Re: Lily is writing the PDF to the /bin ignoring the --output option tag

2006-04-14 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Rick Hansen writes: > How can I get lily to write all the output files to the "--output=" > path? Try using a directory as argument for --output: What happens if you do lilypond --verbose --output="C:/Rick/Notation_2.8.0" -I "C:/Rick/Notation_2.8.0/WatchWhatHappens" WatchWhatHappens.ly If

Re: Scheme function problems

2006-04-14 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Kieren Richard MacMillan writes: > Hello, all -- > > Can anyone tell me why the code > > returns > > ERROR: Wrong type (expecting real number): lilyvartmpa $padding is used inside a quoted list, but it should be unquoted. Try barpadding = #(define-music-function (parser location padding mus

Scheme function problems

2006-04-14 Thread Kieren Richard MacMillan
Hello, all -- Can anyone tell me why the code \version "2.8.1" barpadding = #(define-music-function (parser location padding music) (number? ly:music?) #{ \once \override Score.BarLine #'space-alist = #'((first-note extra- space . $padding)) $music #} ) { c

Re: System at bottom page on score

2006-04-14 Thread Laura Conrad
> "DK" == Dave K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: DK> Anyone know a reason why it isn't? >> \paper { >> ragged-bottom = ##t >> } >> >> I'm not sure why this isn't the default. I would guess that in the situation where you need the staff to line up with the staff on the nex

Re: System at bottom page on score

2006-04-14 Thread Tomas Valusek
Hello, Dave K. napsal(a): Anyone know a reason why it isn't? You want to set: \paper { ragged-bottom = ##t } I'm not sure why this isn't the default. Well, I think it's because LilyPond coders suppose to use LilyPond for typesetting multipage pieces and ragged bottom doesn't loo

Re: Helping with the documentation

2006-04-14 Thread Graham Percival
On 14-Apr-06, at 8:20 AM, Bart Kummel wrote: So I was thinking of a method to make contibuting to the docs more easy. Perhaps it's a good idea to set up a wiki for the docs. As other people have pointed out, we've tried wikis in the past. The latest version is still online: http://wikihost

Re: System at bottom page on score

2006-04-14 Thread Dave K.
Anyone know a reason why it isn't? > You want to set: > > \paper { >ragged-bottom = ##t > } > > I'm not sure why this isn't the default. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Helping with the documentation

2006-04-14 Thread Pedro Kröger
"Bart Kummel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So I was thinking of a method to make contibuting to the docs more > easy. Perhaps it's a good idea to set up a wiki for the docs. this was done in the past without success. a wiki would be an advantage (besides it's shortcomings) if there was a good nu

more "programming errors"

2006-04-14 Thread Kieren Richard MacMillan
[ Lilypond 2.8.1 ] Hello, all -- I'm engraving my current score with "modern time signature placement", as demonstrated in http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.8/input/test/lily-1567200886.ly It's working great! (Many thanks to the T&T and docs authors!) However, I'd like to get the first

Re: Helping with the documentation

2006-04-14 Thread Walter Hofmeister
On 4/14/06 9:45 AM, "Geoff Horton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So I was thinking of a method to make contibuting to the docs more easy. >> Perhaps it's a good idea to set up a wiki for the docs. > > I'm of two minds about this. The advantages you point out are real, > but I also encounter a lot

Re: Size of Notes and Text

2006-04-14 Thread Jannik Jeppesen
Actually I could manage, If I could just control the space between the staff and the Volta... but cant seem to figure it out? Something like... \override Volta . padding = #0.5 ??? Could anyone give me a hand...? Yes Im talking about the 8 notes with flags... They are very high... and t

Re: Size of Notes and Text

2006-04-14 Thread Jannik Jeppesen
Yes Im talking about the 8 notes with flags... They are very high... and that makes the Horisontal Volta lines to be very far away from the staff... Want the 8. notes to be only just as high as the quarter notes... Is this possible? Thanx for your help 1. Why is my single 8. notes so big, and h

Re: Helping with the documentation

2006-04-14 Thread Geoff Horton
> So I was thinking of a method to make contibuting to the docs more easy. > Perhaps it's a good idea to set up a wiki for the docs. I'm of two minds about this. The advantages you point out are real, but I also encounter a lot of frustration with wiki-based docs; for one thing, there's no very go

Re: Size of Notes and Text

2006-04-14 Thread Geoff Horton
> 1. Why is my single 8. notes so big, and how do I change it to the size > similar to the other notes? I'm not clear on the problem here. I don't see any outsize notes. Are you referring to the ones with flags rather than with beams? > 2. How do I change the size of the text under the grace note

Re: Helping with the documentation

2006-04-14 Thread Bart Kummel
Hi Graham,What I'm missing currently in the docs is a section about organ music. There are some instrument-specific things that can be discussed in such a section. I'm willing to help with that, but I have very little spare time. So I was thinking of a method to make contibuting to the docs more e

Re: Spacing within same staff group

2006-04-14 Thread Jannik Jeppesen
Hey... It worked... I entered between-system-space = 10\mm And It now looks perfekt... Thanx alot mate. \Jannik Does this mean that it can not be corrected...? it seems weird that this has not been seen before...? It just means that I don't know how to fix it. Someone else might. Is there

Size of Notes and Text

2006-04-14 Thread Jannik Jeppesen
Hi, I have a few questions to the following, wich I cannot find in the manual. 1. Why is my single 8. notes so big, and how do I change it to the size similar to the other notes? 2. How do I change the size of the text under the grace notes, so they are smaller than the other text. Hope that som

Re: Spacing within same staff group

2006-04-14 Thread Geoff Horton
> annotate-space = ##t Sorry, that should be annotate-spacing = ##t Geoff ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Spacing within same staff group

2006-04-14 Thread Geoff Horton
Add this to your \paper block: annotate-space = ##t That will show you what LilyPond thinks is going into each space. Unfortunately, it doesn't help in this case, because the extra space between the first and second staves isn't labelled with anything. This makes me wonder if you haven't found a

How to tune space between key signature and first note?

2006-04-14 Thread Raphael Manfredi
Hello, I have a score in A minor (blank key signature) but with a part for a clarinet in B flat, so there is a key signature in B minor for its part (2 sharps). The problem stems from the fact that the notes on the Clarinet parts are too close to the key signature, whereas of course other parts h