Re: Transparent box around notes

Hi Paolo, hi David, I've replaced the current stencil function with the one from the openLilyLib "frames" module (which has even more capabilities). Here is the result: https://github.com/KlausBlum/Ly-Boxer-Snippet If you like, please feel free to experiment or add further things... I'll try to

Re: Transparent box around notes

Hi Paolo, But the alpha channel is ignored... Is there a way to fix this? AFAIK LilyPond cannot deal with alpha transparency at all. The impression of transparency is only achieved by placing the boxes in a layer behind the staff. I therefore replaced (see the attached file):        (if

Re: Transparent box around notes

Hi Paolo, hi everyone, Yeah, it works if I just replace add-grob-definition with: #(define (add-grob-definition grob-name grob-entry)    (set! all-grob-descriptions          (cons ((@@ (lily) completize-grob-entry)                 (cons grob-name grob-entry))                

Re: Glissandos into Note

Hi Greg, Am 13.04.2024 um 01:06 schrieb lilypond-user-requ...@gnu.org: I would like to write a glissando leading into a note without a starting note. Perhaps the term is not glissando, but we encounter it often in jazz where the trumpets and trombones will "slide" up to a note to accentuate. It

Re: ly:set-option png backend broken?

Hi Stefano, Am 10.12.2023 um 20:17 schrieb lilypond-user-requ...@gnu.org: Is there any way to produce png output without --png in the command? Did I get you right that you don't want to add anything to the command line, but you don't mind adding options to your LY files? I'v tried this to get

Re: tspan in SVG export

Hi Johannes, Am 23.11.2023 um 15:26 schrieb Johannes Keller: I tried this, but got "fatal error: compiled without CAIRO_BACKEND". Does this mean that I need to compile Lilypond myself, or is there an easier way? I work on Arch Linux, using the official "lilypond" package (which ships Lilypond

Re: tspan in SVG export

Hi Johannes, Am 22.11.2023 um 18:01 schrieb lilypond-user-requ...@gnu.org: On most browsers there is a large gap between 'of' and 'terza'. I noticed that lilypond exports such a situation as individual elements with absolute coordinates (as in ). Is there a way to let lilypond combine these

Placement of tuplet numbers

Dear LilyPond community, please have a look at the following snippet: %%% \version "2.24.1" up = \tweak Script.outside-staff-priority #1 \upbow dn = \tweak Script.outside-staff-priority #1 \downbow tri = \tuplet 3/2 \etc \paper {   indent = 0

Re: [Frescobaldi] Re: ANN: Frescobaldi 3.3.0

Am 10.04.2023 um 14:09 schrieb lilypond-user-requ...@gnu.org: Thanks for the update! Is the icon missing for any other Windows users? I get a white page icon in the taskbar. It’s indeed been noticed (but we didn’t want to hold the release for it).

Re: PNG output

Hi John, Am 02.03.2023 um 15:16 schrieb lilypond-user-requ...@gnu.org: Is there any way to effect a "-fpng" using Scheme in an input file? some time ago I asked for help for a similar problem. This has been working for me: % - \version "2.24.1"

Re: Tie not working as expected

Hi Steve, welcome to the group! In your third measure, Instead of     g~1 you should write     g1~ Your sequence means the following: - g without a duration uses the last duration specified, i.e. whole note from the measure before. - ~ produces a tie to the following note. - 1 without a pitch

Re: Frescobaldi preferences location (windows)

Hi Simon, Am 18.10.2022 um 15:45 schrieb lilypond-user-requ...@gnu.org: Can anyone point me in the direction of the configuration file/directory/database on Windows? Thanks, kind regards, sb in the Windows registry, there is a folder that seems to contain all configuration settings:

OOoLilyPond: support for Cairo backend

To all OOoLilyPond users: There is a new (experimental) release that supports using the new Cairo backend (as of Ly 2.23.12): https://github.com/OOoLilyPond/OOoLilyPond/releases/tag/v1.1.6_beta This allows to get svg images without restrictions (like having to use dedicated "svg" templates or

Re: LilyPond 2.23.12

Hi Jean, Am 30.08.2022 um 00:48 schrieb Jean Abou Samra: So the limitation is gone now, even without Cairo. Wow - good news again. I didn't know that and never came to the idea to try it. But now I did and it works for me too. Is it documented somewhere since what Ly version this has changed?

