Re: Beam severing

2014-01-11 Thread Janek Warchoł
2014/1/11 Shane Brandes : > Working on the Godowsky challenge posed by Urs, I came up with this > really unpleasant workaround to splitting the beams as in the > original. Can anyone make this work without having to resort to adding > a second voice? Sure, and i have already posted it on the maili

How many slurs in LilyPond need adjusting? (was: New, more powerful version of \shape!)

2014-01-11 Thread Janek Warchoł
Hi, Some time ago we were discussing what percentage of slurs in LilyPond need shaping: 2013/10/18 David Kastrup : > Janek Warchoł writes: > >> Hi all, >> >> \shape is an awesome function, indispensable for creating >> publication-quality slurs. However, after using it 1107 times in a >> recent

Re: MEI

2014-01-11 Thread David Kastrup
Philip Rhoades writes: > Kevin, > > > On 2014-01-11 17:40, Kevin Tough wrote: >> From a Fringe Coder, >> >> I like Vim (text editor). > > > The choice of champions! > > >> I like to code with minimal but descriptive >> syntax(ie. Visual Basic). > > > Basic will cause brain damage - try Ruby! For

Re: midiInstrument not rendered for some values

2014-01-11 Thread David Kastrup
Bric writes: > trying random instruments from the list of instruments on this page: > http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/midi-instruments > > here are the values for which my timidity (version 2.13.2) creates an > audible track (a few picked at random): > > cello > x

Re: MEI

2014-01-11 Thread Urs Liska
David Kastrup schrieb: >Philip Rhoades writes: > >> Kevin, >> >> >> On 2014-01-11 17:40, Kevin Tough wrote: >>> From a Fringe Coder, >>> >>> I like Vim (text editor). >> >> >> The choice of champions! >> >> >>> I like to code with minimal but descriptive >>> syntax(ie. Visual Basic). >> >> >> B

Re: Automatic octaves

2014-01-11 Thread David Kastrup
Daniel Rosen writes: >> >> myoctavate = >> >> #(define-music-function (parser location music) (ly:music?) >> >> (make-relative (music) music >> >> #{ \context Bottom << $music \transpose c c' $music >> #})) >> >> >> >> \relative { \myoctavate { a b c d } e f g a } >> > >> > That gets me the

Re: midiInstrument not rendered for some values

2014-01-11 Thread Noeck
Am 11.01.2014 07:39, schrieb David Kastrup: > Bric writes: > >> trying random instruments from the list of instruments on this page: >> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/midi-instruments >> >> here are the values for which my timidity (version 2.13.2) creates an >> audible

Dotted notes

2014-01-11 Thread Ed Gordijn
Hi all, I am working on a score from Boosey and Hawkes and noticed that dotted notes are different engraved compared with default Lilypond output. They use \dotsDown when there is something (slur, tie, fermata) above the dotted note. See the enclosed snippet and figure: default is Lilypond an

Re: Dotted notes

2014-01-11 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Ed, > [Boosey & Hawkes] use \dotsDown when there is something (slur, tie, fermata) > above the dotted note. > Should Lilypond do that too? According to Gould — which is, nowadays, the musical analogue of “according to Hoyle” — the *tie* should be adjusted and not the *dot*. So Boosey & Hawke

Re: Automatic octaves

2014-01-11 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi David (and Daniel), > Kieren's solution does not actually work. I had a nagging suspicion it wouldn’t work in every situation… =\ > See http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3797> which > will, once completed, fix this problem. Looking forward to that! Best, Kieren. __

Re: midiInstrument not rendered for some values

2014-01-11 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Sat, 11 Jan 2014, Noeck wrote: But you can do better than default timidity: timidity/timidity++ has no default soundfont. In fact it doesn't have a soundfont at all. It's the distributions that provide a soundfont or patchset and use this as default. But if you want to use another sou

Re: How many slurs in LilyPond need adjusting? (was: New, more powerful version of \shape!)

