unwanted beam subdividing

2007-07-27 Thread Werner LEMBERG
In this sample I explicitly disable beam subdividing (which should be off anyway by default). \relative c' { \set subdivideBeams = ##f \times 2/3 { f16[ g f g f8] } } \paper { ragged-right = ##t } However, the beam gets subdivided. I want to have this: 3

Compilation problems with fontforge 20070511

2007-07-27 Thread Quentin Spencer
I'm running into build errors when attempting to build version 2.10.25 in the Fedora development build system. It builds fine on a Fedora 7 system. The failure appears to be related to fontforge. Fedora 7 has fontforge 20061220, and the development (future Fedora 8) is now at 20070511. The end

Re: grace note leading to chord [solved]

2007-07-27 Thread jazzman
I have tried to implement the solution to my piece and I found a problem in one of the bars. Here it is: % \new Staff { \time 3/4 \key ees \major << \relative { eeses'4 des des | } \\ \relative { 8 | }

Lilypond-book on OS X

2007-07-27 Thread Siska Ádám
Hello, How can I execute lilypond-book from the Mac OS X application? I suppose the file is inside the Lilypond.app folder somewhere, but if I simply try to enter in terminal something like lilypond-book test.tex I get a command-not-found error. How could I include this command in my de

Re: Why will this tie not work?

2007-07-27 Thread David Fedoruk
Then it was just fluke or Lilypond's forgiving nature that this rendered properly *this* time. This is sometimes disconcerting -- Lilypond tries so hard to figure out what you intended that it will allow a mistake and lead someone new at it astray. To answer a previous poster who asked If I woul

Re: ERROR hara-kiri pure-height

2007-07-27 Thread Neil Puttock
Hello, I get this error on all but the most rudimentary piano scores in version 2.10.28. Here's a snippet which I've tried to pare down as much as possible: \version "2.11.28" lh = { \change Staff = lower} rh = {\change Staff = upper} \paper { ragged-right = ##t } \score { \new PianoStaff {

Re: dot-matrix printer

2007-07-27 Thread Michael David Crawford
You might have more luck with a low-end monochrome laser printer. When I had a laser, its toner cartridge lasted just forever. I've been thinking of getting another, because I'm always having to buy ink for my inkjet. Francois Planiol-Auger wrote: I think of buying a dot-matrix printer, to r

Re: Why will this tie not work?

2007-07-27 Thread Neil Puttock
Hi David, On 7/27/07, David Fedoruk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd better clarify something which is not apparent in the small > amountof score I've posted here. The top voice is the voice which will > continue as the main voice. The lower one, in this case pops in for > two bars, drops out fo

Re: Can I have my own custom LilyPond?

2007-07-27 Thread PabloZum
I have done what you suggested. Please check the devel-list for the pdf with my proposal. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2007-07/threads.html___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lil

Re: Why will this tie not work?

2007-07-27 Thread David Fedoruk
Sorry Neil, that last reply got sent before I was finshed writing it. This is the code I just tried: \version "2.11.27" \include "english.ly" upper = \relative c'' { \clef treble \key e \major \time 3/4 \mark "Allegro" ef[d ef f g af ]

Re: Why will this tie not work?

2007-07-27 Thread Neil Puttock
Hi David, You don't need invisible notes for this kind of situation; just use the proper syntax for polyphony, so that the upper voice remains in the main voice context: << { \grace bf16 \voiceOne %make stems point up for this voice after grace note cf2 af'4~ |

Re: set-global-staff-size causes weird printing

2007-07-27 Thread Valentin Villenave
2007/7/27, Valentin Villenave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > (maybe it was a .27 bug, or something in my previous installation was > corrupted...). It's definitely a .27 bug; I was able to reproduce it with another installation of .27, on a different OS. V.V. __

Re: "insane spring constant" error

2007-07-27 Thread Valentin Villenave
2007/7/27, David Griffel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Yes I get the same message with many of my scores since installing 2.11.28. > It took a while to realise that the score was in fact compiling OK despite > the alarming message. Yes; I reinstalled 2.11.27 and everything is fine. V.V. _

Re: "insane spring constant" error

2007-07-27 Thread David Griffel
Valentin Villenave wrote: > > > I'm getting a weird "insane spring constant" error message with > lilypond 2.11.28 using the following minimal code: > > Yes I get the same message with many of my scores since installing 2.11.28. It took a while to realise that the score was in fact compilin

Re: Proposed chord name font (PDF included)

2007-07-27 Thread Daniel Tonda
I like the chords you propose. Daniel Tonda Castillo 2007/7/27, PabloZum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > This is a proposed Arial-based font that could be included in future > versions of LilyPond. > > Actually, it's more a range of possibilities than a new font. Placing > chord extensions like b9 and

Re: Why will this tie not work?

