Bug regarding transposed key change

2017-12-05 Thread Robert Murdoch
Hi, I think I've discovered a bug in 2.19.80. When I change the key signature midway through a piece, the key of a transposed part is placed ahead of the key in the other parts. See the attached file if what I say makes no sense. \version "2.19.80" \score { << \transpose bes c' \relati

Re: Bug regarding transposed key change

2017-12-05 Thread Robert Murdoch
On 05/12/2017 11:13, Phil Holmes wrote: - Original Message - From: "Robert Murdoch" To: "lilypond-user" Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2017 10:58 AM Subject: Bug regarding transposed key change See https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2017-11/msg

Re: Bug regarding transposed key change

2017-12-05 Thread Robert Murdoch
On 05/12/2017 13:12, Phil Holmes wrote: - Original Message - From: "Robert Murdoch" To: "Phil Holmes" ; "lilypond-user" Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2017 12:33 PM Subject: Re: Bug regarding transposed key change Well - it happened as far back as 2.12

Tie Crusade: The Revenge

2017-12-09 Thread Robert Murdoch
Salutations, Ties for notes between the bottom two staff lines (e.g. treble F4, bass A2, alto G3) and between the top two staff lines (e.g. treble E5, bass G3, alto F4) appear to be positioned incorrectly by default. They begin and end between the notes instead of slightly above or below them,

Ties between bottom two staff lines and top two staff lines positioned strangely

2017-12-11 Thread Robert Murdoch
Hi, Two days ago, I posted a topic to the mailing list called "Tie Crusade: The Revenge" where I informed that ties between the bottom two staff lines (e.g. treble F4, bass A2, alto G3) and between the top two staff lines (e.g. treble E5, bass G3, alto F4) are positioned strangely; they are p

Re: Ties between bottom two staff lines and top two staff lines positioned strangely

2017-12-11 Thread Robert Murdoch
ue, requiring a patch. Tell us how you want it to look. Andrew On 11 December 2017 at 19:10, Robert Murdoch <mailto:rmurdo...@ntlworld.com>> wrote: Is there any way to fix the tie issue without applying \override TieColumn.tie-configuration = #'((dir . position)) to eve

Bug: Beaming Over Rests with Two Voices

2018-01-17 Thread Robert Murdoch
Hi, I think I've discovered a bug that's rather hard to explain, but I'll try. When I use two voices and am beaming over rests, the rests seem to be positioned based on the pitch of the second voice. I have attached a file of an extract from a piece of music where—in the third measure—there i

Regarding laissez vibrers

2018-02-26 Thread Robert Murdoch
Hi, looking at this post , the (currently) broken repeatTie on single notes in a chord can be faked with \override LaissezVibrerTie.head-direction = #RIGHT <{note}\laissez Vibrer {note}\laissezVibrer>. Unfortunately, I can't

Re: Regarding laissez vibrers

2018-02-26 Thread Robert Murdoch
There is currently a bug in LilyPond where repeat ties appended to a single note in a chord don't appear, hence why I wrote my message in the first place. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lil

Problems with Frescobaldi compiling .PDF file from Cygwin-installed version of LilyPond

2018-03-29 Thread Robert Murdoch
Hi, I've recently successfully installed the master branch of LilyPond through Cygwin. I did this because I lack the patience to wait for the next stable release where the repeat tie fiasco will be fixed. That being said, Frescobaldi seems to be having trouble compiling a .PDF file through the

GUB GLib fail

2018-06-22 Thread Robert Murdoch
Hello community, I have been trying to cross-build LilyPond for Windows with GUB on 32-bit Debian in VirtualBox. I have successfully ran GUB's 'make bootstrap' with some hiccups I was able to solve, but when I run 'bin/gub mingw::lilypond-installer', I get this error and am stuck: Command b

Re: Exited with return code -1073741819.

