three questions in one

2010-02-06 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, Here're three problems: 1. The recent devel versions can't work properly. Under XP, if I press enter on the file attaached (and all other files), both 2.13.11 and 12 gives out abort message, saying whatever RAM can't be "read". 2. When running 2.13.12, the warning before its abort te

RemoveEmptyRhythmicStaffContext doesn't work

2010-02-07 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, I've looked into engraver-init.ly, and RemoveEmptyRhythmicStaffContext is there. But when I include it with \RemoveEmptyStaffContext in my orchestral score, LP complains about such line. Why? Regards Haipeng ___ lilypond-user mailing list lil

Re:Re: RemoveEmptyRhythmicStaffContext doesn't work

2010-02-07 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Ha, thanks. But I'm not so stupid. Of course I have \layout { \context { \RemoveEmptyStaffContext \RemoveEmptyRhythmicStaffContext } } And then the error: xx\xx\xx.ly:nn:nn: error: syntax error, unexpected CONTEXT_DEF_IDENTIFIER \RemoveEmptyRhythmicStaf

2.13.13 and previous devel versions has such error

2010-02-14 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, Now I get the error of Devel version 2.13.13: Lilypond-windows.exe "0x007aa281" command uses "0x" ram, this ram cannot be "read". What's wrong? Haipeng ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailm

Re:Re: 2.13.13 and previous devel versions has such error

2010-02-15 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Then Here's the source file. Very simple piano score. Does it have errors itself? Haipeng \version "2.13.7" \header { tagline = ##f dedication = \markup { \bold "DEDICATED TO MY CLASSMATES IN THE COLLEGE FOR ADULTS" } title = \markup { \fontsize #2 "Calling" } composer = \markup { \

Re:Re: 2.13.13 and previous devel versions has such error

2010-02-15 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Thank you for your email. 2.12 and 2.13.7 can compile it without any problem. I ever tried a very simple snippet such as: \version "2.13.11" % the problem came since this version \Score { \new Staff { \clef treble \time 2.4 c,2 } \layout {} } and the error still appeared. Haipeng ___

Re:Re: 2.13.13 and previous devel versions has such error

2010-02-15 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Reboot system? I've never thought about it, but it may not be the key. Any versions before 2.13.10 can run without problem. The same error occurred in the versions (perhaps) 2.11.50-51. Perhaps further 2.14 can run without any problem? If I still can't find the key, I have to either continue us

Re:Re: Re: 2.13.13 and previous devel versions has such error

2010-02-16 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Thanks. I ever tried it in 2.13.10 by recalling an email from someone in the early list, but it was of no use. Haipeng ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re:Re: Re: 2.13.13 and previous devel versions has such error

2010-02-18 Thread - Hu Haipeng
I now use the following command line setting to reject the "read" problem: for %1 in (%windir%\system32\*.dll) do regsvr32.exe /s %1 But the ugly tie playback problem is still here, so I have to again roll back to 2.13.7. Haipeng ___ lilypond-user

Divisi and unison staves, how to hide?

2010-03-13 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, I have a problem with temporarily divisi desks (pult). At the beginning of the music, the 1st violin is divided into bracketed two parts to generate different harmonics. However, it becomes unis in the future, so I must prepare a separate violin I part. If I need to show all instrument

Re:Re: Divisi and unison staves, how to hide?

2010-03-13 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Thank you very much. I ever thought about it, but all examples in NR I know are using this override in layout block. So I didn't know whether it can be used as this. So I suggest it should be added in the documentation. Regards Haipeng ___ lilypond-u

articulate and tie playback above 2.13.8

2010-03-16 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, I find the problem concerning ties playback since 2.13.8. When I use articulate script, the ties are broken in midi. Please try yourself to find where the bug is. Regards Haipeng ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://

Re:Re: articulate and tie playback above 2.13.8

2010-03-17 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Yes, if not use articulate, the ties play correctly. Haipeng ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re:Re: articulate and tie playback above 2.13.8

2010-03-18 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Excellent! Thank you! Haipeng ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

download site down?

