Numbers in variable names Re: thoughts

2007-01-01 Thread Andrew Black - lists
Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: c4_\staccato_\markup { bla } does this reference \staccato or \staccato_ ? It might be possible to enable numbers, though. I would welcome an analysis. I would really like to see numbers in name of variables. I am not expert on parsers so apologies if this is

Re: Scheme Problem

2007-01-01 Thread Mats Bengtsson
The reason that #{ ... \repeat unfold $beats { r4 } ... #} doesn't work is the same that the following doesn't work in an ordinary .ly file: numberOfRepeats = 3 ... \repeat unfold \numberOfRepeats {...} ... In other words, the argument of \repeat cannot be specified using a variable in the

Re: How to concvert an etf file to a lily-pdf (newbiequestion)

2007-01-01 Thread Mats Bengtsson
It's much easier to get relevant answers from the mailing list if you tell exactly what commands you tried, what error message you receive and what operating systen you use. The etf2ly program has several limitations, so that may be the cause of your problems. /Mats Samuel Van Ransbeeck

Re: layout-set-staff-size units

2007-01-01 Thread Mats Bengtsson
It did work last time I tried it. Could you please include a small example that illustrates what you tried. /Mats gnomino wrote: Hello, What are the units of #(layout-set-staff-size)? The documentation (11.2.1) suggests that the units are points, like #(set-global-staff-size), but the

lilypond fonts in another format

2007-01-01 Thread jim altieri
Hi everybody, I was wondering, does anyone have a converted version of the lilypond fonts (specifically, New Century Schoolbook) in a format that's usable by other Mac applications (like Illustrator). I'm working on a graphic score that I would like to have the same typography as the other

trying to create a note pattern using scheme ...

2007-01-01 Thread Wilbert Berendsen
Hi all, this time I am really really delving into LilyPond, I am very much impressed with the notation quality of the recent versions. I am trying to set an organ piece with many repetitive notes in it, and to get a grasp on the underlying structure of Lilypond. Many measures have note

Re: LilyPondTool 2.10.2 Visual Edition (tm)

2007-01-01 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Don't forget to formulate a few lines of text to include in http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Editor-support#Editor-support /Mats Bertalan Fodor wrote: Hi, I've just released LilyPondTool's new version on sourceforge (http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/lily4jedit)

Re: German translation update

2007-01-01 Thread Till Rettig
Ok, I checked again the wiki pages and made a new version of my local git repository, and finally I got the right commitish and could add changes! Here is the patch! Till From 86c0ec8106a4fb525c95e6c24ff173952f76e823 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Till Rettig [EMAIL PROTECTED](none) Date: Mon,

Re: trying to create a note pattern using scheme ...

2007-01-01 Thread Nicolas Sceaux
Wilbert Berendsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi all, this time I am really really delving into LilyPond, I am very much impressed with the notation quality of the recent versions. I am trying to set an organ piece with many repetitive notes in it, and to get a grasp on the underlying

RE: Transposable Fret Diagrams for Guitar

2007-01-01 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
Rick Hansen wrote: By a table lookup were you thinking of something like this? [He then goes on to describe a table lookup mechanism based on parsing the string name of the chord, which produces a five-dimensional table] This would probably work, but it's not my proposal. The proposal you made

German translation help file

2007-01-01 Thread Till Rettig
Hello, because it caused me some difficulties to understand how the git conventions for commting patches worked I wrote a small helper file so far called README.de in the web/ directory. Could somebody check it, proof read it and maybe also change something if I made mistakes? I add it in

Re: midi2ly key and rests

2007-01-01 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Did you use \transpose cis c ... or \transpose des c ... Whichever you tried, try the other one. /Mats Helge Kruse wrote: Hello, #include „German.ly“ ;-) I have a MIDI file, that with all patches one semitone too high. It sounds in Cis . I have converted it with midi2ly to Lilypond

Re: between-system-space inside music block

2007-01-01 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Mehmet Okonsar wrote: can we use between-system-space = 5\cm inside a music block? No! What's the proper syntax? One possible workaround is to add something on top of a note that doesn't show up in print but takes space. This has been discussed on the mailing list before, so you

Re: Two notes per syllable and two syllables per note

2007-01-01 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Pierre Abbat wrote: I have a \midi block, but I'm not getting any midi output. Any idea why? You need an explicit \score{...} block, with the \midi block inside. See How LilyPond files work for more information about \score. /Mats ___

Re: Ties and Accidentals

2007-01-01 Thread Karl Hammar
Can anyone recommend a more elegant way to force the second of a pair of tied notes to display an accidental? I have been using constructions such as this: You could fake it with: \layout { raggedright = ##t } \score{{ #(set-accidental-style 'forget) \clef bass {

Re: A contribution to the Wiki

2007-01-01 Thread John Mandereau
Kevin Dalley wrote: 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. No, there isn't any LilyPond extension on lilypondwiki.tuxfamily.org, because Tuxfamily is a generic free software projects hosting service; they

Re: lilypond fonts in another format

2007-01-01 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
jim altieri escreveu: Hi everybody, I was wondering, does anyone have a converted version of the lilypond fonts (specifically, New Century Schoolbook) in a format that's usable by other Mac applications (like Illustrator). I'm working on a graphic score that I would like to have the same

Re: German translation help file

2007-01-01 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Till Rettig escreveu: Hello, because it caused me some difficulties to understand how the git conventions for commting patches worked I wrote a small helper file so far called README.de in the web/ directory. Could somebody check it, proof read it and maybe also change something if I made

Re: layout-set-staff-size units

2007-01-01 Thread gnomino
Mats Bengtsson wrote: It did work last time I tried it. Could you please include a small example that illustrates what you tried. The following does not work (everything except for lines are too big): \score { \relative c'' { \clef treble \key c \major

Re: Two-Pass Vertical Spacing

2007-01-01 Thread Will Oram
On Dec 27, 2006, at 2.28 AM, Joe Neeman wrote: On 12/24/06, Joe Neeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is almost certainly because the height-estimation routines are overestimating the height of the systems prior to page breaking on the second pass. Can you try it (perhaps just the first

Numbers in variable names Re: thoughts

2007-01-01 Thread stk
I would expect that \myvar1 refers to the variable myvar1 \myvar 1 refers to the var myvar followed by 1 As regards the expression \myvar 1 in what context do you use that? -- Tom Andrew Black wrote: I would