Re: Debian (Sid) packages for Lilypond 2.1.8

2004-01-14 Thread Paul Scott
Pedro Kroger wrote: * Paul Scott ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Pedro Kroger wrote: that's weird. This "illegal instruction" seems to be from your system, not from lilypond-bin. Here I have: [18:39:01] ptolemy kroger $ lilypond-bin --fake lilypond-bin: unrecognized option: `--fake' how about:

beam change in 2.1.9

2004-01-14 Thread Paul Scott
2.1.9 introduces the following: \include "english.ly" ovripic = \notes\relative c''' { \time 2/4 \key bf \major c16^>( b c b c8) r \grace { a16[ bf] } f'8^> r8 r4 } \score { << \context Staff = piccolo { \ovripic } >> } giving: lilypond -P /home/paul/music/test/gracebeam.ly

Re: "inline" (scoped) definitions?

2004-01-14 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Wednesday 14 January 2004 17:57, Kieren Richard MacMillan wrote: > [ Mac OS X 10.2.8; Lilypond 2.1.7-3 ] > > Howdy, y'all! > > Just wondering if there's a way to define a directive/variable > "inline"? > > e.g. > > Rather than: > > innerDef = { g2 g } > stuff = \notes > { > a4 a a a >

how far can/should abstraction be taken?

2004-01-14 Thread Kieren Richard MacMillan
[ Mac OS X 10.2.8; Lilypond 2.1.7-3 ] Hello, all: I'm a big fan of abstraction and object-oriented thought (regardless of whether it's computer-related) -- although I have, from time to time, been accused of "over-engineering", I invariably find that (observing the "point of diminishing margi

Re: Debian (Woody) packages for Lilypond 2.1.9

2004-01-14 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Wednesday 14 January 2004 20:11, Ferenc Wagner wrote: > Binary packages of LilyPond 2.1.9 for Debian Woody are available at > > http://afavant.elte.hu/~wferi/lilypond > > The previous 2.1.6 conditions apply with respect to the > geometry LaTeX package. > > Does anybody find announcements like th

Re: "inline" (scoped) definitions?

2004-01-14 Thread Paul Scott
Kieren Richard MacMillan wrote: [ Mac OS X 10.2.8; Lilypond 2.1.7-3 ] Howdy, y'all! Just wondering if there's a way to define a directive/variable "inline"? e.g. [Result (n.b., the same as above) = a4 a a a g2 g c4 c c c g2 g] or, better still, define it as (during) the first call: stu

Re: Debian (Woody) packages for Lilypond 2.1.9

2004-01-14 Thread Paul Scott
Nick Busigin wrote: On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Ferenc Wagner wrote: Does anybody find announcements like this actually useful? Isn't apt-get update or similar enough? Shall I continue spamming the list? Feri, Your announcing an updated Debian Wooody package for Lilypond is not what I would consi

PDF file problems after upgrading to 2.1.6

2004-01-14 Thread Nick Busigin
I upgraded one of my computers to run lilypond version 2.1.6 last night and ran into a problem with the generated PDF files. Most of the text disappears. I get the following message after exiting the xpdf viewer: Error: This document uses Type 3 fonts - some text may not be correctly

"inline" (scoped) definitions?

2004-01-14 Thread Kieren Richard MacMillan
[ Mac OS X 10.2.8; Lilypond 2.1.7-3 ] Howdy, y'all! Just wondering if there's a way to define a directive/variable "inline"? e.g. Rather than: innerDef = { g2 g } stuff = \notes { a4 a a a \innerDef c4 c c c \innerDef } [Result: a4 a a a g2 g c4 c c c g2 g] you might be able

Re: Debian (Woody) packages for Lilypond 2.1.9

2004-01-14 Thread Nick Busigin
On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Ferenc Wagner wrote: > Binary packages of LilyPond 2.1.9 for Debian Woody are available at > > http://afavant.elte.hu/~wferi/lilypond > > The previous 2.1.6 conditions apply with respect to the > geometry LaTeX package. > > Does anybody find announcements like this actually

Debian (Woody) packages for Lilypond 2.1.9

2004-01-14 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Binary packages of LilyPond 2.1.9 for Debian Woody are available at http://afavant.elte.hu/~wferi/lilypond The previous 2.1.6 conditions apply with respect to the geometry LaTeX package. Does anybody find announcements like this actually useful? Isn't apt-get update or similar enough? Shall I c

2.1.7-3!!