2007-07-27 Thread David Fedoruk
Hello: When I add your suggested it trhrows the bar check out after that line: the first error is : Sonata_Emajor_K530.ly:118:88: warning: barcheck failed at: 1/8G-1/16 gf[bf \grace af16 gf8 f ef df ] Then things continue with multiple errors. It renders something but it is missing a page

Re: ConTeXt table of contents tweak

2007-07-27 Thread Nicolas Sceaux
Adam Good <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi everyone, > > This may be a bit off-topic but I figure others here may be using > ConTeXt to make books out of Lilypond files. I signed up for the > ConTeXt mailing list a couple days ago but still need to get > approved, impatient as always me. > > I bel

Re: Why will this tie not work?

2007-07-27 Thread Valentin Villenave
2007/7/27, Valentin Villenave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > yes indeed; why don't you just add an invisible second voice? Here's a > version that works: Oh, and by the way I would add a natural d! at bar 67 (left hand)... Regards, V.V. ___ lilypond-user mai

Re: Why will this tie not work?

2007-07-27 Thread Valentin Villenave
2007/7/27, David Fedoruk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > First, I'd like to thank the Lilypond programmers for a great job! I > finally finished typesetting two of these Scsarlatti Sonatas, one of > which was from the ubiquitous Longo edition. I didn't know this sonata; it looks awesome! Do you plan to po

Why will this tie not work?

2007-07-27 Thread David Fedoruk
Hello: First, I'd like to thank the Lilypond programmers for a great job! I finally finished typesetting two of these Scsarlatti Sonatas, one of which was from the ubiquitous Longo edition. After sitting at keyboard and trying to read both, the Longo edition is no longer good enough. Its almost un

Re: "insane spring constant" error

2007-07-27 Thread Valentin Villenave
Gosh! I'm getting the same message again! (in another score) This time, it disappears if I remove the Time-signature-engraver (but as it happens, I don't want to remove it...) Can anybody tell me what's "insane" about the following snippet? \include "italiano.ly" \layout { \context { \St

Re: Stem length

2007-07-27 Thread Peter Terpstra
Mats Bengtsson in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > There's a separate property for beamed notes, see > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2007-02/msg00266.html > with followups. Thank you very much. I've been experimenting for a few hours. These "\override Beam #'positions = #'($value . $val

Re: cruft after introduction to vocal piece - but...

2007-07-27 Thread Ed Ravin
On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 09:33:38AM +0200, Tao Cumplido wrote: > The thing here is that you split your parts and in the score > block you create two piano staves whereas one is completely > sufficient. > the time signature appears because the staff with the melody line > begins after the line break.

Re: grace note leading to chord [solved]

2007-07-27 Thread Gilles THIBAULT
Maybe this could be added to the LSR; I said "perfect solution" in my last message but i go on with some tests and now i wonder ... *** 1- If we simply transpose an octave higher our last exemple, the output

Re: beginning-of-measure padding value?

2007-07-27 Thread Trevor Bača
On 7/27/07, Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kieren MacMillan wrote: > > > p.s. On a side-note, can anyone explain to me the difference between > > "first-note" and "next-note" in the BarLine space-alist? > > See the documentation for the "break-aligned-interface" > in the program refere

Re: cruft after introduction to vocal piece - solved

2007-07-27 Thread Ed Ravin
On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 09:58:02AM -0400, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > >Aha! That works, but not quite as you described. I had to use "s" > >rests, otherwise the unwanted staff line still showed up. > > The first line will not show up if you: > 1. use R rests (which you really *should*, since "s

Re: Stem length

2007-07-27 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> > > i tried: > > > \once \override Stem #'length = #4 > > > g8 [ a ] > > > > > > This does not have any effect. > > Apparently this override doesn't work when using manual [ ] beaming. > Why? Stem lengths under beams are handled with the beamed-length property. Cf. the override-nest.ly regress