2010-03-18 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, I find Lilypond 2.13.16 is available, but I can't download it. The linuxaudio.org is unavailable. When I enter the address manually, google comes up to try to search the address. I use the antiblockade software to skip the G FW, but the result is the same. Is the site down? Regards Hai

3 part fugue

2010-05-16 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, I'm learning counterpoint. The 3 part fugue below is on 2 staves. I used both << >> and new voice, but my teacher still said the result is not good. Why? Regards Haipeng \version "2.13.21" % automatically converted from 2.xml str = \change Staff = rh stl = \change Staff = lh \header {

question about making parts

2010-06-12 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, I find I'm facing a problem I didn't pay attention to--making parts. I have read the NR, and know how to add cues. But here's a problem: how can I use the same source to extract every parts with different cues? Thus, if I add \cueDuring to every part, the full score will also contain cu

Re:Re: question about making parts

2010-06-12 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Thanks. > No, not if you use \killCues in your full score. I know it, but the example puts it inside the music expression, so I guess it can't be used as: piccolo = \relative c,, { } \new Staff = "piccolo" { \killCues \piccolo } Am I wrong? Regards Haipeng

Percussion stick signs

2010-06-14 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, Today I get a score from my composition teacher. The piece is for orchestra with various instruments. In the perc part, he uses some stick signs such as hard xylophone stick, soft timpani stick. I don't know how these sticks look like, but hope Lilypond can do them. I don't know whether

can't find libgs.exe.so.8.70

2010-06-16 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, As a person reported earlier, 2.13.24 can't create pdf. My error is not the same as his. The program aborts at the end, saying can't find libgs.exe.so.8.70. It's strange that the file it's finding is not a standard file, because there are many other things after the regular exe extensio

show-break-places, a fantasy

2010-06-16 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, Here's another serious problem (only with blind). Sighted people can check whether the page turn is disturbing the flowing music and troubling the players, but for me, I have to ask an assistant for help, since Lilypond can't export Musicxml, or Musescore can't open Lilypond file. Furth

midi channel problem

2010-06-21 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, I'm working on my overture. NR says by moving Staff_performer to Voice and creating more than one voice in a staff, more than 16 kinds of instruments can be used in midi output. But I failed, resulting many warnings saying there are more than 16 tracks. One thing I can tell is, I still

re: midi channel problem

2010-06-22 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Sorry, I misunderstood NR. But I still need more than 16 sounds. I don't know the difference between channel and track. Finale and Sibelius can have more than 32 instruments at once, so I don't know whether Lilypond can reach this feature. Regards Haipeng __

re: Lilypond to Finale :-(

2010-06-22 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello Urs, I'd like to tell you that I wanted Lilypond to export Musicxml to fit my usage (as a blind), but no one is able to do this. This issue and related talks is in the Google Code. By the way, Musescore has removed Lilypond import already. Regards Haipeng _

Re:re:midi channel problem

2010-06-23 Thread - Hu Haipeng
> In the MIDI version of your score, you can try to include several voices in > the same Staff,... Thanks, I know it. The issue came when I used instrument changes such as pizz and mute, which create more sounds. Brett pointed out in yesterday's email that Finale and Sibelius uses different

Re:Re: re:midi channel problem

2010-06-23 Thread - Hu Haipeng
> I did put in a bit of a suggestion to tackle precisely this challenge. ... I think this feature needs someone to add many C++ codes in the source, but it seems that most of the improvement were done out of (I mean "by not largely modifying") the core (I guess). Haipeng _

bad spacing and paginationin 2.13.26

2010-06-28 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, I downloaded 2.13.26 to compile my overture. The result is bad, because it not only uses more pages, but also reported a (de)crescendo too small warning. I reinstalled 2.13.24-2, then the warning disappeared, and the page amount is back to normal. Are there any spacing changes in 26? Re

Re:Re: what staff size should I use?

2010-07-08 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Thanks, but I have used many new features only available in 2.13. Regards Haipeng ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Bug? a minimal example to show "going back in midi time"

2010-07-09 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Dear All, After reading the messages about "going back in midi time", I realized that the main problem of my overture's midi output is not totally because of articulate. Here's the small intro containing just 8 bars, and the problem is at bar 7. Please run it, and you'll see these warnings. I

Re:Re: Bug? a minimal example to show "going back in midi time"

2010-07-10 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Thanks Carl, I have solved the problem last night by adding midi tags to all the problematic instruments (bassoons, trumpet I, cello and bass). I don't know how Lilypond calculates music values, but I've never heard such issue in other musical notation softwares. Regards Haipeng _

Special tempo indication in new version of lilypond

2010-07-11 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, I know how to write special tempo indication like 4= ca120 in old versions of lilypond. But since the new ones have included \tempo text + tempo function, I don't know how to adjust it. Moreover, the indication is quite different from the snippet. At the end of my overture, there are bo

strange programming error

2010-07-13 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, I encounter a strange problem on my harp part. THe message is: programming error: no note heads for the line spanner on neighbor line? Confused. It is very strange because, although it seems to be the problem of the last glissando, when I commented out all previous music, it has no probl