2004-01-14 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > 1. Rounded stems look great. > 2. Spacing after bar lines is much improved. > 3. Accidental placement on chords looks much better (n.b., I still > think the first accidental, esp. natural, is a hair too close to the > note column, but that's a personal preference...)

staccato oddity

2004-01-14 Thread Kieren Richard MacMillan
[ Mac OS X 10.2.8; Lilypond 2.1.7-3 ] Hey, y'all -- Just found a weird thing here, and I think it's related to my use of cross-staff + \voiceOne + \oneVoice: seems that somewhere in the flipping back and forth, the Script gets stuck on top (q.v., m10 staccato). Could someone please confirm w

Re: Debian (Sid) packages for Lilypond 2.1.8

2004-01-14 Thread Pedro Kroger
* Paul Scott ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Pedro Kroger wrote: > > >* Erik Sandberg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > >>then probably the command `/usr/bin/lilypond-bin --version ' did fail, so > >>you could get a clue from running that command manually (so you would see > >>stdout and stderr

Re: Debian (Sid) packages for Lilypond 2.1.8

2004-01-14 Thread Paul Scott
Pedro Kroger wrote: * Erik Sandberg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: then probably the command `/usr/bin/lilypond-bin --version ' did fail, so you could get a clue from running that command manually (so you would see stdout and stderr). Note that it's lilypond-bin, not lilypond. that's a good

Re: Debian (Sid) packages for Lilypond 2.1.8

2004-01-14 Thread Paul Scott
Erik Sandberg wrote: Now I'm guessing, but by manually running /usr/bin/lilypond-bin --version you might get a more detailed message about why it fails. What I did was -V for verbose. --version is the same as -v which only prints the version number. I was maybe a bit unclear, what I m

Automatic reformatting \notes section utility?

2004-01-14 Thread Nick Busigin
I am wondering if there is a utility to reformat a \note{} block so that it would have a specified number of bars per line? Nick ==--- www.SongBirdofSwing.com ---== Nick Busigin [EM

Re: Debian (Sid) packages for Lilypond 2.1.8

2004-01-14 Thread Pedro Kroger
* Erik Sandberg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > then probably the command `/usr/bin/lilypond-bin --version ' did fail, so you > could get a clue from running that command manually (so you would see stdout > and stderr). Note that it's lilypond-bin, not lilypond. that's a good idea, plus, could you

Re: cross-staff piano directives across different source files [SOLVED]

2004-01-14 Thread Kieren Richard MacMillan
Han-Wen (et al.): However, I'm running into an issue with cross-staff piano writing using this method -- the issue being that Lilypond crashes [!]. I believe this is fixed in lily 2.0.2 Don't know about 2.0.2, but definitely fixed by 2.1.7-3. Regards, Kieren. _

Re: Debian (Sid) packages for Lilypond 2.1.8

2004-01-14 Thread Paul Scott
Erik Sandberg wrote: On Wednesday 14 January 2004 17.05, Paul Scott wrote: Pedro Kroger wrote: * Paul Scott ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: To be truly honest, I haven't updated the packages dependencies requirements. I'm going to do it ASAP, maybe that will help. Thanks. Let

2.1.7-3!!

2004-01-14 Thread Kieren Richard MacMillan
[ Mac OS X 10.2.8; Lilypond 2.1.7-3 ] Hello, all -- Thanks to the patient assistance of several listers (Stan, Matthias, etc.), I've got 2.1.7-3 (unstable) working on my machine: I LOVE IT! To the development team: 1. Rounded stems look great. 2. Spacing after bar lines is much improved. 3. Ac

Re: Debian (Sid) packages for Lilypond 2.1.8

2004-01-14 Thread Erik Sandberg
> >Now I'm guessing, but by manually running > >/usr/bin/lilypond-bin --version > >you might get a more detailed message about why it fails. > > What I did was -V for verbose. --version is the same as -v which only > prints the version number. I was maybe a bit unclear, what I meant was that sin

Re: example files (was "Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions")

2004-01-14 Thread John Williams
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: > Mutopia can be very helpful, but there are problems with the > files there as examples: > > 4. Last, there is some questionable notation here and there. There > is a great need for constructive criticism, and I don't feel that > it would be appre

Re: Debian (Sid) packages for Lilypond 2.1.8

2004-01-14 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Wednesday 14 January 2004 17.05, Paul Scott wrote: > Pedro Kroger wrote: > >* Paul Scott ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >>>To be truly honest, I haven't updated the packages dependencies > >>>requirements. I'm going to do it ASAP, maybe that will help. > >> > >>Thanks. Lets see what happens. > >

