Re: AllAbout Examples

2006-06-25 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Quoting Trevor Bača <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: ... error: Incorrect lilypond version: 2.4.6 (2.7.38, 2.9.9) error: Consider updating the input with the convert-ly script warning: deprecated function called: ly:set-point-and-click ERROR: Unbound variable: def-music-function ... which must be because th

Re: add context to score without instantiating a Staff

2006-06-25 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Quoting Kieren MacMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [ Lilypond 2.9.10 ] Hello, all -- Just wondering how to insert a context into a \score without instantiating a Staff. Depends on what kind of context you have in mind. For example, if I have defined a set of line and page breaks in an identi

Re: AllAbout Examples

2006-06-25 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> If you haven't heard about convert-ly, look it up in the manual. BTW, I'm not happy about the name `convert-ly', for various reasons. What about `ly-convert'? Werner ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mai

Re: AllAbout Examples

2006-06-25 Thread Graham Percival
On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 11:37:34 +0200 (CEST) Werner LEMBERG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you haven't heard about convert-ly, look it up in the manual. > > BTW, I'm not happy about the name `convert-ly', for various reasons. > What about `ly-convert'? If we're changing the name, what about "ly-

Re: AllAbout Examples

2006-06-25 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> > What about `ly-convert'? > > If we're changing the name, what about "ly-update" ? This is fine with me, as long as it starts with `ly-'. Werner ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypo

Moving to 2.8.4--a nightmare?

2006-06-25 Thread Sebastiano Vigna
Hi guys. Back from under my stone, I revved up LSR to work with 2.8. So I decided to rev up also my scores. It's being very, very difficult. I have insisted in the past and will insist again on this--if Lilypond continues to be such a moving target, it will never be a format of choice for storing

RE: AllAbout Examples

2006-06-25 Thread Fairchild
Graham - You imply that "convert" doesn't upgrade cleanly or that those with newer versions don't use it. (I have found significant shortcomings converting ly files.) This is just one reason to dread leaving 2.4.6 behind. (Never tried 2.6.) The only identified selfish reason to upgrade is the

Re: Moving to 2.8.4--a nightmare?

2006-06-25 Thread Graham Percival
On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:58:46 +0200 Sebastiano Vigna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's being very, very difficult. I have insisted in the past and will > insist again on this--if Lilypond continues to be such a moving > target, it will never be a format of choice for storing music. Erik's "music

Re: Moving to 2.8.4--a nightmare?

2006-06-25 Thread Nicolas Sceaux
Sebastiano Vigna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1) All my piano scores produce mighty complaints after conversion: > > K517-2.ly:14:7: error: syntax error, unexpected \header > >\header { Assuming that this \header block was found inside a \score block, this is because now the first elemen

timing question

2006-06-25 Thread CB
have a piece of music in which a substantial part of the right hand is in 5/4 and the left in 4/4, which I would like to set using Lilypond. Unfortunately the software doesn't seem to accept differing time signatures in the right and left hand while keeping the bars aligned, so I have resorted to

Re: timing question

2006-06-25 Thread Mats Bengtsson
See the section on "Polymetric Notation" in the manual for a better solution. /Mats Quoting CB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: have a piece of music in which a substantial part of the right hand is in 5/4 and the left in 4/4, which I would like to set using Lilypond. Unfortunately the software doesn't

Octavation

2006-06-25 Thread Kirill
Hello, list. Is there a way to draw the octavation line (ottava alta/bassa) without actually transposing the pitches by an octave? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Octavation

2006-06-25 Thread Mats Bengtsson
How about using a text spanner? /Mats Quoting Kirill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hello, list. Is there a way to draw the octavation line (ottava alta/bassa) without actually transposing the pitches by an octave? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypo

Re: AllAbout Examples

2006-06-25 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Quoting Graham Percival <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 11:37:08 -0500 "Fairchild" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... that haven't made the cut for Tips and Tricks or Regression Tests. Actually, currently LSR is a mish-mash of lots of small things. I think it includes some examples fro

Re: Ossia fragments in 2.8.2

2006-06-25 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Please try reduce your full score into a small but complete example that illustrates the problem. This is often a good way for yourself to find out what the problem is and if you still don't manage to fix it, you can send it to the mailing list so that others easily can try it and help you find

Re: Octavation

2006-06-25 Thread Kirill
Mats Bengtsson ee.kth.se> writes: > > How about using a text spanner? > >/Mats > What parameters do I have to set for a text spanner so as to *exactly* emulate the apperance of a regular ottava line? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypo

RE: AllAbout Examples

2006-06-25 Thread Fairchild
Back to LSR posting. Since my AllAbout was not acceptable, tried a smaller thing thought to be version insensitive. LSR didn't like the \version "2.4.6" line, so deleted it. LSR demanded \version "2.8.4" then complained cryptically about a port problem. Submitted a trivial file; LSR flips out o

RE: AllAbout Examples

2006-06-25 Thread Sebastiano Vigna
On Sun, 2006-06-25 at 17:05 -0500, Fairchild wrote: > Back to LSR posting. > > Since my AllAbout was not acceptable, tried a smaller thing thought to be > version insensitive. LSR didn't like the \version "2.4.6" line, so deleted The current version is 2.8.4, now it's also state in the "Contribu

RE: AllAbout Examples

2006-06-25 Thread Fairchild
But see http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.8/Documentation/ -Original Message- From: Mats Bengtsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 4:06 PM To: Graham Percival Cc: Fairchild; 'lilypond-user Mailinglist' Subject: Re: AllAbout Examples Quoting Graham Percival <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: timing question

2006-06-25 Thread CB
"Mats Bengtsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > See the section on "Polymetric Notation" in the manual for a better solution. > >/Mats > Thanks; CB ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists

RE: AllAbout Examples

2006-06-25 Thread Fairchild
I believe the "port" problem was caused by using \char in a \markup. - Bruce -Original Message- From: Sebastiano Vigna [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 5:21 PM To: Fairchild Cc: 'lilypond-user Mailinglist' Subject: RE: AllAbout Examples On Sun

Problem with Last Syllable of a Lyrics

2006-06-25 Thread Alexander Brock
Hello, When I write \lyrics { } Lilypond forgets the last syllable of it. The log doesn't contain errors: # -*-compilation-*- Processing `Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in der Hoehe.ly' Parsing... Interpreting music... [8][15] Preprocessing graphical objects... Calculating line breaks... [3][6][9][1

Re: Problem with Last Syllable of a Lyrics

2006-06-25 Thread Trent Johnston
- Original Message - From: "Alexander Brock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 8:50 AM Subject: Problem with Last Syllable of a Lyrics > Hello, > > When I write \lyrics { } Lilypond forgets the last syllable of it. > > The log doesn't contain errors: > > # -*-compilat

How to do, on the same page, parts 'Tutti' size 12 and parts 'Solo' size 20

2006-06-25 Thread Gilles QUESNE
lundi 26 juin 2006   Bonjour à tous,   Dans une même partition, sur la même page,  il ya des parties ' Tutti ' et des parties ' Solo '.   Je voudrais, par exemple, que les parties ' Tutti ' soient à la taille 12 et des parties ' Solo ' à la taille 20. Comment procéder?   Merci des indications