Re: fingerings collide with beams

2006-07-19 Thread V!ictor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello Markus, thanks for your reply. Indeed, the sideways numbering works well, but if you want the numbers to be above the beams, it seems to me that Lilypond should be able to do this automatically. After all it is an engraving problem and I would think a frequent situation. Your final solu

Re: fingerings collide with beams

2006-07-19 Thread Markus Schneider
Hi again, Victor! Maybe the last part is the "solution"? \version "2.9.7" \score { { \new Staff { < a-1 c'''-1 >32 < a-2 c'''-2 >32 < a-1 c'''-1 >32 < a-2 c'''-2 >32 \set fingeringOrientations = #'(up left) < a-1 c'''

17th century keyboard ornament

2006-07-19 Thread Peter Van Kranenburg
Hi all, I'm trying to typeset some 17th century keyboard music from the Southern Netherlands. An often used ornament is a slanted double dash through the stem of the note (zie attached image - sorry for the bad quality). I tried to adapt the tremolo: - \version "2.8.5" doubledash = {\once

Re: fingerings collide with beams

2006-07-19 Thread Markus Schneider
Hi Victor, this might be an acceptable workaround: \version "2.9.7" \score { { \new Staff { < a-1 c'''-1 >32 < a-2 c'''-2 >32 < a-1 c'''-1 >32 < a-2 c'''-2 >32 \set fingeringOrientations = #'(up left) < a-1 c'''-1 >32

fingerings collide with beams

2006-07-19 Thread V!ctor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, I have a problem with fingerings colliding with beams. I searched the mailing lists for some solution and found these two posts with the same problem: http://www.nabble.com/Fingering-should-be-above-the-beam-automatically-tf453985.html#a1239094 http://www.nabble.com/Some-more-bug-reports-tf81

Re: Moving rests vertically in drummode

2006-07-19 Thread Markus Schneider
Hi Nicolas, this should get you started: %%% Begin of snippet \version "2.9.11" cymbals = \drummode { \times 2/3 { hh16 r hh } } % beware! drums is a keyword! dr = \drummode { bd8 } \score { { \new DrumStaff << \new DrumVoice { \voiceOne \cymbals } \new DrumVoice { \v

Re: Bar numbering -- tweaking staves?

2006-07-19 Thread Mats Bengtsson
See the section on "Modifying context plug-ins", especially about the \new ... \with {...} {...} construct. /Mats Till Rettig wrote: Hello, I started putting a ChoirStaff together with multimetre mesures. Because the score context calculates the bar numbering, it cannot gather anymore inf

Re: tetex 2.5 and lilypond 2.0

2006-07-19 Thread Mats Bengtsson
The changes necessary to make lily 2.0 compatible with teTeX 3.0 should be very simple. From the top of my head, make a new directory /usr/share/lilypond/fonts/map/ (or wherever your .../lilypond/fonts/ currently is installed) and put a copy of the file lilypond.map in that directory. On a Debian

Moving rests vertically in drummode

2006-07-19 Thread Nicolas JOYARD
Hi all ! I just discovered Lilypond and started writing a few scores. But I have a little problem. I'm writing two-voiced drum scores (one for cymbals, the other for drums) but when I write something like : -- { \times 2/3 { hh16 r hh } } \\ { bd8 } -- the rests in the first voice get centere

Re: Pango font availability

2006-07-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi, Mats -- That's exactly the question I answered. Ah... The regression test description doesn't speak of the COMMENT (within the file) to which you were referring. Once I actually looked *inside* the .ly file, I found what you were pointing me towards. =) Thanks! Kieren. ___

Re: Evolutionary User Strategy - A Compromise

2006-07-19 Thread Mats Bengtsson
The current parser is implemented using flex/bison. /Mats Anthony Youngman wrote: Might be an idea to look at Antlr then ... I don't know how effective it would be, but part of the purpose behind the v3 rewrite is to increase the number of languages that Antlr can generate. If you can defin

Re: Pango font availability

2006-07-19 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Quoting Kieren MacMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi, Mats: See the information text for the example "font-family-override.ly" in the Regression tests document. Thanks, but that doesn't actually solve my specific issue... I'm not trying to change the default font set for the whole document (w

Re: Pango font availability

2006-07-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi, Mats: See the information text for the example "font-family-override.ly" in the Regression tests document. Thanks, but that doesn't actually solve my specific issue... I'm not trying to change the default font set for the whole document (which is what the "font-family-override.ly" docs

