Frescobaldi release - asking for support

Hi all, after ages we hope to see a new Frescobaldi release 3.1 in the not-too-distant future. While I can't say “tons of new features” it will be an exciting update with notable visible features and invisible improvements. Among the most important things that have been implemented since the la

Lilypond on OS X Catalina

Apologies if this is an inappropriate forum to raise this question, but I am a Lilypond user wanting to to continue using Lilypond. Apple flagged on the release of Mojave that it would be the last version of OS X to support 32-bit applications, and the indications are that Catalina will only ope

Re: Lilypond on OS X Catalina

> Am 2019-09-13 um 19:15 schrieb Allan Kinnaird via lilypond-user > : > > Apologies if this is an inappropriate forum to raise this question, but I am > a Lilypond user wanting to to continue using Lilypond. > Apple flagged on the release of Mojave that it would be the last version of > OS X t

Re: Lilypond on OS X Catalina

> On 13 Sep 2019, at 19:30, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > >> Am 2019-09-13 um 19:15 schrieb Allan Kinnaird via lilypond-user >> : >> >> Apple flagged on the release of Mojave that it would be the last version of >> OS X to support 32-bit applications, and the indications are that Catalina >>

Re: Allowing TextSpanner lines to collide, but not the end text

I'm going to bump this, if that's alright. Is there a way to disable collision avoidance for just the line of a TextSpanner, not the ends? Maybe ditch the TextSpanner idea altogether? Is there a clever use of staff-padding? -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html __

Producing scores for visually impaired and blind people

Hello folks, I’ve thought of a possibility which surely others have already considered, and I’m not sure whether the idea makes sense at all. This would consist in printing LilyPond scores in 3D on thin plates, analog to was was done at the time when engravers built scores with pieces of metal.

Re: Producing scores for visually impaired and blind people

Greetings Jacques, In truth, I hardly think the idea is silly. In fact, if my limited historical knowledge of Braille generally is correct, something like this was done before Napoleon's martial code was adapted by Louis Braille. The drawback at that time was the sheer volume of a text and thus it

Re: Producing scores for visually impaired and blind people

On 9/13/2019 2:52 PM, Hwaen Ch'uqi wrote: But I wonder if, now 200 years later, some of that bulk could be streamlined. Here is a thread from November 2017, with a new user introduction from Daniel Chavez. A blind musician using LilyPond to make sheet music for sighted people.

Re: Producing scores for visually impaired and blind people

Greetings Karlin, Braille music does indeed exist, though significant variation in its structure and even syntax persists despite attempts at standardization. The main difference between Braille music and printed music is that the former is not in any wise spatial. One benefit of this is that stem

Re: Producing scores for visually impaired and blind people

There is something called "Music Braille", invented by the man himself. But, I am reliably informed by an ex-chairman of the RNIB (a fine tenor) that it really is too much trouble to use because it is a) verbose b) requires a spare hand that would otherwise be playing the instrument and c) is m