Re: Wildly different horizontal spacing in two similar scores.

2022-03-19 Thread Paul Hodges
I don't use that - I specify the exact number of systems I want, and on how many pages, using: \paper {   system-count = xx   page-count = yy } This forces the length to be stretched to the extent I require; then detailed adjustments can be made with \break and \pageBreak. Paul From: Ri

Re: Wildly different horizontal spacing in two similar scores.

2022-03-19 Thread Richard Shann
On Sat, 2022-03-19 at 12:49 +, Paul Hodges wrote: > I don't use that - I specify the exact number of systems I want, and > on how many pages, using: > \paper { >   system-count = xx >   page-count = yy > } > > This forces the length to be stretched to the extent I require; then > detailed adju

can someone point me to complete documentation for the partial command argument syntax?

2022-03-19 Thread Sam Roberts
I'm still baffled by it. After experimentation, I found this worked: \time 3/4 \partial 1 c4 | But "1"? 1 what? The pickup is a 2, and if I do this barcheck passes, as I expect: \time 3/4 c2 c4 | So from the doc examples I'd expect "\partial 2" to indicate a half/note pickup, but it fails. ht

Re: can someone point me to complete documentation for the partial command argument syntax?

2022-03-19 Thread Sam Roberts
I tried so hard to be accurate, but I missed something: On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 12:38 PM Sam Roberts wrote: > After experimentation, I found this worked: > > \time 3/4 \partial 1 c4 | It "works" in that pdf output looks ok, c4 is in the pickup bar, but still warns about the bar checks, as it sho

Re: can someone point me to complete documentation for the partial command argument syntax?

2022-03-19 Thread David Kastrup
Sam Roberts writes: > I tried so hard to be accurate, but I missed something: > > On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 12:38 PM Sam Roberts wrote: >> After experimentation, I found this worked: >> >> \time 3/4 \partial 1 c4 | > > It "works" in that pdf output looks ok, c4 is in the pickup bar, but > still wa

Re: can someone point me to complete documentation for the partial command argument syntax?

2022-03-19 Thread Sam Roberts
On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 1:01 PM David Kastrup wrote: > You probably are using \partial wrong: its argument does not specify how > long it is _since_ a full bar but how long it is _to_ a full bar. Thank you, that was definitely a problem, I hadn't understood that. For my more general understandin

Re: can someone point me to complete documentation for the partial command argument syntax?

2022-03-19 Thread Carl Sorensen
On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 2:41 PM Sam Roberts wrote: > > For my more general understanding, is there documentation anywhere for > the syntax of the argument to partial? Something that will explain the > * syntax shown on this page? > > > https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/106875/how-to-write

Re: can someone point me to complete documentation for the partial command argument syntax?

2022-03-19 Thread Michael Gerdau
> For my more general understanding, is there documentation anywhere for > the syntax of the argument to partial? Something that will explain the > * syntax shown on this page? That is simple. The argument to \partial is a duration. > https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/106875/how-to-write

Re: can someone point me to complete documentation for the partial command argument syntax?

2022-03-19 Thread Sam Roberts
> The * syntax is described here: > > https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/notation/writing-rhythms#scaling-durations Thank you, that's perfect. Sam

Should \partial accept music instead of duration?

2022-03-19 Thread Aaron Hill
Here would be a possible refactoring: \version "2.22.0" partial = #(define-music-function (mus) (ly:music?) (_i "Make a partial measure.") (let* ((mom (ly:music-length mus)) (dur (make-duration-of-length mom))) (make-music 'SequentialMusic 'elements (list (conte

Re: Should \partial accept music instead of duration?

2022-03-19 Thread Thomas Morley
Am So., 20. März 2022 um 00:02 Uhr schrieb Aaron Hill : > > Here would be a possible refactoring: > > > \version "2.22.0" > > partial = > #(define-music-function (mus) (ly:music?) >(_i "Make a partial measure.") >(let* ((mom (ly:music-length mus)) > (dur (make-duration-of-len

Re: Should \partial accept music instead of duration?

2022-03-19 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2022-03-19 5:46 pm, Thomas Morley wrote: Am So., 20. März 2022 um 00:02 Uhr schrieb Aaron Hill : Here would be a possible refactoring: \version "2.22.0" partial = #(define-music-function (mus) (ly:music?) (_i "Make a partial measure.") (let* ((mom (ly:music-length mus))

Re: Should \partial accept music instead of duration?

2022-03-19 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi Aaron; I **LIKE** it. Thanks, Ken Wolcott On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 5:54 PM Aaron Hill wrote: > > On 2022-03-19 5:46 pm, Thomas Morley wrote: > > Am So., 20. März 2022 um 00:02 Uhr schrieb Aaron Hill > > : > >> > >> Here would be a possible refactoring: > >> > >> > >> \version "2.22.0"

Re: Should \partial accept music instead of duration?

2022-03-19 Thread Dan Eble
On Mar 19, 2022, at 20:53, Aaron Hill wrote: ... >>> A convert-ly rule would probably not be possible given the limited power >>> of regular expressions. As such, \partial might need to support both >>> duration and music arguments. Initially I thought this might not be >>> possible, given that

Re: Should \partial accept music instead of duration?

2022-03-19 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2022-03-19 7:53 pm, Dan Eble wrote: On Mar 19, 2022, at 20:53, Aaron Hill wrote: ... A convert-ly rule would probably not be possible given the limited power of regular expressions. As such, \partial might need to support both duration and music arguments. Initially I thought this might