Re: Stem lengths in 2.8.1

2006-04-21 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Quoting Stan Mulder [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi group. What is the method of changing the stem length for /beamed/ notes? If you search the mailing list archive for stem lenght beamed, for example, you will find a number of relevant emails, including

Re: Stem lengths in 2.8.1

2006-04-21 Thread Stan Mulder
Mats Bengtsson wrote: Quoting Stan Mulder [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi group. What is the method of changing the stem length for /beamed/ notes? If you search the mailing list archive for stem lenght beamed, for example, you will find a number of relevant emails, including

Re: What to use to edit output after the fact?

2006-04-21 Thread lilypond_user
Previously: For those who are having trouble getting Lilypond files to work with Illustrator or other graphics programs, I would be curious to know if the following works as I just tried it on my system and the file opens fine. Using ghost script use the following command: gs -dSAFER -dBATCH

Re: Stem lengths in 2.8.1

2006-04-21 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Stan Mulder wrote: Mats, I see like this referred to several times in 2004: / \override Stem #'beamed-lengths = #'(1.0 1.0 1.0)/ However, there is no 'beamed-lengths' attribute listed in the 2.8 documentation. And when I compile using that command I get this: Right! I recommend both you

Re: Stem lengths in 2.8.1

2006-04-21 Thread Stan Mulder
Mats Bengtsson wrote: Stan Mulder wrote: Mats, I see like this referred to several times in 2004: / \override Stem #'beamed-lengths = #'(1.0 1.0 1.0)/ However, there is no 'beamed-lengths' attribute listed in the 2.8 documentation. And when I compile using that command I get this:

Re: Extraneous Text Notation Placement (Verse, Chorus, Bridge, etc.)

2006-04-21 Thread Mats Bengtsson
bryan murdaugh wrote: I didn't realize the text annotaion was that simple. I've still got a slight cluttering issue, however. Here's the entire markup, chords and all. The problem is that my chord line is being separated from the staves Yes, otherwise it would overwrite the text

Re: Stem lengths in 2.8.1

2006-04-21 Thread Stan Mulder
Thanks Mats. Below is what I ended up with. It's a simple ly file that generates headless stems for rhythmic studies. Students take a known song and fill in the noteheads to help learn rhythm, especially syncopation. I've made a few more like this dealing with sixteenth notes and triplets.

Scribus and LilyPond on Windows

2006-04-21 Thread Bertalan Fodor
Does anybody succeeded with importing a LilyPond score into Scribus under Windows? I'd like to use the following scenario: 1. Create the score with LilyPond 2. Import the score into Scribus, make a book 3. Export the book as PDF 4. Import the book into InDesign at design studio. 5. Export from

shifting an aligned syllable further yet

2006-04-21 Thread Eduardo Vieira
Hello list, I wonder how can I shift these two left-aligned lyric syllable more to the right and they would still be left-aligned in relation to each other? Here's my code: \version "2.8.0" vI = \lyricmode { \once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #-1Great is the Lord! }vII =

Re: shifting an aligned syllable further yet

2006-04-21 Thread Kieren Richard MacMillan
Hi, Eduardo: Hello list, I wonder how can I shift these two left-aligned lyric syllable more to the right and they would still be left-aligned in relation to each other? Note that the self-alignment-X takes any number you want, and you can use spaces to increase the virtual size of a

RE: Staff separation suddenly doubles under \score and raggedbottomagain!

2006-04-21 Thread Fairchild
Art - A simple trick that will force a ragged bottom is to insert something like: _\markup { X \raise #-30 X } in the last line wanted on a page. Experiment with the number, then remove the X-s. For example, changing your code as: . . . % FR(210) g,1 %

Re: What to use to edit output after the fact?

2006-04-21 Thread Josiah Boothby
On 4/21/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Previously: For those who are having trouble getting Lilypond files to work with Illustrator or other graphics programs, I would be curious to know if the following works as I just tried it on my system and the file opens fine. Using

Re: What to use to edit output after the fact?

2006-04-21 Thread John Hawkinson
Josiah Boothby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 at 11:04:37 -0700 in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Regarding the bit about file size: the eps file doesn't seem to include certain info, such as paper size; only the stuff about what gets printed gets in. Perhaps someone who knows more about

Re: shifting an aligned syllable further yet

2006-04-21 Thread Eduardo Vieira
Hi, Kieren and list, Thanks for your reply. Looks like I found the practical solution - I'm starting to catch on a little better the program reference: I just needed to add: \once \override LyricText #'X-offset = #-1 - Original Message - From: Kieren Richard MacMillan [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Alignment of lyrics in the beginning of each system

2006-04-21 Thread Eduardo Vieira
Hello! I would like to have the first lyric syllable of a stanza automatically left-aligned in the begining of each new system. Is it possible currently? I know that if I specify line breaks, and change the alignment of the next syllable, this is easily obtained. But I'd rather not to add line

Re: What to use to edit output after the fact?

2006-04-21 Thread Eduardo Vieira
You can use the tool, pstoedit, which can be included in Ghostview. It exports to a variety of vector formats including wmf. Some filters are shareware, though. Another option is to find an old version of Corel Draw, sometimes they very inexpensive. I have Corel 7. Good luck, Eduardo -

Re: shifting an aligned syllable further yet

2006-04-21 Thread Kieren Richard MacMillan
Hi, Eduardo: I just needed to add: \once \override LyricText #'X-offset = #-1 Very nice -- I didn't know about that one! Kudos to you for finding it (and bringing it to our attention) *AND* to the development team for putting it there in the first place. Best, Kieren.

Re: Extraneous Text Notation Placement (Verse, Chorus, Bridge, etc.)

2006-04-21 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Then I propose to use a text markup: \mark Pre-Chorus which will appear on the top of each score line. /Mats bryan murdaugh wrote: I've looked through some pieces of music that I have lying around in several books, and it looks like most of THESE types of annotation (verse, chorus, bridge,

Re: is measure spacing off in 2.8.1?

2006-04-21 Thread Dave K.
I see the same thing: { g' b' c'' e''1 g' b' c'' e''1 g' b' c'' e''1 g' b' c'' e''1 } This looks weird. On 4/20/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Previously: I've been using 2.8.1 for a while now, and it really seems to me that the spacing of measures is non-optimal. I've