Re: LilyPond 2.23.12

Hi Jean, Am 29.08.2022 um 22:17 schrieb Jean Abou Samra: Could you clarify this for me? What does not work with lilypond-book-preamble.ly in SVG output? The Cairo backend has many advantages for SVG, but I didn't expect one of this kind. This seems to be a limitation of the svg backend that

Re: LilyPond 2.23.12

Hi Jonas, Am 24.08.2022 um 18:00 schrieb lilypond-user-requ...@gnu.org: Starting with this version, the official binaries support the experimental Cairo backend. Please give it a try with the command line option -dbackend=cairo and see if it works for you. In case of problems, please report

Re: new behavior of lilypond-book-preamble.ly?

Am 30.03.2022 um 18:32 schrieb Carl Sorensen: But the problem identified in the issue is related to adding a new lilypond option (-dlilypondbookoutput), which I assume lilypond-book calls but OOoLilyPond does not.  If I were trying to solve this problem, that's where I would look to start.  I

Re: new behavior of lilypond-book-preamble.ly?

Am 30.03.2022 um 18:32 schrieb Carl Sorensen: I think that is not true.  Han-Wen said that the scheme code needed for compatibility with previous versions was two ly:set-option calls.  And ly:set-option calls are available from the command line: (See the Usage Manual)

Re: new behavior of lilypond-book-preamble.ly?

Am 30.03.2022 um 18:32 schrieb Carl Sorensen: On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 10:09 AM K. Blum wrote: Am 30.03.2022 um 17:59 schrieb Carl Sorensen: But when I look at the code in OOoLilyPond/LilyPond.xba <https://github.com/OOoLilyPond/OOoLilyPond/blob/master/extension/OOoLilyP

Re: new behavior of lilypond-book-preamble.ly?

Am 30.03.2022 um 17:59 schrieb Carl Sorensen: But when I look at the code in OOoLilyPond/LilyPond.xba I see that 1. There is a way to check the LilyPond version 2. The code already modifies include

Re: new behavior of lilypond-book-preamble.ly?

Am 30.03.2022 um 17:42 schrieb Jean Abou Samra: We provide convert-ly to do syntax changes more freely with less pain for users. Could that not apply here? Jean If everything else fails, this could be some kind of last resort. ;-) But it would still require that users do manual changes

Re: new behavior of lilypond-book-preamble.ly?

Am 30.03.2022 um 17:15 schrieb Carl Sorensen: Is it not possible to make OOoLilyPond check for the LilyPond version and respond differently based on the LilyPond version? No, unfortunatly not: The use of lilypond-book-preamble.ly takes place in templates. These are dedicated *.ly files that

Re: new behavior of lilypond-book-preamble.ly?

Am 30.03.2022 um 00:53 schrieb Jean Abou Samra: This is https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/6235 You can get cropping with -dcrop in the command line or #(ly:set-option 'crop) in your .ly file, but it is different in that it generates a separate .cropped.xxx file in addition to a

new behavior of lilypond-book-preamble.ly?

Dear LilyPond community, up to Ly 2.23.4, the use of     \include "lilypond-book-preamble.ly" removed any whitespace around the score. As of Ly 2.23.5, the music is moved to the upper left corner, but the paper size remains unchanged. Is this a new (intended) behavior? Or have I just been

Re: A little help

Hi Rip_Mus, Am 27.02.2022 um 12:23 schrieb Rip _Mus: Yes, I tried to use the grid point-grid line engravers, but they write segments that spread over the entire system... Ah, I see. They spread between the center staff lines. But it seems you can change that by modifying GridPoint.Y-extent.

Re: A little help

Hello, Am 27.02.2022 um 06:03 schrieb lilypond-user-requ...@gnu.org: In a PianoStaff, transiently, I insert a new staff above the left hand to create a kind of "tactus" reference (widely used in contemporary music). did you already search the notation reference for "Grid_line_span_engraver"?