2014-01-11 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Janek, Thank you for all your continuing and wonderful work on curves in particular, and Lilypond in general! 1. Would you consider putting all your tweaks and shortcuts in a file — on GitHub, maybe? ;) — so that we can all benefit from your expertise? 2. When might HDLCCO (the "highly-desi

Re: Experiment with an Alternative Notation for learning Guitar music

2014-01-11 Thread Paul Morris
Hi Phil, I'm replying to the whole list so others can also benefit from our exchange. Philip Rhoades wrote > Thanks for that - I am starting make progress with the manual but could I > impose on you once more so I can do some printing soon? How do I use the > stuff you have given me in the "Sta

Re: 2.18 test.ly produce no pdf

2014-01-11 Thread Noeck
Hi all, could someone else please look at this thread and try and help him out? This looks like a scheme backtrace, but that’s all I can say. Is something wrong with the Century Schoolbook L font installation or what could help here? (It was an upgrade to 2.18 [see previous mails] so to my underst

Re: Beam severing

2014-01-11 Thread Shane Brandes
Janek, I really thought someone did but that is only helpful if it is possible to find missive again. Cheers, Shane On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 3:16 AM, Janek Warchoł wrote: > 2014/1/11 Shane Brandes : >> Working on the Godowsky challenge posed by Urs, I came up with this >> really unpleasant worka

Re: Beam severing

2014-01-11 Thread Janek Warchoł
2014/1/11 Shane Brandes : > Janek, > I really thought someone did but that is only helpful if it is > possible to find missive again. My previous mail was intended as a joke, but it was apparently a bad one, sorry. The link is here: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2013-12/msg0120

RE: Beam severing

2014-01-11 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
Shane, The thread is here: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2013-12/msg01190.html Mark -Original Message- From: lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr@gnu.org [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Shane Brandes Sent: Saturday, Janua

score running out of page

2014-01-11 Thread ole
Hi, My score is running out of the page, as in the in the link below. Can someone give me a hint what could be the reason for that? thanks! ole www.oleschmidt.info/bcl.pdf ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.o

Re: score running out of page

2014-01-11 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Ole, > My score is running out of the page, as in the in the link below. > Can someone give me a hint what could be the reason for that? It’s almost certainly a measure-duration problem. Are you using bar-checks? Kieren. ___ lilypond-user mailing li

Re: score running out of page

2014-01-11 Thread David Kastrup
ole writes: > Hi, > > My score is running out of the page, as in the in the link below. > Can someone give me a hint what could be the reason for that? Try bar checks. It's usually because of notes losing sync with the beginning of the bars (which are the only place where line breaks are allowe

What should be the default B7 chord?

2014-01-11 Thread Carl Sorensen
There has been a difference of opinion on why the default B7 guitar chord shape should be. I'm making a poll to determine what the users would prefer. Would you like the first chord in the attachment (barred on fret 2) or the second chord (open chord in first position)? Thanks, Carl <>___

Re: score running out of page

2014-01-11 Thread Noeck
> Try bar checks. It's usually because of notes losing sync with the > beginning of the bars (which are the only place where line breaks are > allowed by default). As this question occurs from time to time, how about that: A warning (like for barchecks) if a note spans over the end of a measure.

Re: What should be the default B7 chord?

2014-01-11 Thread Noeck
> Would you like the first chord in the attachment (barred on fret 2) or the > second chord (open chord in first position)? second ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: What should be the default B7 chord?

2014-01-11 Thread pls
On 11.01.2014, at 20:06, Carl Sorensen wrote: > There has been a difference of opinion on why the default B7 guitar chord > shape should be. I'm making a poll to determine what the users would > prefer. > > Would you like the first chord in the attachment (barred on fret 2) or the > second cho

Re: score running out of page

2014-01-11 Thread ole
thanks for the quick answers, Kieren and David! I had that before but could not remember what was the reason.. ole Am 11.01.2014 um 19:47 schrieb Kieren MacMillan : > Hi Ole, > >> My score is running out of the page, as in the in the link below. >> Can someone give me a hint what could be

Re: What should be the default B7 chord?