2017-03-08 Thread Robert Murdoch
I've experienced this problem before. It's a registry issue. I recommend downloading the free program Wise Registry Cleaner . Best regards. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org ht

Metronome mark stem length

2017-04-16 Thread Robert Murdoch
When I adjust my score's size with #(layout-set-staff-size N) and the score has a tempo with a metronome mark, the metronome mark's stem gets longer if the size is smaller, and shorter if the size is larger. There should be examples attached at sizes 20 and 12 to show you. The question is, how

Re: Metronome mark stem length

2017-04-16 Thread Robert Murdoch
Thanks for the fix, but I think I'll wait for the next release. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Warning: g_spawn_sync failed (0): gs: Failed to execute helper program (Invalid argument)

2017-08-11 Thread Robert Murdoch
Hi, I downloaded the latest unstable branch (2.19.65) and tried compiling a score. Afterwards, gspawn-win32-helper.exe got quarantined in my AntiVirus software (McAfee), which has never happened to me before on any of the stable or unstable branches. Now my score won't compile ewith the title

Re: Re: Warning: g_spawn_sync failed (0): gs: Failed to execute helper program (Invalid argument)

2017-08-11 Thread Robert Murdoch
Thanks, but I found the solution. I simply inserted gspawn-win32-helper.exe into the McAfee excluded list for Real-Time Scanning. And, just to make sure, I also inserted gspawn-win32-helper-console.exe there too. Also, I apologize for mispelling "with" as "ewith" in the third sentence of my p

Key signature on multiple staves

2017-08-31 Thread Robert Murdoch
Hi, How do I set the key signature to appear on multiple staves without manually setting \key for every staff? This question was asked around ten years ago (see http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2007-09/msg00333.html) and still doesn't seem to have been resolved. Thank you for

Re: Key signature on multiple staves

2017-08-31 Thread Robert Murdoch
On 31/08/2017 11:00, Robert Murdoch wrote: Hi, How do I set the key signature to appear on multiple staves without manually setting \key for every staff? This question was asked around ten years ago (see http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2007-09/msg00333.html) and still

Re: Key signature on multiple staves

2017-09-01 Thread Robert Murdoch
I'm really sorry, everyone. I did not mean to come across as rude. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Problem with Codas

2017-09-17 Thread Robert Murdoch
I think codas are formatted like this in most professional music scores. This example was made in MuseScore. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

I Too Have Problems with Codas

2017-09-17 Thread Robert Murdoch
Hi, For some reason my reply to Shamus Hammons' "Problems with Codas" post hasn't shown up after half an hour, so I'll post about codas here instead. It is practically impossible to set up a coda properly in LilyPond. In most scores I've seen, the main score and the coda section are separated

Re: I Too Have Problems with Codas

2017-09-17 Thread Robert Murdoch
On 17/09/2017 16:50, Thomas Morley wrote: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2013-12/msg01027.html Old code, perhaps not the best one, but it _is_ possible. Ok, I'd never suggest to put something like that into our source. Also, I never put it in the LSR because I felt it's a too

Re: I Too Have Problems with Codas

2017-09-17 Thread Robert Murdoch
On 17/09/2017 17:44, Thomas Morley wrote: 2017-09-17 18:28 GMT+02:00 Robert Murdoch : Anyway, I tested the code and am unfortunately getting errors with 2.19.65. Here's the log file: [...] Did you try convert-ly? Cheers, Harm I forgot about that until I'd already sent my p

Text Spanner Leading Directly Into Another Text Spanner

2017-09-18 Thread Robert Murdoch
Hi, Is there a way to create a text spanner that leads directly into another text spanner, for example an accelerando into a ritardando? I've tried using \stopTextSpan and \startTextSpan on the same note, but the second text spanner is above the end of the first one which is not what I want.