Re:strange programming error

2010-07-14 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Thanks, but... > commenting \showStaffSwitch in the staff harprh stops this warning/error - > could this be a starting point to track the error? I'm confused. Because all my code seems to be right, and if no \showStaffSwitch, the change staff can't work. But please tell me whether the pdf output

large source occupying on myfinal composition

2010-07-15 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, I finally finish my concert overture, which has just 250 measures, 34 pages. The compiling is a nightmare! When I used normal way, the computer turned into a circumstance like it was about to crash. Then I used Process Tamer, a small util program to reduce source wasting. At first, it's

fermata not shown at playing parts

2010-07-16 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, I encount a serious problem. My teacher found that my fermatas are only on the silent parts. When I gave him the following snippet, the problem persisted. Is it a bug? Must I use \fermata instead of ^\fermataMarkup? Regards Haipeng \version "2.13.24" \layout { \context { \StaffGrou

Re:Re: fermata not shown at playing parts

2010-07-16 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Then you should add this to the doc in case of confusion to other people. Regards Haipeng ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re:Re: fermata not shown at playing parts

2010-07-16 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Carl, Yes, I found these sections. The two have confused me for over two years. Haipeng ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Soundfonts

2010-07-31 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, Does anyone have experience with various soundfonts? I think Lilypond'smidi is only suitable for GM soundfonts. I just purchased Orchestral Collection Bundle from Digital SOund Factory, and found it is divided into separated sections. Is anyone familiar with this kind of soundfonts? Reg

taggin problem

2010-08-06 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, In NR, I discovered a problem concerning tagging. If I remove multiple tags, it will wolk perfectly; however, the opposite way is not available (at the very bottom of the tagging section). I'd like to make parts for my overture, which already contains many midi tags. I want to nest tags

single part spacing problem

2010-08-16 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, When I extract the timpani part from my overture (I have not made cues), a fatal problem comes--spacing issues. No matter what staff size I set, the warning "couldn't fit music on page" always appears. How to sove it? Regards Haipeng a simplified version (without rehearsal and top texts)

Re:Re: single part spacing problem

2010-08-17 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Thanks. But when I used 30, my full score was fattened from 34 pages to 38, and there are many warnings saying (de)crescendo too small, in fact they are not small; and a programming error in harp part in 2.13.24 increased to several: "no note heads for the line spanner on neighbor line? Confused

Re:Re: Soundfonts

2010-08-18 Thread - Hu Haipeng
I have figured out how to achieve, but... but you must do a complete different score for midi. If the two sounds within a line uses different soundfont, you must divide it into two lines. Also, please map the midi instrument to the correct presets of your soundfont, thus, 001 is not always piano

two problems regarding harp part

2010-08-18 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, I reported this problem earlier, and stopped when my teacher said nothing was wrong on the score. But with 2.13.30" the portion has more such reports. Here's the music. When I comment out music before rehearsal 6 (sorry, mark line not included, see the comment line), no problem is found

Re:Re: two problems regarding harp part

2010-08-19 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Dear Phil: > I can confirm that compiling this music produces a number of errors... > the score is too complex to have any chance of working out whether this is a > bug or expected behaviour owing to errors in the music. I tried commenting > out parts of the music but with no success. Yeah, w

Re:Re: Re: two problems regarding harp part

2010-08-19 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Xavier Scheuer wrote: > I have sent 2 bugs reports to Joe and to bug-lilypond: Thanks. > Your programming error: no note heads for the line spanner on neighbor > line seem related to \showStaffSwitch used simultaneously with > \glissando ... But I ever wrote many harp gliss with staff changes

re:Manuscript Writer To Lilypond convertor

2010-08-22 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, I'm a CHinese blind musician Hu Haipeng. I have been using Lilypond since 2008, and get many benefit from it. I also know Manuscript Writer, but since it's dos based, I seldom put attention to it. Thank you for developing a tool to convert MWR into Lilypond, but can I discuss something

re: Manuscript Writer To Lilypond Convertor

2010-08-23 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Martin said: > What do you mean with "not suitable" ? > A Lilypond to MusicXML conversion tool probably will not solve the limited > MIDI capacities of Lilypond. No! If you have Sibelius and its own vst or Garritan personal Orchestra, you can import Strauss's Pizzicato Polka and a piece containin

Re:re:Manuscript Writer To Lilypond convertor

2010-08-23 Thread - Hu Haipeng
As I said, the midi is 1) not well balanced, and 2) too concret on notes, but without required information for accurate dynamics and KS (keyswitch). Therefore, Sibelius will treat all pizz as arco, all solo violin passages as tutti, and all muted brass as open. Moreover, the machine-gun sounded

