Re: instrument names for GrandStaff, etc.
On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:39:09 -0400, Kieren MacMillan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, Marcus:
Just a quick suggestion. Why not let a GrandStaff have an instrumentName
(and a shortInstrumentName), just like a Staff and a PianoStaff already
do?
Just in case you don't know, you can always add this feature to your own
scores with
\context
{
\GrandStaff
\consists Instrument_name_engraver
}
For more information, see the example at http://www.lilypond.org/doc/
v2.9/input/test/lily-473581812.ly.
Kieren,
That's just what I was looking for! I now see that the example in
question, instrument-name-grandstaff.ly, resides in the Tips and Tricks
section of documentation:
http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/input/test/collated-files.html
The same trick works for ChoirStaff or StaffGroup, too, adding a new
\context block for each.
Perhaps this should be mentioned in the documentation, under:
8.2.5 Instrument names
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/Documentation/user/lilypond/Instrument-names.html
Or are we expected to search the main documentation, and failing that,
Regression Tests, Tips and Tricks, and Examples, and failing that, the
email archives, and failing that, a message to lilypond-user? It seems to
me, a link wouldn't hurt. And if I knew how to edit the documentation, I'd
add it myself.
Anyway, thanks for the tip!
(BTW, I still don't see why the Instrument_name_engraver isn't part of the
GrandStaff, if not the ChoirStaff and StaffGroup, *automatically*, but at
least there's an easy enough workaround for now, so I won't complain.)
Marcus
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Re: instrument names for GrandStaff, etc.
Hi, Marcus: That's just what I was looking for! Glad I could help! The same trick works for ChoirStaff or StaffGroup, too, adding a new \context block for each. Exactly so... Or are we expected to search the main documentation, and failing that, Regression Tests, Tips and Tricks, and Examples, and failing that, the email archives, and failing that, a message to lilypond- user? Something like that! ;-) if I knew how to edit the documentation, I'd add it myself. There's a good introduction at http://lilypond.org/web/devel/ participating/documentation-adding. Anyway, thanks for the tip! De nada! I still don't see why the Instrument_name_engraver isn't part of the GrandStaff, if not the ChoirStaff and StaffGroup, *automatically* I agree. However, I trust Han-Wen etc. completely, so there must either be (1) a good explanation or (2) other things keeping them too busy to add this to the default. Best, Kieren. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Literature?
Hello everyone, Does anyone know of any good books on the subject of music engraving? A book containing rules/tips/do/don'ts would be quite a useful investment I think. Thanks, Stewart ___ Tiscali Broadband from 14.99 with free setup! http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadband/ ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Literature?
Have you checked the link to Bibliography on the LilyPond documentation page for your version of LilyPond? /Mats Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello everyone, Does anyone know of any good books on the subject of music engraving? A book containing rules/tips/do/don'ts would be quite a useful investment I think. Thanks, Stewart ___ Tiscali Broadband from 14.99 with free setup! http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadband/ ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: To hide a time signature
Hi, Marcus:
But I'm curious, is there a better way to do this?
I don't claim it's necessarily better, but another way would be
\version 2.9.17
{
\once \override Staff.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f
\time 4/4 c'1 \time 3/4 c'2.
}
HTH!
Kieren.
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Re: instrument names for GrandStaff, etc.
Marcus Macauley wrote: Or are we expected to search the main documentation, and failing that, Regression Tests, Tips and Tricks, and Examples, and failing that, the email archives, and failing that, a message to lilypond-user? Currently, yes. Although you missed the unofficial wiki; that's another place you could look for info. This is one reason I sigh whenever anybody starts talking about a FAQ or wiki. We need to reduce the number of places to look, not increase them! Eventually, I would like to have four places: 1. Documentation 2. A special subset of LSR 3. LSR 4. Send an email to -user. #2 hasn't been implemented yet, and I welcome any help towards that end. (details available on request) #3 requires that people submit stuff to LSR -- specifically, any neat tricks that are discussed on -user. Cheers, - Graham ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: To hide a time signature
Hi Kieren,
I don't claim it's necessarily better, but another way
[to hide the initial time signature but not subsequent ones]
would be
\version 2.9.17
{
\once \override Staff.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f
\time 4/4 c'1 \time 3/4 c'2.
}
Indeed, that works too. But where is the stencil setting documented? And
why isn't it mentioned on:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/Documentation/user/lilypond-internals/TimeSignature.html
?
In other words, how did you learn that tweak, and how might I have
discovered one like that myself, without asking the mailing list?
(Searching Google for stencil site:lilypond.org didn't yield any obvious
answers. Nor did the Lilypond index, in which stencil links to 8.1.6
Overview of text markup commands --
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/Documentation/user/lilypond/Overview-of-text-markup-commands.html
-- which explains the \stencil command, but not the #'stencil setting.)
Thanks,
Marcus
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