2 questions

Hi, I have 2 questions about Lilypond usage: 1) Using the \book option and using the piece property to name each \score, how can I centre the piece name instead of having small text all the way over to the left? 2) There isn't enough room between consecutive pieces, how can I increase th

Re: Error When Typesetting

Hi Don,Notice that the /Applications directory is limited to read/write for the owner "system" and the Group "admin". Which means that if your user is not part of the admin group you can't write to that directory.Personally, I put most non-Apple applications that I use frequently in an Application

Re: What's the least input into a score to get midi output added?

Hi Jim,I just tried the "Notes only" template and got an error that I commonly get when I copy and paste from the Lilypond manual - it doesn't like the " ’ " character that is in the manual. I have to manually delete them and reinsert " ' ". Then it typesets fine. Below is the "Notes only" template

time signature above staff

Hi, I was wondering if it's possible with Lilypond to put the time signature above the staff? Thanks. - John ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: What's the least input into a score to get midi output added?

Hi Dax2,I use the PDF manual rather than the web browser.The archive is a great idea. If I may recommend, it'd be nice if you could browse by topic - as the archive grows it'll be unreasonable to just go through a long list (it's already very long).- JohnOh! Now I can see what example was used here

Re: time signature above staff AND Notes instead of numbers

Hi Mats,Thanks for that, I'm almost there. A problem I'm having is that when I use:\mark \markup { \hspace #-3.0 \lower #0.0 { \number \teeny { \bracket \column { "6" "4" } } } }The pseudo-time signature is very far above the staff, and using \lower lowers the entire staff instead of lowering the m

Re: time signature above staff AND Notes instead of numbers

Hi, Thanks guys for your excellent responses! One final question on the issue - is it possible to wrap the time signature in parenthesis instead of brackets? I was trying by altering the font sizes so the parenthesis was large enough to cover both columns, but it was getting messy very fas

Re: unsolicited praise =)

Hi,I just wanted to second Kieren's comment. I've compared outputs from different programs, like that thread linked to by others, and I've learned many things about engraving as a result (along with examining my own older hand-engraved editions). As I've been entering my own scores into Lilypond th

Re: Output other than PDF

Hi Brett, A more GUI-based solution is to output to PDF as normal, then just "Save as..." from Preview.app as a PNG. -- John Brett, I am also using Lilypond on Mac OS X. The Python script is how you run Lilypond in the terminal as well. Open a terminal and type lilypond -h If you

Possible tie bug?

Hi, I have noticed a few things, possibly bugs, in a score I recently typeset using 2.7.8 that didn't exist in a pdf I previous typeset with Lilypond (not sure which version, sorry!). Here are some examples - all examples are 2.7.8 vs. a previous version: vs As you can see, the tie

Re: Creating minimal previews

Hi Sven,Not sure how much you would like this option, but couldn't you just output to png (or whatever Lilypond supports) and then crop the image for your website?- JohnI create preview images for the music published on my website.Some of the pieces are made up of a \book containing up to10 \score

Re: New slur/tie behaviour

Hi Henrik,It does seem that maybe trying to accommodate everyone's preference is a lost cause. Customisability should definitely be present.However, ties/slurs should "function" first and look beautiful second! :) With 2.7.7 I've been forced to not avoid some problems because they are too serious (