Re: Pango font availability

2006-07-19 Thread Mats Bengtsson
See the information text for the example "font-family-override.ly" in the Regression tests document. I'll add the corresponding information to the manual. /Mats Quoting Kieren MacMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi, everyone -- 1. How can I find out what fonts are available to Pango on my machin

Re: Regression test package (for non-programmer)

2006-07-19 Thread Mats Bengtsson
In the gzipped tar file with the source code, they are included in the subdirectory input/regression/ /Mats Quoting "Rick Hansen (aka RickH)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hello, Is there a file that I can download that contains all the regression test cases (.ly files) in one package? I want to t

Regression test package (for non-programmer)

2006-07-19 Thread Rick Hansen (aka RickH)
Hello, Is there a file that I can download that contains all the regression test cases (.ly files) in one package? I want to take advantage of the test cases to set up and verify all the highlighting parameters in my text editor (which supports customizeable language syntax/semantic hilighting).

Re: Making grace notes take up no space

2006-07-19 Thread Trevor Bača
On 7/19/06, Kieren MacMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Trevor: > I stumbled across X-extent leafing through possible solutions in the > program reference, but just couldn't get it to do what I was > expecting. Here was one attempt ... I had no better luck than you... seems X-extent doesn't

Re: Measure problem somewhere

2006-07-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi, Ralph: it looks to me like I have a timing conflict, but I can't find where. This is precisely why it is recommended that bar checks are used regularly! =) I put them in to your piece and immediately found the problems: 1. The R needs a duration (R2.). 2. The last note should

Measure problem somewhere

2006-07-19 Thread Palmer, Ralph
Hi - I think I'm starting to get the hang of it. However, I've got a problem - I think it's a time problem. I'm running 2.8.4.1 under Windows XP. In the following snippet, if I uncomment the 5/8 section, the music seems to work. If I comment it out, it looks to me like I have a timing conflict, b

Re: Making grace notes take up no space

2006-07-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi, Trevor: I stumbled across X-extent leafing through possible solutions in the program reference, but just couldn't get it to do what I was expecting. Here was one attempt ... I had no better luck than you... seems X-extent doesn't apply the same way to grace notes?! Sorry, and good luck

Re: Some other articulations

2006-07-19 Thread Luise Marion Frenkel
Cc-ing to the list Hi Vivian, Thanks for the suggestion. I might use it when producing scores for others, but for my use it is to cumbersome because both the trill inside the staff, and the steigend and fallend accents require note spacing to accomodate them. I know it can be done, but it is t

Re: End-of-piece trill?

2006-07-19 Thread Markus Schneider
And just for the record... Using: f'4*63/64 \startTrillSpan s4*1/64 \stopTrillSpan virtually eliminates the gap. This is relevant, if your line is ragged. Markus @Han: Not terminating will result in a warning: "warning: unterminated trill spanner" ... and in the pdf no trill at all will show.

Re: Lilypond on max os x takes huge amount of time

2006-07-19 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Peter van Kranenburg schreef: One remark: We have several mac systems here. All the users have their home dir on the network, so they can login on every computer. For some users it is sufficient to copy the lilypond font cache (the one that was generated correctly) to the home dir of the user.

Re: Lilypond on max os x takes huge amount of time

2006-07-19 Thread Peter van Kranenburg
Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: It's a possibility. I recommend that you run fc-cache in /System/Library/Fonts and /Library/Fonts this will speed up future calls as well. Thanks. This solved our problem. One remark: We have several mac systems here. All the users have their home dir on the

Putting ambitus between Incipit and Main music.

2006-07-19 Thread anders stenberg
Hello! Working on some editions on renaissance music on the 2.8.5 Lily. Using a variation of the template from manual. (Putting incipit in Ancient notation and Main music in separate strings/tags to get a midi free of the extra bars with a separate score block for midi.) Question is, which

Re: End-of-piece trill?

2006-07-19 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Trevor Bača schreef: Hi, What's the right way to end a piece with a trill on the last note? what happens if you dn'ot terminate it? -- Han-Wen Nienhuys - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen LilyPond Software Design -- Code for Music Notation http://www.lilypond-design.com _

Re: Volta + rehearsal mark?

2006-07-19 Thread Markus Schneider
Hi Stewart, you have to use the "\once \overide..." _right_ before your "\mark ..." - no other notes, rests etc. in between. This applies to "\once" in general. The "\once \override..." has to (wants to) change something right after, if there's nothing to apply to (e.g. Notehead, Stem, TextScript