Two questions regarding page numbers

2010-09-14 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, I have two questions about title pages and prefaced pages. Perhaps they are in the manuals, but I can't find them at this time. 1. Title pages: If I want to set page number to -1 to start the music at the second piece of paper, how can I force the number 0 to hide at the back of title

column-lines not shifted right

2010-09-16 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, I am editing the back of the title page, where are some notes to perc players. In the following block, I used hspace, but a sighted person told me that the 5 lines are not shifted right. I then used 6 spaces before every P, but the problem persists. How can I do? Regards Haipeng \mark

Re:Re: column-lines not shifted right

2010-09-16 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Thanks Phil. > I believe that \paragraph isn't a standard part of LilyPond notation Yeah, it's not included in the default scm file. But I just want some word-wrapped lines and other kinds of formatted texts in case they have bad indentations and run off the page. This is very useful when I wri

Re:Re: Re:Re: column-lines not shifted right

2010-09-16 Thread - Hu Haipeng
The \paragraph is taken from the manual, but I don't know where it is now. #(define-markup-list-command (paragraph layout props args) (markup-list?) (let ((indent (chain-assoc-get 'par-indent props 2))) (interpret-markup-list layout props (make-justified-lines-markup-list (cons (make-hspace-

re-learning markup sections

2010-09-17 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, I am re,reading the sections in NR about markups. The following confuses me, because I can't find any wrong points in the last one. The madual says it has no anchor point, so can't be moved. Can you give me any clues? Also, I can't distinguish xx-align and xx-column. I think \left-alig

drawing an arrow

2010-09-22 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, I'm writing an indication for bell tree to gliss upwards. So I need an arrow pointing right-up. However, the following markup only produces an rotated triangle. Must I add a line before the arrow? Could you help me visually to create one? Regards Haipeng \relative c, { r2 c\mp^\mark

visual problem on two triplets in 4/4 time

2010-09-24 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, My mother found a problem when I write continuous triplets. For example, \time 4/4 c'4 c' \times 2/3 { c'8 d' e' } \times 2/3 { f' g' a' } The two triplets are grouped like one sextupplet, but with two 3's. What's the problem? Is it a wrong practice in notation convention? Is it controlle

Re:Re: visual problem on two triplets in 4/4 time

2010-09-24 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Sorry for the noise, it's my fault of not setting tupplet spanner duration in a continuous triplets, not my example here. Regards Haipeng ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

feedback on 2.13.34

2010-09-24 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, I'm very glad that 2.13.34 is much better than previous devel versions since 2.13.24. The only shortcoming is, however, still spacing. In my case, the overture uses 35 pages in 2.13.24, while 37 in 2.13.34, with one "couldn't fit music on page:" warning in the middle. I don't know which

Re:Re: feedback on 2.13.34

2010-09-25 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Thanks! My Filezilla can't connect to my own ftp site, and Filesonic is running abnormal this month. The other 2 sites you pointed out are either blocked by gfw or redirected to another site. So I have to upload it to RS, and you hacan only have 10 chances to download it. The zip file contains n

feedback on 2.13.35

2010-09-30 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, Thanks for releasing 2.13.35, the spacing problem in 2.13.34 has been solved, and I'm 99% satisfied with it, except that the overture still compiles out 4 pages more than 2.13.24. However, I'll jump to this version before 2.14's out. Regards Haipeng ___

bad cross-staff slurs

2010-10-03 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, A person reported that in the following harp passage of mine, the slurs are blurred with the notes. He read the score generated by 2.13.24, so: Is it still wrong in 2.13.35? How to solve the issue? Regards Haipeng \version 2.13.35 headsOn = \sequential { \override Dots #'transparent =

Re:Re: bad cross-staff slurs

2010-10-03 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Thanks, and sorry for not having provided a excellent snippet. The errors don't appear in my full score and complete part, so 2.13.35 will do the harp part well I think. Haipeng ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.or

instrument names for grandstaves

2010-10-05 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, I'd like to engrave some percussion sections for separate players. The groups have their name for player numbers, and the individual rhythmic staves indicate names of instruments. However, even though I include the engraver, the file attached doesn't generate group names into the pdf. I

parts making problem

2010-10-07 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello, I'm producing parts for my overture, while finding a very frustrating visual problem. I'd like Lilypond to auto resize staves to pages, but I know the staff size must be set manually. Therefore, even a single line score causes all pages to have staves running out of. When I tried to set

Re: alternative notation for tuplets (idea)?

2010-10-15 Thread - Hu Haipeng
Hello Janek, It's perhaps not feasible to change in my opinion. The current calculation is very scientific. If you use c3 c c, then you'll lost the true value, since \times 2/3 { c4 c c } equals a half, while \times 2/3 { c8 c c } equals a quarter. It might be good to change to \tuplet 3 { c4

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