Suppress .ps generation

2010-06-06 Thread Disc Magnet
When I run the command: lilypond foo.ly, it generates a foo.ps as well as foo.pdf. Is there a way to suppress the creation of the foo.ps file? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Suppress .ps generation

2010-06-06 Thread Disc Magnet
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Johnny Ferguson wrote: > looking through the man page, it seems you're pointing to the "-f" option. I > take it that the default settings are "--formats=pdf,ps" > > specifying explicitly "--formats=pdf" should override this. Any idea why ps > output is a default? -

Re: Suppress .ps generation

2010-06-06 Thread Disc Magnet
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Graham Percival wrote: > On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 10:15:51AM -0400, Johnny Ferguson wrote: >> looking through the man page, it seems you're pointing to the "-f" >> option. I take it that the default settings are "--formats=pdf,ps" > > No, I'm not.  Look at -d. > > -

Re: Suppress .ps generation

2010-06-06 Thread Disc Magnet
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Graham Percival wrote: > On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 08:05:28PM +0530, Disc Magnet wrote: >> >From the man page: >> >>        -d, --define-default=SYM[=VAL] >>               set Scheme option SYM to VAL  (default:  #t).   Use  -dhelp

How do you test .MIDI output when the MIDI instrument is not supported?

2010-06-06 Thread Disc Magnet
There some seems to be some MIDI instruments supported by lilypond that doesn't seem to be supported by timidity. In such a case, I don't get silence output from timidity while plaing the .midi file. For example, I was trying the 'string ensemble 2' instrument. The code is: \score { \new Staff

The MIDI output of a staff should play at a lower volume

2010-06-06 Thread Disc Magnet
Is there a way to express that a certain MIDI instrument should be played less loudly than its normal volume throughout the piece? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: How do you test .MIDI output when the MIDI instrument is not supported?

2010-06-06 Thread Disc Magnet
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 4:24 AM, Brett McCoy wrote: > On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Disc Magnet wrote: > >> There some seems to be some MIDI instruments supported by lilypond >> that doesn't seem to be supported by timidity. In such a case, I don't >> get

Macro or variable for sequence of notes that repeat often?

2010-06-12 Thread Disc Magnet
In my Lilypond input file, I have a group of notes that are repeated at many places in the music. Here is a hypothetical example. c d e f g a b c c c c d d d e e a b a b c c d d c d e f g a b c f e fe f e g g g c d e f g a b c So, you can see that 'c d e f g a b c' is repeated again and again. Is

Re: Macro or variable for sequence of notes that repeat often?

2010-06-12 Thread Disc Magnet
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 7:33 PM, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote: > On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:55:01 +0530 > Disc Magnet wrote: >> In my Lilypond input file, I have a group of notes that are repeated >> at many places in the music. Here is a hypothetical example. >> >> c d

Lilypond channel in freenode

2010-06-12 Thread Disc Magnet
Hi, I am curious about the #lilypond channel in Freenode (irc.freenode.net)? Is it the official support channel of Freenode? I see very few users in the channel. It would be great to have more people there ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gn

Re: Macro or variable for sequence of notes that repeat often?

2010-06-12 Thread Disc Magnet
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 8:12 PM, James Bailey wrote: > > On 12.06.2010, at 16:08, Disc Magnet wrote: > >> On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 7:33 PM, D'Arcy J.M. Cain >> wrote: >>> >>> On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:55:01 +0530 >>> Disc Magnet wrote: >>

Using a variable twice but in different octaves

2010-06-12 Thread Disc Magnet
I have a variable like this: riff = {d f a f d f a f} I want to include it twice in my staff but the first time it is used it is relative to c' and the second time it is relative to c''. How can this be done? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-use

Removing or modifying the Lilypond footer at the bottom of PDF

2010-06-12 Thread Disc Magnet
At the bottom of every PDF generated by lilypond, this notice is present, "Music engraving by LilyPond 2.12.2—www.lilypond.org". Can this notice be removed or replaced with some other notice? If so, how? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.o

How to overlap \leftHand and \rightHand in the same staff

2010-06-12 Thread Disc Magnet
I've written a Lilypond input file like this: leftHand = \relative c' { c e g e d f a f e g b g f a c a } rightHand = \relative c'' { c2 c d d e e f f } \score { \new Staff { \time 4/4 \tempo 4 = 120 \leftHand \rightHand }

Suppressing textedit links in Lilypond

2010-10-03 Thread Disc Magnet
When I generate a PDF score using Lilypond, each note becomes a textedit:// link that points to the source code line in the .ly source file. Is there a way to prevent this from happening so that there are no such links in the PDF? ___ lilypond-user mail

Whole rest for time signature 3/4

2010-12-24 Thread Disc Magnet
How to properly print a whole rest for a staff with time signature as: \time 3/4? If I try r1, the rest occupies 4 beats. So it consumes 1 bar (3 beats) and a 1/3rd (1 beat) of the next bar as well. As I understand it, a whole rest should occupy 1 bar only irrespective of the time signature. If I

When right hand notes spill over to the bass clef?

2010-12-24 Thread Disc Magnet
I have a 4/4 bar containing the following notes with left hand and right hand. Left hand = f1 (The f key to the left of middle C, i.e. the second line in bass clef. Occupies the whole bar.) Right hand = d4 c a b (The D key to the right of middle C, middle C, A to the left of middle C, B to the lef

Is \repeat volta 2 in treble clef enough for repeat bar in bass clef as well?

2011-01-22 Thread Disc Magnet
I have a PianoStaff \score { \new PianoStaff << \set PianoStaff.midiInstrument = "acoustic grand" \new Staff { \treble } \new Staff { \clef "bass" \bass } >> \midi { } \layout{ } } My treble is defined a

\repeat volta 2 {} doesn't repeat notes in the .MIDI file

2011-01-22 Thread Disc Magnet
I have the following LilyPond file: \score { \new PianoStaff << \set PianoStaff.midiInstrument = "acoustic grand" \new Staff { \tempo 4 = 120 \relative c' { c e g e \repeat volta 2 { c f a f

Invalid tie in a repeat causes missed notes in MIDI

2011-01-22 Thread Disc Magnet
I have the following code. music = \relative c' { c4 e g e~ \repeat volta 2 { e1 c4 f a f~ } } \score { \new PianoStaff << \set PianoStaff.midiInstrument = "acoustic grand" \new Staff { \tempo 4 = 120 \unfoldRepeats {

How to tie the last note of one variable to the first note of another variable?

2011-01-22 Thread Disc Magnet
partOne = \relative c' { c4 e g e~ } partTwo = \relative c' { e1 c4 e g e~ e1 } \score { \new PianoStaff << \set PianoStaff.midiInstrument = "acoustic grand" \new Staff { \tempo 4 = 120 \partOne \partTwo } >>

Right hand notes have too many ledger lines.

2011-02-16 Thread Disc Magnet
This is the code: \version "2.12.3" \score { \new PianoStaff << \set PianoStaff.midiInstrument = "acoustic grand" \tempo 4 = 120 \new Staff { \relative c' { c d c b a c d c c d c b g c d c