Text Spanner Leading Directly Into Another Text Spanner

2017-09-19 Thread Robert Murdoch
Thanks for all the helpful replies everyone, but I've now run into a new problem; I want the second text spanner to align with the first spanner's dashed lines, for the first system. The second text spanner is currently below the dashed lines. How do I fix this? ___

Re: Text Spanner Leading Directly Into Another Text Spanner

2017-09-19 Thread Robert Murdoch
Will do. \version "2.19.65" \relative c'' { \override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = "accel." \override TextSpanner.bound-details.right.padding = #1 \acciaccatura e8\startTextSpan d4 d r d d2 g4. d8 e2 r R4*4 r2 r4 \override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = "rit." c\sto

How do I revert a TextSpanner's staff-padding after a line break?

2017-09-19 Thread Robert Murdoch
I'm really sorry to bother you all again, but I can not figure this out. In my last question about a Text Spanner leading into another Text Spanner, I was finally able to align an accelerando with a ritardando using staff-padding. Unfortunately, after the line break in my score the spanner con

Re: How do I revert a TextSpanner's staff-padding after a line break?

2017-09-19 Thread Robert Murdoch
On 20/09/2017 00:15, Thomas Morley wrote: Probably easiest: { \alterBroken staff-padding #'(5 0) TextSpanner c'1\startTextSpan d' \break e' f'\stopTextSpan } Cheers, Harm Thank you. It works perfectly. ___ lilypond-user mailing list l

Assign Dynamics Context to PianoStaff for MIDI

2017-10-05 Thread Robert Murdoch
Hi, I was wondering how to assign a Dynamics context to a PianoStaff so it plays piano-centred dynamics in the piano part correctly in the MIDI file, without having to manually insert dynamics on notes in every voice. ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: Assign Dynamics Context to PianoStaff for MIDI

2017-10-05 Thread Robert Murdoch
Thank you for taking the time to respond, but I'm afraid it didn't work. I'm using 2.19.65. I asked this because assigning dynamics to every voice—even in a separate midi block—is really tedious. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org h

Re: Assign Dynamics Context to PianoStaff for MIDI

2017-10-06 Thread Robert Murdoch
On 06/10/2017 12:15, Ben wrote: Robert, I am confused. What doesn't work with my code that I posted? If you create a separate 'score' for your MIDI realization (which you want to have a centered dynamics context for the piano as a whole), it should be that simple - no need to worry about vo

Re: Assign Dynamics Context to PianoStaff for MIDI

2017-10-06 Thread Robert Murdoch
I myself should also clarify that what I've been trying to do the whole time is get the midi file to playback dynamics properly, not merely fit them between the staves in a midi file. I think I didn't explain myself properly, I just assumed. I tried using your code as well, but could hear no di

\repeatTie on single note in chord still not showing up

2017-10-19 Thread Robert Murdoch
Hi, A few months ago, somebody wrote about how to insert repeatTies on a single note in a chord, and it was discovered that when one did this e.g. 2, the tie wouldn't show up. It was decided it was a bug. You can find the thread here

Approximate Time of 2.20 Release?

2017-10-30 Thread Robert Murdoch
Hi, I was curious if the development team has an estimation of when LilyPond 2.20 will be released. It would be nice to have some idea as to the approximate time it will happen. It says 2.19.80 is "a pre-release for the upcoming stable 2.20 release" on LilyPond's news page, so will 2.20 be next

Re: Approximate Time of 2.20 Release?

2017-10-30 Thread Robert Murdoch
Thanks for the information, both of you. I'll be looking forward to it. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

How do I apply patch files to my LilyPond binary on Windows?

2017-11-14 Thread Robert Murdoch
Hi, I was wondering if it was possible to apply patch files to binaries on Windows, and if so how to do it. I have been waiting for about a month for LilyPond 2.19.81 where hopefully the problem with the repeat ties in chords will be fixed (in case any reader doesn't know, as of 2.19.80 repe

Re: How do I apply patch files to my LilyPond binary on Windows?

2017-11-14 Thread Robert Murdoch
Understood. Sorry to hear it, though. Well, I'll try waiting out a bit more. Seems the devs are hard at work squashing bugs. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Full bar rest R time 6/8 and 9/8

2017-12-01 Thread Robert Murdoch
What about R8*6 and R8*9 for 6/8 and 9/8, respectively? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user