Re: file structure (hierarchy)

Graham Percival wrote: Anybody confused about file structure: Please read the Learing Manual on the GDP website: http://web.uvic.ca/~gperciva/ LM 3.1 How LilyPond files work in particular. "3.1.1 Introduction to the LilyPond file structure" has clarified things for me. It is a great improv

Re: file structure (hierarchy) - where to put \set

I have been playing with skipBars and have been getting rather confused. My view is that it is preferable to put the skipBars (and other \set commands) into a section away from the music. I have tried the following but get t_layout.ly:11:5: error: syntax error, unexpected \set \set skipBars

Re: Beaming question

Steve Dunlop wrote: 4/4 time. Lilypond 2.11.33. I'm trying to get the autobeaming behavior to match an existing style I have read and re-read the autobeaming description and find it too complex. I want to beam quavers and semiquavers so that they always stop on a crotchet beat. Ie a8

Re: ANN: LilyKDE, tool to work with LilyPond in KDE

On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 08:39:11AM +0100, Wilbert Berendsen wrote: > Hi, > > I just released version 0.3 of my shiny new lil' pet project: LilyKDE. > It combines the power of KDE, Kate and KPDF to make editing LilyPond files in > KDE easier. If you use KDE you might like it: http://lilykde.google

How contexts fit together - doc suggestion

Hi Something that I am beginning to understand better is how the various contexts fit together.- for example "Staff can contain Voice", I can only find this sort of information at a fairly deep level in the manual - lilypond-internals/Staff.htm I would like to have a go at trying to write my u

jEdit Toolbar

Is it possible to hide/show the Lilypond toolbar in jEdit. The ideal would be to show it only if editing a .ly file. I use jEdit for much more than .ly and it would be nice to save real estate. BTW - is there a list more focussed to jEdit and Lily issues? __

Already have music in score

Hi The example below is producing error message "Already have music in score". Any suggestions to what is wrong . GNU LilyPond 2.4.2 Processing `silentNoonWords.ly' Parsing... error: Already have music in score error: This is the previous music warning: Need music in a score ===

Break not at a bar line

Hi Is it possible to break between systems other than at a bar line. Hymn books tend to split the systems between lines of the music rather than bar lines. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo

Repeating words

I am trying to set something with of words that repeat a lot . To avoid typing (or cut & pasting) too much I thought of doing mywords = { These are the words } \relative {c d e f c d e f } \addlyrics { \mywords \mywords } but it doesnt like the mywords = { These are the words } Can anyone sugge

Re: Repeating words

Mats Bengtsson wrote: Read the first sentence of http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.6/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Entering-lyrics.html#Entering-lyrics Mats Can you explain this. I don't follow the answer. Andrew ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Already have music in score

What do the following messages mean ? error: Already have music in score error: This is the previous music (Using LilyPond 2.4.2) ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Already have music in score

Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: Pretty much what they say. Did you snip away part of the messages, the .ly context is missing? Exact outut is as follows - doesnt give any context : GNU LilyPond 2.4.2 Processing `error.ly' Parsing... error: Already have music in score error: This is the previous

Combining 2 semibreves

Hi I have 2 voices on the same stave. Sometimes both parts are singing the same note. This is notated to 2 semibreves side by side. Is it possible to combine the two. Andrew ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.or

Repeating a chord

I want to create repeated chords (in a piano part). I have tried *4 but this gives "unexpected *". Is the * notation only applicable to full bar rests (eg R1*4). ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/list

Can't find "tex256.enc"

Hi I have installed LilyPond 2.4.2 from my Mandrake 10.1 disk. I am getting the error. warning: lily-guile: can't find "tex256.enc" How can I get round this. Should I be going for a later version? If so which . Cheers ___ lilypond-user mailing list l

Problem with Fonts on Mandrake 10.2 - lily-guile: can't find "tex256.enc"

Here is a bit more detail on the problem I have been having with fonts on Lilypond-2.4.2 (on Mandrake 10.1) The error is warning: lily-guile: can't find "tex256.enc" These are the relevant packages I have glibc-devel-2.3.3-20mdk lilypond-2.4.2-1thac ec-fonts-mftraced-1.0.8-1 tetex-latex-2.0.2-19m

