Re: brainstorming a really smart system engraver

2014-08-28 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi all, > The example attached to the last comment of the related issue > https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2779> goes a > bit further towards creating an ad-hoc interface rather than just > pulling the low-level levers. Thanks! This looks very good in the code… but I’ll have to

Re: brainstorming a really smart system engraver

2014-08-28 Thread David Kastrup
Janek Warchoł writes: > 2014-08-28 1:40 GMT+02:00 Kieren MacMillan : >> Hi all, >> I think that issue 3518 (pushed recently) does just this: https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3518 >>> >>> It doesn't do the automatic "AI nightmare" part. >> >> Yes, unfortunately... > >

Re: brainstorming a really smart system engraver

2014-08-28 Thread David Kastrup
Kieren MacMillan writes: > Hi all, > >>> I think that issue 3518 (pushed recently) does just this: >>> https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3518 >> >> It doesn't do the automatic "AI nightmare" part. > > Yes, unfortunately... > >> However, it provides the low level machinery for p

Re: brainstorming a really smart system engraver

2014-08-28 Thread Janek Warchoł
Hi, 2014-08-28 1:40 GMT+02:00 Kieren MacMillan : > Hi all, > >>> I think that issue 3518 (pushed recently) does just this: >>> https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3518 >> >> It doesn't do the automatic "AI nightmare" part. > > Yes, unfortunately... Yes, sorry - i should've trimmed

Re: brainstorming a really smart system engraver

2014-08-27 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi all, >> I think that issue 3518 (pushed recently) does just this: >> https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3518 > > It doesn't do the automatic "AI nightmare" part. Yes, unfortunately... > However, it provides the low level machinery for pulling in the "maximally > required" n

Re: brainstorming a really smart system engraver

2014-08-27 Thread David Kastrup
Janek Warchoł writes: > Hi Kieren, > > 2012-12-14 14:47 GMT+01:00 Kieren MacMillan : [...] >> Ultimately, I would like to have Lilypond choose the correct number >> of staves so that horizontal and vertical spacing is optimal, using >> partcombine (or 'partexplode'?), cueing, etc., to accomplis

Re: brainstorming a really smart system engraver

2014-08-27 Thread Janek Warchoł
Hi Kieren, 2012-12-14 14:47 GMT+01:00 Kieren MacMillan : > Hello all, > > Like many people on this list, I engrave a number of choral works using > Lilypond. Like a smaller subset of those people, I engrave a number of large > and very large works (musicals, operas, extended choral works, etc.),

Re: brainstorming a really smart system engraver

2012-12-18 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Xavier, > Personally I would be very happy with an "enhanced" partcombine that > could handle divisi on different staves as well. > This features has been asked in the French users mailing list and is > tracked as issue #2779. > http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2779 > > Would

Re: brainstorming a really smart system engraver

2012-12-16 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 14 déc. 2012, at 14:47, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hello all, > > Like many people on this list, I engrave a number of choral works using > Lilypond. Like a smaller subset of those people, I engrave a number of large > and very large works (musicals, operas, extended choral works, etc.), w

Re: brainstorming a really smart system engraver

2012-12-16 Thread Xavier Scheuer
On 14 December 2012 14:47, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hello all, > > (snip) > > Ultimately, I would like to have Lilypond choose the correct number > of staves so that horizontal and vertical spacing is optimal, using > partcombine (or 'partexplode'?), cueing, etc., to accomplish its > task. > > (s

Re: brainstorming a really smart system engraver

2012-12-14 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hello again! I think I have the PERFECT solution to this problem, if only \quoteDuring did the following two things: 1. Quoted lyrics. 2. Observed \RemoveEmptyStaves as if the quoted portion was empty (i.e., if the quoted material did NOT stop a hara-kiri action). Then, I could simply wri

brainstorming a really smart system engraver

2012-12-14 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hello all, Like many people on this list, I engrave a number of choral works using Lilypond. Like a smaller subset of those people, I engrave a number of large and very large works (musicals, operas, extended choral works, etc.), which require multiple editions (full score, pianovocal score, vo