2014-01-11 Thread Johan Vromans
Carl Sorensen writes: > Would you like the first chord in the attachment (barred on fret 2) or the > second chord (open chord in first position)? I have a slight preferrence for the second although I don't mind the first position. In either position: why is the lower fis excluded? It fits nicel

v2.19 released, etc.

2014-01-11 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hello all, Thanks for v2.19! Great work. For anyone out there who wants a list of the changes, check here: For devs: would it be possible to auto

Re: What should be the default B7 chord?

2014-01-11 Thread David Kastrup
Johan Vromans writes: > Carl Sorensen writes: > >> Would you like the first chord in the attachment (barred on fret 2) or the >> second chord (open chord in first position)? > > I have a slight preferrence for the second although I don't mind the > first position. You know that this answer does

Re: multi-column markup function/macro?

2014-01-11 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Jan-Peter, > I usually use [xe]latex, to produce the text needed for a preface or > foreword. That way I can use latex input with its own commands - in this > case: \twocolumn - and use hyphenation. > It is integrated in https://github.com/jpvoigt/lalily (latex.scm, > latex-init.scm). If you ar

overlap

2014-01-11 Thread Shane Brandes
Hi all, New question. I wish to force a hairpin to overlap note stems. How do we do it? Shane ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: v2.19 released, etc.

2014-01-11 Thread SoundsFromSound
Kieren MacMillan wrote > Hello all, > > Thanks for v2.19! Great work. > > For anyone out there who wants a list of the changes, check here: > ; >

Re: overlap

2014-01-11 Thread Shane Brandes
O.k. that was a terrible question, after further working it is the padding (is this the correct terminology?) that I want to get rid of. For some reason the addition of a hairpin increases the space between staves, which is probably admirable and useful behavior most of the time. That is in this in

Re: What should be the default B7 chord?

2014-01-11 Thread pls
On 11.01.2014, at 21:15, David Kastrup wrote: > Johan Vromans writes: > >> Carl Sorensen writes: >> >>> Would you like the first chord in the attachment (barred on fret 2) or the >>> second chord (open chord in first position)? >> >> I have a slight preferrence for the second although I don

Re: v2.19 released, etc.

2014-01-11 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi, > Do you mean like the announcements found on the main website here? > http://lilypond.org/ Yes, exactly there. The official “Changes” page (e.g., http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/changes/index.html) does not list absolutely every change, whereas the Google Code page [ostensibly]

Re: v2.19 released, etc.

2014-01-11 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "Kieren MacMillan" To: "SoundsFromSound" Cc: "Lilypond-User Mailing List" Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 8:59 PM Subject: Re: v2.19 released, etc. Hi, Do you mean like the announcements found on the main website here? http://lilypond.org/ Yes, exactly

Re: v2.19 released, etc.

2014-01-11 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Phil, > I do the release announcements and so could, in principle, add this. Whilst > not downplaying Kieren's request - would it be beneficial for anyone else? I’m happy to "hand-code” the Google Code URL every time… I just thought other people might like it. =) Thanks, Kieren. __

Re: v2.19 released, etc.

2014-01-11 Thread Noeck
> I do the release announcements and so could, in principle, add this. > Whilst not downplaying Kieren's request - would it be beneficial for > anyone else? I like this idea, too. Especially for development versions. That way I read about issue 3727: Allow header blocks and output definitions in

Re: What should be the default B7 chord?

2014-01-11 Thread Tim McNamara
On Jan 11, 2014, at 1:06 PM, Carl Sorensen wrote: > There has been a difference of opinion on why the default B7 guitar chord > shape should be. I'm making a poll to determine what the users would > prefer. > > Would you like the first chord in the attachment (barred on fret 2) or the > second

Re: v2.19 released, etc.

2014-01-11 Thread Urs Liska
Phil Holmes schrieb: >- Original Message - >From: "Kieren MacMillan" >To: "SoundsFromSound" >Cc: "Lilypond-User Mailing List" >Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 8:59 PM >Subject: Re: v2.19 released, etc. > > >Hi, > >> Do you mean like the announcements found on the main website here?

