Re: Lilypond newbie can't compile

2017-05-20 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Manuela, Well I think the reason newcomers use 2.18.2 is because the download page strongly asserts that this is the latest stable version. More experienced users find the development versions very stable, of course, but newcomers don't know that. The question that arises in my mind is why th

How exactly does "\transpose" work?

2017-05-20 Thread Don Gingrich
I had the idea that all that I needed to do to convert a score from, for example, F to G, was to wrap a \transpose f g { } around the \relative block where I had entered the notes in F. And that is actually correct. But it seems that some really weird things happen if, as I did recently, one scre

Re: Lilypond newbie can't compile

2017-05-20 Thread Manuela Gößnitzer
Hi Andrew, well, I think the Lilypond-Homepage should be updated so that the latest "developer"-version is strongly recommanded. Compiling a sourcefile is a batchjob, so where is the harm done when it crashes? I use windows myself for several reasons (there is software that works on windows only

Re: Lilypond newbie can't compile

2017-05-20 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Manuela, The emphasis in my mail was on 7, not Windows. I wonder if there is an incompatibility with ghostscript and Windows 7, that being rather dated now? Andrew On 20 May 2017 at 18:05, Manuela Gößnitzer wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > well, I think the Lilypond-Homepage should be updated so t

Re: How exactly does "\transpose" work?

2017-05-20 Thread Manuela Gößnitzer
I tried this code \version "2.19.42" someNotes= { c d e f a } theNotes = \relative c' \transpose c d' { { \someNotes } } #'() \theNotes \transpose e f \theNotes which produced nothing unexpected on my system even when transposed again. Could you add an example for notes? Greetings, Manu

Re: Lilypond newbie can't compile

2017-05-20 Thread Richard Shann
On Sat, 2017-05-20 at 10:05 +0200, Manuela Gößnitzer wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > > well, I think the Lilypond-Homepage should be updated so that the > latest "developer"-version is strongly recommanded. Compiling a > sourcefile is a batchjob, so where is the harm done when it crashes? > The harm is

Re: Lilypond newbie can't compile

2017-05-20 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Richard, I have used the development versions full time 8 hours plus a day for the last few years, with only two trivial crashing bugs, on massively complex scores. Here the OP is using the so called stable version and it has crashed straight up. Andrew On 20 May 2017 at 18:11, Richard Shan

Re: Lilypond newbie can't compile

2017-05-20 Thread Robin Bannister
William Zeitler wrote: It fails to compile: Processing `C:/Users/william/Documents/Untitled.ly' Parsing... Interpreting music... Preprocessing graphical objects... Finding the ideal number of pages... Fitting music on 1 page... Drawing systems... Layout output to `Untitled.ps'... Converting to

Re: Lilypond newbie can't compile

2017-05-20 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Robin, Would't it be great if instead of saying 'failed(1)' we could have a message saying 'unable to write to output file - file locked'. Especially since newbies are not generally able to read and remember all the details in the references, even though these may be obvious to old hands. Gosh,

Re: Lilypond newbie can't compile

2017-05-20 Thread Manuela Gößnitzer
Ok I have made this experience, e.g. the grace-problem. Sometimes it seemed to me that I stumbled over every known Lilypond-bug ;-) and blamed it on me. As a newbie you think it is your fault, that does not depend on the Lilypond-Version. On the other hand you learn much about using Lilypond. Any

Re: new voice with cluster changes horizontal spacing

2017-05-20 Thread Klaus Blum
Hi Harm, Thomas Morley-2 wrote > \newSpacingSection > %% the value 1.68 was found by try and error > \override Score.SpacingSpanner.spacing-increment = #1.68 > Thanks for your suggestion. Unfortunately, I'm looking for a solution that works automatically, as I'm trying to build a functi

Re: How exactly does "\transpose" work?

2017-05-20 Thread David Wright
On Sat 20 May 2017 at 17:28:57 (+1000), Don Gingrich wrote: > I had the idea that all that I needed to > do to convert a score from, for example, F to G, > was to wrap a \transpose f g { } around the > \relative block where I had entered the notes in > F. And that is actually correct. Most of my

Re: How exactly does "\transpose" work?