Lyrics / staffs/ contexts - which way is best for me

Hi I am fairly new to lilypond. I have RTFM-ed but am rather confused by the number of ways of adding lyrics to a score. My confusion might be caused by not understanding what \new and \context does. My basic requirement is - SATB, each one line - piano part It seems to me that I need to b

Re: Lyrics / staffs/ contexts - which way is best for me

Thanks Ruud for a useful template. And thanks Mats for giving me some insight into contexts. Taken together I am beginning to piece the concepts together, Ruud van Silfhout wrote: rightHandMusic = \relative c' { c d e f } leftHandMusic = \relative c { e f g a } \score { \context GrandStaff

Double bar for one stave only

Hi Can I set a double bar in one stave only ? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Question on syntax

Mats Bengtsson wrote: ... \context{ \Lyrics \override LyricText #'font-size = #2 I am finding certain aspects of Lilypond's syntax a little cryptic. Specifically - what is the difference between \context Lyrics= \context { \Lyrics ... } - what is t

Re: musicxml2ly from sibelius

On Apr 10, 2012 5:26 PM, "Phil Holmes" wrote: >> > > I'm a bit surprised you have musicxml from Sibelius. As far as I was aware, it doesn't export into _any_ useful interchange format, including musicxml. > Googling suggests there is an expensive 3rd party program. ___

BarNumber 'break-visibility

I am a little confused by the following : \override Score.BarNumber #'break-visibility = ##(#f #t #t) \override Score.BarNumber #'break-visibility = #end-of-line-invisible - what is the default for before you tweak - by setting end-of-line-invisible do I set the o

Re: BarNumber 'break-visibility

Mats Bengtsson wrote: Why not use the official documentation? http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond-internals/item_002dinterface#item_002dinterface I did look up in the index to _lilypond-internals_ and could find anything very relevant. How does one find the page that

Printing tempo marks on every part

I would like to specify things like tempo marks, double bars, rehearsal makrs in one part only (say piano part) but print them on very part. I want to print as below but only have to specify the details in one part == (Vn 1 part: ) Andante ... [A] ..

Re: Printing tempo marks on every part

yota moteuchi wrote: concerning the bars you may use a "global" part containing only skips and bars you can then combine them as you wish (in a part or for all the parts). have a look at http://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/BachJS/BWV1068/bach-air/bach-air-lys.zip or http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.6

Muliple versions of Lilypond

Hi Is it possible to install mulitple versions of Lilypond (on Mandrake 10.1 Linux). Any pitfalls to beware of Andrew ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Use of a global and contexts

I am trying to get a global section that contains tempi etc. I can get it to work for one line (thanks to adviace on this list earlier) but the folowing example givea an error. exaglob1.ly:13:8: error: syntax error, unexpected "\\context" === \version "2.8.5" \include "english.

More than one word to a note

Hi I want to set more than one word to a note . So for example I might have Semibreve| minim minim c1 | c2 c2 Glory be to the father and to the Cheers ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-

Varying the layout properties without changing the .LY files

Hi I would like to experiment with various layout properties without editing my existing .LY files. Is there any way of doing this. Having done this. can I set them as a default so I always get these. Andrew ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-

MIDI volumes

I am trying to change the volume of a Midi track (want one louder than the rest). All I can find is the following which I don't understand. midiMaximumVolume (number) Analogous to midiMinimumVolume. midiMinimumVolume (number) Sets the minimum loudness for MIDI. Ranges from 0 to 1. Rela

Number of pages output

Is it possible to print out the number of pages that Lilypond has output to a PDF. Or even better, can you add a check in the code that you are on the page you expect (a bit like barNumberCheck). So I could put \pageNumberCheck 2 at the end of part and if it has spilled onto 3 pages I can

Re: archives

Is there an archive anywhere to search for answers to certain questions, so as not to repeat the same questions all the time? http://www.nabble.com/Gnu---Lilypond-f1718.html may also help ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http:/

Help with lyric contexts

I am probably doing something really silly, but this is driving me nuts \version "2.8.6" \score { \new Voice = "cantor"{ a c b } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "cantor" { please work } } ../exper/vocal_word.ly:5:5: error: syntax error, unexpected "\\new" \new Lyrics \lyricsto "cantor

Numbers in variable names Re: thoughts

Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: c4_\staccato_\markup { bla } does this reference \staccato or \staccato_ ? It might be possible to enable numbers, though. I would welcome an analysis. I would really like to see numbers in name of variables. I am not expert on parsers so apologies if this is hard