Re: What should be the default B7 chord?

2014-01-11 Thread Johan Vromans
[Quoting David Kastrup, on January 11 2014, 21:15, in "Re: What should be t"] > You know that this answer does not make sense? The "second" chord _is_ > the "first position" variant. You're right, although I assume you understand I meant the first variant. > Uh, lowest note _must_ be root when s

Re: What should be the default B7 chord?

2014-01-11 Thread Eluze
Carl Sorensen-3 wrote > There has been a difference of opinion on why the default B7 guitar chord > shape should be. I'm making a poll to determine what the users would > prefer. > > Would you like the first chord in the attachment (barred on fret 2) or the > second chord (open chord in first pos

Re: What should be the default B7 chord?

2014-01-11 Thread David Kastrup
Eluze writes: > Carl Sorensen-3 wrote >> There has been a difference of opinion on why the default B7 guitar chord >> shape should be. I'm making a poll to determine what the users would >> prefer. >> >> Would you like the first chord in the attachment (barred on fret 2) or the >> second chord

Re: v2.19 released, etc.

2014-01-11 Thread Philip Rhoades
People, On 2014-01-12 06:57, Kieren MacMillan wrote: Hello all, Thanks for v2.19! Great work. For anyone out there who wants a list of the changes, check here:

Re: v2.19 released, etc.

2014-01-11 Thread Shane Brandes
Phil, Any odd number version is a development version. You can find them here www.lilypond.org/development.html Shane On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 8:41 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote: > People, > > > > On 2014-01-12 06:57, Kieren MacMillan wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> Thanks for v2.19! Great work. >> >>

Re: v2.19 released, etc.

2014-01-11 Thread Alex Loomis
The repository packages are updated rarely, the lilypond website's packages are updated pretty much day of. On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 8:41 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote: > People, > > > > On 2014-01-12 06:57, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> Thanks for v2.19! Great work. >> >> For anyone

Re: v2.19 released, etc.

2014-01-11 Thread Philip Rhoades
Alex, They are still showing: LilyPond 2.18.0-1 Regards, Phil. On 2014-01-12 12:55, Alex Loomis wrote: The repository packages are updated rarely, the lilypond website's packages are updated pretty much day of. On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 8:41 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote: People, On 2014-01

Re: overlap

2014-01-11 Thread Alex Loomis
To change the padding, use \once \override Staff.Hairpin.outside-staff-padding = #'0 but depending on what's going on you might also have to manually set the space between the staffs. On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Shane Brandes wrote: > O.k. that was a terrible question, after further wor

Re: v2.19 released, etc.

2014-01-11 Thread Urs Liska
Am Sonntag, den 12.01.2014, 12:59 +1100 schrieb Philip Rhoades: > Alex, > > They are still showing: > >LilyPond 2.18.0-1 > > Regards, > > Phil. That's because when you go to the "Download" page you're getting the latest stable release, which _is_ 2.18.0. If you want to see 2.19.x you have

Re: v2.19 released, etc.

2014-01-11 Thread Alex Loomis
http://www.lilypond.org/development.html On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote: > Alex, > > They are still showing: > > LilyPond 2.18.0-1 > > Regards, > > Phil. > > > > On 2014-01-12 12:55, Alex Loomis wrote: > >> The repository packages are updated rarely, the lilypond websit

Re: v2.19 released, etc.

2014-01-11 Thread Philip Rhoades
People, On 2014-01-12 13:10, Urs Liska wrote: Am Sonntag, den 12.01.2014, 12:59 +1100 schrieb Philip Rhoades: Alex, They are still showing: LilyPond 2.18.0-1 Regards, Phil. That's because when you go to the "Download" page you're getting the latest stable release, which _is_ 2.18.0. I

insert whitespace to fill line

2014-01-11 Thread Dave
I'm trying to make music-snippet images using lilypond, but I'd like each snippet to always have trailing "whitespace" so that each of these images is of the same width. Ultimately, these images will be embedded in an emacs-org file (I am aware of lilypond-book). I'm following the suggestions f