Re: utf-8 and lilypond 2.10.5

2006-12-31 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> programming error: FT_Get_Glyph_Name returns error > continuing, cross fingers > programming error: Glyph has no name, but font supports glyph naming. > Skipping glyph U+1000543E, file > /usr/local/lilypond/usr/share/lilypond/current/fonts/otf//CenturySchL-Roma.otf Uuh, note the leading `1' in

Page Break in Markup block

2006-12-31 Thread Paul Harouff
It's easy to break pages inside a Score block, but I need to break the page before a Markup block before the score. Paul ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

utf-8 and lilypond 2.10.5

2006-12-31 Thread Neuro
Dear list, Another question about utf-8. When I put a file with utf-8 (tradition Chinese) code (filename say utf-8.ly) for lilypond, it says: [user path/dir]$ lilypond utf-8.ly GNU LilyPond 2.10.5 Processing `utf-8.ly' Parsing... Interpreting music... [1] Preprocessing graphical objects...

problem with \global and key signature

2006-12-31 Thread Christopher A. LaFond
Hi, I am arranging a piece for 3 harps, and I am using the string quartet template in the docs as a model. When I use the \global setting, the score correctly includes the time signature in all staves, but does not set the key signature on the staves themselves, rather it uses accidentals thr

Re: setting Midi tempo

2006-12-31 Thread Christopher A. LaFond
Graham Percival wrote: The syntax has changed; please see the same page in the latest 2.11 docs. - Graham Thanks for the update. However, it's still giving me a syntax error when I try to use a dotted note in the tempo. So while: tempoWholesPerMinute = #(ly:make-moment 90 4) works fine, t

Re: A contribution to the Wiki

2006-12-31 Thread Kevin Dalley
Is the lilypond extension available on this wiki site. I can't figure out how to display lilypond in the best way on this site. John Mandereau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Good, please add such small contributions to the wiki without asking > permission. If you plan to contribute regularly, you

RE: Transposable Fret Diagrams for Guitar

2006-12-31 Thread Rick Hansen (aka RickH)
Carl D. Sorensen wrote: > > Rick H wrote: > > > A user-maintained table of chord shapes wouldn't be transposable. It's > using the Lilypond chord naming structure that makes the transposing > work, IMO. This functionality wouldn't work for you, because you're an > excellent guitar player.

Vertical alignment of lyrics to multiple voices

2006-12-31 Thread Jack Cooper
Happy new year! I have been navigating the lilypond world for the past six months and have been primarily exploring lilypond as a tool for creating leadsheets and songbooks. My main interest is figuring out how to create an efficient template for creating a leadsheet (or "fakebook" style sheet)

Re: setting Midi tempo

2006-12-31 Thread Graham Percival
Christopher A. LaFond wrote: I am trying to set a Midi tempo of 90 dotted quarter notes per minute. According to the Lilypond docs, the correct syntax is: \midi { \tempo 4 . = 90 } However, I keep getting a syntax error (unexpected tempo). Since it's a dotted note, there is supposed to b

setting Midi tempo

2006-12-31 Thread Christopher A. LaFond
Hi, I am trying to set a Midi tempo of 90 dotted quarter notes per minute. According to the Lilypond docs, the correct syntax is: \midi { \tempo 4 . = 90 } However, I keep getting a syntax error (unexpected tempo). Since it's a dotted note, there is supposed to be a space after the "4".

Re: German translation Part 2 & 3

2006-12-31 Thread Till Rettig
Yes, I wrote a short message, but I don't now get the git to work out this patch, forgot how to update an already existing file, so I will send it this time directly. I just addes the message to the site/news.html file, hope that was right. Here ist the message also alone: lilypond.org auf d

Transposable Fret Diagrams for Guitar

2006-12-31 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
I'm proposing a method for getting transposable fret diagrams for the guitar. The method I propose is different from the current FretBoard functionality. The FretBoard context takes a set of notes and determines a fingering that will allow the playing of that set of notes. This is a very useful t

Re: Scheme Problem

2006-12-31 Thread ian_hulin
Hi Brett, Just a thought - the normal syntax for \repeat is \repeat unfold 9 { } in your declaration you've put the keyword in quotes. Does it help if you remove them? E.g. compFor = #(define-music-function (parser location beats) (number?)

Re: Time signature in French baroque music

2006-12-31 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Quoting Manuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Franek, I recently and finally managed to solve the problem for an Allemaigne, changig the time signature of the "Recoupe" from 3/4 to a single "3". I include the file here, you can see the special command: \override Staff.TimeSignature #'style = #'sing

Re: Scheme Problem

2006-12-31 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=208&can=1&q=fixed_2_10_7 Brett Duncan escreveu: > The following function is an attempt on my part to learn how to create > such functions, based on what appears in the User Manual. The function > itself is not really important, just a problem I s

Re: setting default number of measures per line

2006-12-31 Thread Karl Hammar
> I thought that I could change the SpacingSpanner base-shortest-duration > to change how many measures there are per line. What I found was that > nothing happens when I change the value of base-shortest-duration. Here > is the controlling file is below. What is wrong? I have had better luck with

Re: transpose just the midi

2006-12-31 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
you'll want to use the \transposition command On 12/30/06, Neuro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Excuse me, one small questions. How can I transpose just the midi output? for example, French horn is in F; we want it sounds fifth lower than written. Here are the examples, 0 %% file horn.ly 1 hor

Re: Scheme Problem

2006-12-31 Thread Orm Finnendahl
Am 31. Dezember 2006, 15:23 Uhr (+1100) schrieb Brett Duncan: > > But when I put > >\compFor #16 > > into my .ly file, the following error occurs: > > syntax error, unexpected NUMBER_IDENTIFIER, expecting DIGIT or UNSIGNED >\repeat "unfold" >

Re: German translation Part 2 & 3

2006-12-31 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Till Rettig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ok, now I found that the README file in the GIT online is much better > than the one I got via git pull onto my computer (or is this just that > I didn't update last day?) Anyways, now this patch things seemed to > work for me, here are the changes I appli