newbie:poor quality output

2006-01-11 Thread debian
Please, I have just started using Lilypond (2.4.5) on a debian sarge system and I am getting on reasonably well with the syntax. But, the quality of my pdf files is very poor. Notes and staff lines etc look ugly. Probably this is a font problem, but I do not know how to proceed. Thanks Joe

Re: newbie:poor quality output

2006-01-14 Thread debian
Quoting may be screwed up: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 01:26:36PM +0100, Erik Sandberg wrote: > > > Starting at version 2.6, lilypond handles fonts etc. in a completely > > different > > way (without using TeX), so the smoothest fix could be to install version > &g

writing Irish Traditional music

2006-01-17 Thread debian
Please, is there any recommended sources of info on writing Irish Tradition tunes using Lilypond ? (For example, how does one stipulate rolls ?) Lilypond is a super system. I love it already, after years of using ABC. Thanks a lot. Does anyone have any hints for a fast: editor ->

output files where ?

2006-01-17 Thread debian
Please, how can I control where Lilypond (v2.2.6) puts her output files: dvi, tex, mid, ps, pdf etc ? At the moment she puts them in the current directory. Thanks Joe Mc Cool ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/

Re: writing Irish Traditional music

2006-01-19 Thread debian
On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 12:46:44AM +0100, Gilles wrote: > > is there any recommended sources of info on writing Irish Tradition tunes > > using Lilypond ? > > Are there specifics for Irish music? Not that I know of. It is largely an aural tradition. The emphasis is not on scores at all. Piec

short tunes

2006-01-20 Thread debian
Traditional tunes tend to be short. Just a burst of eight bars, repeated usually and then a burst of another eight bars again repeated. I would like to play the tune a number of times 1,2,3 perhaps 4 times. I could go: timidity my.tune timidity my.tune timidity my.tune but is no good as there

Re: Context - A recommendable Windows-Editor for Lilypond

2006-01-21 Thread debian
On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 06:27:38PM +, Brian Haddon wrote: > martial cathemline.org> writes: > > > > > > > I think Context is a wonderful alternative to the complicated > > > > editors emacs and vim. > > > > I am blind or utf-8 is not supported > > > > http://forum.context.cx/index.php?

NEWBIE: repeating whole tunes

2006-01-26 Thread debian
Please, what is the best way to ask lilypond to create a midi file in such a way that the _whole_ tune is played n times. n will be passed from the command line. I have written perl code to extract the essential parts of the tune and create a new ly file with the essential parts repeated n tim

Re: NEWBIE: repeating whole tunes

2006-01-26 Thread debian
On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 11:04:28PM +0100, Mats Bengtsson wrote: > Repeating is simple: > > \score{ I had to put \unfoldRepeats here > \repeat unfold 20 {...} > \midi{...} > } but, it is working fine. The perl bit is easy. Thanks a lot. Joe ___

lilypond-book and misalignment

2006-02-01 Thread debian
NEWBIE: on debian sarge with lilypond 2.6.3. Please, my googling leads me to believe that there is some kind of bug in Lilypond-book which causes it to output misaligned staves ? I seem to be suffering from this, in that _sometimes_, only sometimes, the first stave is far too far to the right

Re: lilypond-book and misalignment

2006-02-05 Thread debian
On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 06:17:32AM +0200, Nahum wengrov wrote: > Try including >\layout { indent = 0.0\cm } > In your .ly file, or adding the indent = 0.0\cm statement to your existing > \layout { } statement. Makes no difference, sorry. There seems to be some sort of bug associated with

midi file names only 3 parts

2006-02-07 Thread debian
Please, lilypond 2.6.3: lilypond the.bottom.bracket.ly produces a midi file named: the.bottom.midi It chops off the third part of the name. Any way round this ? Joe ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman

Newbie: strange bar

2006-02-08 Thread debian
Unless my ear has a virus, bar 4 of this piece plays all wrong. When I submit it to timidity, bar 4 seems to have extra notes in it that are not printed in the pdf. The pdf is correct. The 2nd half plays fine. Most strange. Thanks Joe \version "2.6.3" \header { composer = "" piece =

Re: Newbie: strange bar !SOLVED!

2006-02-08 Thread debian
On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 10:02:14PM +, debian wrote: > Unless my ear has a virus, bar 4 of this piece plays all wrong. When Nah, it wasn't my ear that was the problem. It was my brain. There was a bug in my perl wrapper ! Sorry about that. [Embarrassment on har