2017-05-20 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi all, > Most of my scores finish with something like: > > \score { > \transpose f g +1 >> But it seems that some really weird things happen >> if, as I did recently, one screws up the order has: >> >> theNotes = \relative c'' \transpose c d''{ { >> some notes >> } >> } Yet another reason

Re: Lilypond newbie can't compile

2017-05-20 Thread David Wright
On Sat 20 May 2017 at 18:38:24 (+1000), Andrew Bernard wrote: > I have used the development versions full time 8 hours plus a day for the > last few years, with only two trivial crashing bugs, on massively complex > scores. Stable has more than one meaning. 2.18.2 has been stable for a long time,

Add second set of lyrics part way through a movement

2017-05-20 Thread Dirk Koopman
I am trying to set a Victoria mass's Agnus Dei. Most of the words are the same, but there are two endings, basically "miserere nobis" and "dona nobis pacem". textocantus=\lyricmode{ A -- gnus De -- _ _ i, A -- gnus __ _ De -- _ _ _ _ i, A -- gnus De -- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i, qui tol -- lis

Re: Add second set of lyrics part way through a movement

2017-05-20 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Dirk, > The net result wants to look rather like this: > "... peccata mundi, miserere nobis." > " dona nobis pacem." > Any suggestions? Since the number of syllables is identical, you *could* just put columns for each of those lyrics. But the better overall attack would be

Re: Lilypond newbie can't compile

2017-05-20 Thread Jean Brefort
Le samedi 20 mai 2017 à 11:18 -0500, David Wright a écrit : > Stable has more than one meaning. 2.18.2 has been stable for a long > time, and promises to be around a lot longer seeing that Debian's > "stretch" (as yet unreleased) still includes it. Debian Stretch currently does not include any lil

re: Add second set of lyrics part way through a movement

2017-05-20 Thread Remy CLAVERIE
Hello Dirk,   Could you give me the complete example. I will try to see howto to resolve your problem. thanks a lot   Rémy           > Message du 20/05/17 18:24 > De : "Dirk Koopman" > A : lilypond-user@gnu.org > Copie à : > Objet : Add second set of lyrics part way through a movement

Re: Lilypond newbie can't compile

2017-05-20 Thread David Wright
On Sat 20 May 2017 at 18:26:40 (+0200), Jean Brefort wrote: > Le samedi 20 mai 2017 à 11:18 -0500, David Wright a écrit : > > Stable has more than one meaning. 2.18.2 has been stable for a long > > time, and promises to be around a lot longer seeing that Debian's > > "stretch" (as yet unreleased) s

Re: Add second set of lyrics part way through a movement

2017-05-20 Thread Emrecan Büyüktermiyeci
Hello, Dirk You can use repeat unfold command for 61 blanked charackters. tcd=\lyricmode{ \repeat unfold 61 { _ } do -- _ na no -- bis pa -- _ _ _ cem, Emrecan On Sat, 20 May 2017 16:53:56 +0100 Dirk Koopman wrote: > I am trying to set a Victoria mass's Agnus Dei. Most of the words

Re: Lilypond newbie can't compile

2017-05-20 Thread Urs Liska
Am 20. Mai 2017 18:53:54 MESZ schrieb David Wright : >On Sat 20 May 2017 at 18:26:40 (+0200), Jean Brefort wrote: >> Le samedi 20 mai 2017 à 11:18 -0500, David Wright a écrit : >> > Stable has more than one meaning. 2.18.2 has been stable for a long >> > time, and promises to be around a lot long

Re: Add second set of lyrics part way through a movement

2017-05-20 Thread David Wright
On Sat 20 May 2017 at 12:26:46 (-0400), Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hi Dirk, > > > The net result wants to look rather like this: > > "... peccata mundi, miserere nobis." > > " dona nobis pacem." > > Any suggestions? > > Since the number of syllables is identical, you *could* just

Re: Add second set of lyrics part way through a movement

2017-05-20 Thread Emrecan Büyüktermiyeci
Hello, Dirk You can use repeat unfold command for 61 blanked charackters. tcd=\lyricmode{ \repeat unfold 61 { _ } do -- _ na no -- bis pa -- _ _ _ cem, Emrecan On Sat, 20 May 2017 16:53:56 +0100 Dirk Koopman wrote: > I am trying to set a Victoria mass's Agnus Dei. Most of the words

Re: new voice with cluster changes horizontal spacing

2017-05-20 Thread Simon Albrecht
Am 19.05.2017 um 20:22 schrieb Klaus Blum: if the clusters are preceeded by a "\new Voice" command, the horizontal spacing changes. This sounds bug-worthy. Could you please check if there’s already an issue in the tracker and else report on the bug list? Best, Simon

Re: Add second set of lyrics part way through a movement

2017-05-20 Thread David Wright
On Sat 20 May 2017 at 20:27:06 (+0300), Emrecan Büyüktermiyeci wrote: > You can use repeat unfold command for 61 blanked charackters. > > tcd=\lyricmode{ > \repeat unfold 61 { _ } > do -- _ na no -- bis pa -- _ _ _ cem, I would add one proviso to that construction, both the caveat and the