do have a manual that can be edited, improved, and evolve over time > with different versions of LilyPond... Right, but formal documentation is not the same as more informal Q&A/support, and they have different levels of editing accessibility/difficulty and quality exp

Bar numbers position

Hello all, Today, while searching for scores at Mutopia, I came across this one produced in LilyPond 2.9.9: http://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/BachJS/BWV849/bwv849b/bwv849b-a4.pdf http://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/BachJS/BWV849/bwv849b/bwv849b.ly What intrigued me here is the position of the bar

Barlines obscuring text in score

I'm finishing up a score and I am encountering this problem in many places: What would be my best option for making this look better? Could I make the barline at that section be transparent so that only the text is visible?

Re: Barlines obscuring text in score

Am 02.11.2013 23:39, schrieb ryanmichaelmcclure: I'm finishing up a score and I am encountering this problem in many places: What would be my best option for making this look better? Could I make the barline at that section

Re: Barlines obscuring text in score

Try this code: whiteout.ly which produces: Another possibility, which I think would look better, would be to have the "sub. F" text anchored to the right of the

Re: Barlines obscuring text in score

You can also try this: left-align.ly Which produces: This looks much better IMO. Best, Gilberto -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038

Re: Barlines obscuring text in score

Gilberto, your last option looks great! I do have a quick question--for subito dynamics, what should be aligned to the first note of said dynamic: the actual dynamic or "subito"? - Ryan McClure Luna Music Engraving -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Barl

Re: Barlines obscuring text in score

As far as I know, the dynamic text should always start at the note which it affects. This is the simplest and most elegant solution, and then there is never ambiguity as to when a dynamic change has to be performed. -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Barlines

Re: Barlines obscuring text in score

In my scores, I prefer to put the *subito */after /the dynamic, for example: f subito, or p subito. I see that all the time on scores, I figured it was the norm nowadays or something. I don't often see the subito first in modern scores, but ymmv. Just my take on things :) - composer | sound

Re: Barlines obscuring text in score

Another plus to this approach is that the dynamic text is always directly lined up at the note which it affects, so win win! - composer | sound designer LilyPond Tutorials (for beginners) --> http://bit.ly/bcl-lilypond -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com

Re: Barlines obscuring text in score

You are totally right on this one, using subito as a suffix instead of a prefix is indeed very common. Also, according to the Wikipedia: "Sudden changes in dynamics may be notated by adding the word subito (Italian for suddenly) as a prefix or suffix to the new dynamic notation." from: http://en.

Re: Barlines obscuring text in score

On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 5:32 PM, ryanmichaelmcclure wrote: > Gilberto, your last option looks great! I do have a quick question--for > subito dynamics, what should be aligned to the first note of said dynamic: > the actual dynamic or "subito"? According to Gould the dynamic should align to the not

Re: Stuck note after acciaccatura in Midi output

On 10/8/2013 12:07 AM, Keith OHara wrote: > Peter Gentry sunscales.co.uk> writes: >> The problem vanishes if the \tempo specification changed to 179 >> or slower. > > I can imagine a problem if you are sending the MIDI down an actual > MIDI cable. Grace notes are played at 1/4 noted duration, s