Re: Debian (Sid) packages for Lilypond 2.1.8

2004-01-14 Thread Paul Scott
Pedro Kroger wrote: * Paul Scott ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: To be truly honest, I haven't updated the packages dependencies requirements. I'm going to do it ASAP, maybe that will help. Thanks. Lets see what happens. Could you update to 2.1.9 and see if that works? No change. Can

Re: example files (was "Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions")

2004-01-14 Thread Stan Sanderson
On Wednesday, January 14, 2004, at 07:14 AM, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: On Tuesday 13 January 2004 17:30, Kieren Richard MacMillan wrote: Nick: Kieren, what you are suggesting definitely makes sense. The more examples the better, especially if they are written in a style and with comments that

Re: example files (was "Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions")

2004-01-14 Thread Chris Sawer
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> David Raleigh Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > Mutopia can be very helpful, but there are problems with the > files there as examples: > > 1. It is not clear before download what version of lilypond was used to > create a file. There is a very

Re: example files (was "Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions")

2004-01-14 Thread Nick Busigin
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: > Mutopia can be very helpful, but there are problems with the > files there as examples: > > 1. It is not clear before download what version of lilypond was used to > create a file. There is a very nice footer at the bottom of > Mutopia-2004/01/

Re: PDF editing [WAS: praise (and a sample)]

2004-01-14 Thread Kieren Richard MacMillan
Jan: That was going to be one of my manual tweaks (in Illustrator), but I'm Does that work yet. I do not remember having seen a followup to http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2003-12/msg00103.html If it works, do you have to do somethings special, or does it work with the examp

Re: Debian (Sid) packages for Lilypond 2.1.8

2004-01-14 Thread Pedro Kroger
* Paul Scott ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >To be truly honest, I haven't updated the packages dependencies > >requirements. I'm going to do it ASAP, maybe that will help. > > > Thanks. Lets see what happens. Could you update to 2.1.9 and see if that works? Pedro ___

Debian (Sid) packages for Lilypond 2.1.9

2004-01-14 Thread Pedro Kroger
Debian Sid packages (binary and sources) of Lilypond 2.1.9 are available from my website: http://www.pedrokroeger.net/lilypond/ They're also apt-gettable adding the following line to sources.list: deb http://www.pedrokroeger.net/lilypond/ ./ deb-src http://www.pedrokroeger.net/lilypond/ ./ And

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Re: example files (was "Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions")

2004-01-14 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Wednesday 14 January 2004 14.14, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: > On Tuesday 13 January 2004 17:30, Kieren Richard MacMillan wrote: > > Nick: > > > Kieren, what you are suggesting definitely makes sense. The more > > > examples the better, especially if they are written in a style and > > > with c

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Re: example files (was "Re: SATB 2-staff template and request for suggestions")

2004-01-14 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 17:30, Kieren Richard MacMillan wrote: > Nick: > > Kieren, what you are suggesting definitely makes sense. The more > > examples the better, especially if they are written in a style and > > with comments that make it easy to follow what you are doing with > > the lily c

lyric entry and punctuation

2004-01-14 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Is there a simple solution for forcing punctuation to appear at the end > of a melisma? I have only been able to do this by specifying the > note/time value of each syllable; not only is the method cumbersome, > but it also produces incomplete melismas. (I am using v2

v2.1.9

2004-01-14 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The release notes for development version 2.1.9 state > > There is a new mechanism for putting lyrics to melodies. With this > > mechanism, LyricVoice s can be put melodies individually, allowing for > > different melismatic sections in every LyricVoice . See > > inp

lyric entry and punctuation

2004-01-14 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Is there a simple solution for forcing punctuation to appear at the end > of a melisma? I have only been able to do this by specifying the No. > note/time value of each syllable; not only is the method cumbersome, > but it also produces incomplete melismas. (I am us

Grouping lyrics

2004-01-14 Thread qp2zktid60001
Hi, Is there a way to put a bracket before two lines (stanzas) of lyrics, between the singer's name and the lyrics? The singer's name should be vertically centered between the two stanzas. Imagine a situation where part of a choir music is repeated and there are different lyrics for the se

PDF editing [WAS: praise (and a sample)]

2004-01-14 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Kieren Richard MacMillan writes: > That was going to be one of my manual tweaks (in Illustrator), but I'm Does that work yet. I do not remember having seen a followup to http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2003-12/msg00103.html If it works, do you have to do somethings special,