Fwd: Re: Text setting

2005-10-30 Thread Edward Neeman
--- Edward Neeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:27:45 +1100 (EST) > From: Edward Neeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Text setting > To: Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi list, Hi Mats, > > In general I agree that \mark is the best way to add > tempos, etc.

Re: The frust is growing up ... Was: Re: giving up frustrated ... :-(

2005-10-30 Thread Roland Goretzki
Hello list, hello /Mats, You wrote: > The easiest solution for you is probably to compile the program yourself. > I'll do it myself on Debian Sarge in the coming days and can send detailed > instructions, but it seems that the only thing you need to compile in > addition > to lilypond is a newer

Re: The frust is growing up ... Was: Re: giving up frustrated ... :-(

2005-10-30 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Mats Bengtsson writes: > Is really the autopackage compiled against libc 2.3.4? I'm afraid that 2.6.4 might have been. I have upgraded and patched autopackage and made 2.6.4.1 and 2.7.14 packages available that should work better. http://lilypond.org/download/autopackage Jan. -- Jan Nieu

Re: \grace at end of bar

2005-10-30 Thread Mats Bengtsson
OK! Internally, it does exactly what you did manually. /Mats Fairchild wrote: Mats - Doesn't seem to be available in 2.4.6. - Bruce -Original Message- From: Mats Bengtsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 10:48 AM To: Fairchild Cc: l

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2005-10-30 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Alex Decker wrote: The thing is, that even though I get a tie between the a1 note just before the first volta, and the a4 note in the first volta, I don't get a tie from the a1 note before the first volta, and the a4 note in the SECOND volta (or at least a tie from near the barline and to

RE: \grace at end of bar

2005-10-30 Thread Fairchild
Mats - Doesn't seem to be available in 2.4.6. - Bruce -Original Message- From: Mats Bengtsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 10:48 AM To: Fairchild Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: \grace at end of bar Did you try \afterGrace, as d

Re: \grace at end of bar

2005-10-30 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Did you try \afterGrace, as desceribed in the section on Grace notes? /Mats Fairchild wrote: Is there a neater way to do this? %%% \version "2.4.6" \paper { linewidth = 3\in } {{b'1 << { a'1 ( \trill } { s2 \grace { g'16 [ a' ] } } >> g'1 ) }} %%%

\grace at end of bar

2005-10-30 Thread Fairchild
Title: Message Is there a neater way to do this?   %%% \version "2.4.6"\paper { linewidth = 3\in }{{b'1<< { a'1 ( \trill } { s2 \grace { g'16 [ a' ] } } >>g'1 )}}   %%%      -

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2005-10-30 Thread Mats Bengtsson
There have been several recent discussions on the mailing list, see for example http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2005-09/msg00444.html with followups. See also http://lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html /Mats Alex Decker wrote: Hey I am trying to connect a tie be

Re: Fun with \include "english.ly"

2005-10-30 Thread Mats Bengtsson
I hope you have verified that you don't have any other syntax error in your own input file. Sometimes the error messages can be misleading. /Mats Thomas J. Dillman wrote: I'm using lilypond 2.6.4 & I've used the command: \include "english.ly" in one of my files and am getting: Parsing... C:

Re: Text setting

2005-10-30 Thread Mats Bengtsson
If you want your text indication typeset on top of the upper stave at the beginning of the score, you should definitely use a \mark \markup{...} before the first note (or the first rest, as in this case). By default, such an indication will be centered on top of the key signature whereas it will l

Re: times number on beams crossing staves

2005-10-30 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Maxime Brugidou wrote: Hello i'm with the 2.6.3 version, i have 2 questions : i wrote : << \context Staff= "one" { \times 4/5 {\stemDown a'16[e' \change Staff=two \stemUp d'' c'']} } \context Staff= "two" { c'1 } >> it gave me the first pdf test1.pdf (should be me or my computer or my c

Fun with \include "english.ly"

2005-10-30 Thread Thomas J. Dillman
I'm using lilypond 2.6.4 & I've used the command: \include "english.ly" in one of my files and am getting: Parsing... C:/Program Files/LilyPond/usr/share/lilypond/2.6.4/ly/english.ly:6:0: error: syntax error, unexpected STRING pitchnamesEnglish = #`( error: errors found, ignoring music expres

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2005-10-30 Thread info-lilypond-bounces
--- Begin Message --- I would really like to use the midi2ly tool, but I don't know how to do this.  I am just getting to grips with the terminal, having used a mac now for over two years.  Until I found Lilypond, I'd never felt the need to dip into the terminal.  I have followed the instructions i

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2005-10-30 Thread Alex Decker
Hey I am trying to connect a tie between voltas. I have this piece of music: \repeat volta 2 { c 1~ c4 d, e fis b2 b ~ \break b4 c, d e a1 ~ } \alternative { {a4 b, cis dis e1 \break r4 e fis g} { a4 fis a g e1( e4) r4 dis e} } } The thing is, that even though I get a t

Re: Text setting

2005-10-30 Thread Neil Killeen
Edward many thanks for these solutions; I will use the second one. I don't like the bar check fail as I fairly rigorously use bar lines to find my many typing blunders.. However, I'd like to check why it fails. ? The time signature is 4/4. If we use s2^\markup {text here} R2 then a skip of

Re: Lines to show passing the melody between voice parts

2005-10-30 Thread Edward Neeman
Hi Mats, sorry I answered this one too but am still a bit careless with cc'ing the mailing list. Cheers, Edward Neeman --- Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems that nobody has answered your question, > However, a closely > related answer can be found in > http://www.mail-archive

Re: Text setting

2005-10-30 Thread Edward Neeman
--- Neil Killeen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The syntax > >R1^\markup{ \fontsize #2.5 { With passion } ( > \raise # 0.5 { \note > #"2" #1.0 }=55) } > > places the marking too far to the left and too low. > So I have tried to move > it with > >\once \override TextScript #'e

Re: no TeX in new lily but is there lilypond-book?

2005-10-30 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Why not take a quick look in the on-line manual for 2.6? (Of course you can still use lilypond-book with LaTeX, even though it now typesets the score using an EPS figure for each score line.) /Mats Sterling Sympatico wrote: Hi, I am still using 2.4.5 in Debian "testing" but understand that

Re: Lines to show passing the melody between voice parts

2005-10-30 Thread Mats Bengtsson
It seems that nobody has answered your question, However, a closely related answer can be found in http://www.mail-archive.com/lilypond-user@gnu.org/msg18316.html /Mats Alison Watkins and the Hawthorn Family wrote: I am typesetting barbershop music. When the melody is passed from one voice

Text setting

2005-10-30 Thread Neil Killeen
Hi I am still finding placing text a rather arcane art. I wish to place the initial piece marking "Allegro" right at the beginning of my 4-staff piece. The upper three staves are whole-bar rests rests with notes in the last staff. The syntax R1^\markup{ \fontsize #2.5 { With passion }