James E. Bailey wrote: > Apparently this is where Scheme is necessary. I've found the one > that makes it > 3+3+2 > 8 8 8 > > in the documentation but I don't understand how to make the change. > > Can someone just do that for me?
Umm, that's probably not the best way of asking for help... We usually prefer "can someone point me in the right direction" or something like that... The example you're referring to is called "Compound time signatures" on this page: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Displaying-rhythms#Time-signature Anyway, look at the scheme code. The compound-time procedure takes three arguments, one two and num. In the doc example, the stencil override is: #(compound-time "2" "3" "8") That means one is "2", two is "3", and num is "8". You see where it says (#:column (one num)) in the scheme procedure? That means that those two arguments (one and num) are put in a column: 2 8 You see where it says #:vcenter "+"? That means that the "+" is put in the vertical center. You can see what happens when you remove the #:vcenter command. So, you have to make a couple of changes. 1) you need another argument in your scheme procedure (3+2+2 as compared to 2+3). * you might call this additional argument "three" * logically, you should probably put it between "two" and "num" 2) so now you need to make sure you pass four values to the procedure within your music expression, instead of the 3 values there now. (you need to change this)... #(compound-time "2" "3" "8") 3) decide if you want (#:column (one num)) ...or just... one etc. 4) decide if you want to keep the #:vcenter command 5) somehow incorporate your new argument (three) in with the rest of the arguments. Let me know if you're still having trouble after trying this. - Mark _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user