Re: cruft after introduction to vocal piece - solved

2007-07-27 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Ed, Aha! That works, but not quite as you described. I had to use "s" rests, otherwise the unwanted staff line still showed up. The first line will not show up if you: 1. use R rests (which you really *should*, since "s" is a skip not a rest!!); 2. include \context { \RemoveEmpty

Re: cruft after introduction to vocal piece - solved

2007-07-27 Thread Ed Ravin
On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 09:33:38AM +0200, Tao Cumplido wrote: > The thing here is that you split your parts and in the score > block you create two piano staves whereas one is completely > sufficient. > the time signature appears because the staff with the melody line > begins after the line break.

"insane spring constant" error

2007-07-27 Thread Valentin Villenave
Hello Joe, hello everybody, I noticed a discussion on -devel recently about that; I don't know if this is related, or if I'm doing something wrong. I'm getting a weird "insane spring constant" error message with lilypond 2.11.28 using the following minimal code: %%%snippet%%% \version "2.11" \

Re: problem with point-and-click and LilyPondTool

2007-07-27 Thread Martial
Hi ! I already had this problem (i searched a long time why ): Point-and-click don't work with the paper landscap format :-) When you work put in portrait ! \paper { #(set-paper-size "a4" ) regards ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu

Re: problem with point-and-click and LilyPondTool

2007-07-27 Thread Martial
Hi ! I already had this problem : The paper landscap format don't work for Point-and-click :-) When you work put in portrait ! \paper { #(set-paper-size "a4" ) I have ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailma

Re: dot-matrix printer

2007-07-27 Thread sdfgsdhdshd
In the 80's dot-matrix printers were already able to print graphics of good quality. At that time, the problem was more the screen resolutions... Currently, the cost of a dot-matrix may not be lesser than an ink-jet printer. It depends on the contry you live in. Check also the cost of the inks in

Re: Can I have my own custom LilyPond?

2007-07-27 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Valentin Villenave wrote: 2007/7/26, Tao Cumplido <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: The only problem is that I can't find a way to place the chords above the staff now. Any solutions? If I remember correctly, this is something like: \new Staff = mystaff { \new Voice = music {%add notes here... }} \ne

Re: Bug concerning lilypond-book

2007-07-27 Thread Mats Bengtsson
See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2007-05/msg00031.html and several other emails in the mailing list archives. /Mats Daniel Tonda Castillo wrote: Greetings: Sorry for the cross-posting but I think I've found a bug. When I put a section like this in a lilypond file and comp

Re: beginning-of-measure padding value?

2007-07-27 Thread Valentin Villenave
2007/7/27, Kieren MacMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Final (?) note/tip on this: if anyone else finds Lilypond's default > beginning-of-measure spacing too small in general (i.e., even without > "modifiers" like accidentals and arpeggios), you can add a little > more space using: > > \override

Re: beginning-of-measure padding value?

2007-07-27 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Kieren MacMillan wrote: p.s. On a side-note, can anyone explain to me the difference between "first-note" and "next-note" in the BarLine space-alist? See the documentation for the "break-aligned-interface" in the program reference. /Mats ___ li

Re: grace note leading to chord [solved]

2007-07-27 Thread Mats Bengtsson
It's a pity that we don't have something similar to the tie-configuration property but for slurs, so it would be possible to specify to which note in the chord an incoming (or outgoing) slur should be connected. That would have provided a much nicer solution to the problem below. /Mats Gilles

Re: set-global-staff-size causes weird printing

2007-07-27 Thread Valentin Villenave
2007/7/27, Ledocq-Boccart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have just done a "cut and try" test as I (i.e. newbie) cannot do > otherwise as yet. Thank you for testing. Everything works fine since I installed 2.11.28 (maybe it was a .27 bug, or something in my previous installation was corrupted...). Re

Re: Stem length

2007-07-27 Thread Mats Bengtsson
There's a separate property for beamed notes, see http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2007-02/msg00266.html with followups. /Mats Peter Terpstra wrote: Dear readers, How can i change the stem length so that the voice two fits between voice one and three? i tried: \once \overrid

Re: beginning-of-measure padding value?

2007-07-27 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Han-Wen (et al.): Thanks for 2.11.28! Joe: Thanks for the spacing fixes, which have appeared in 2.11.28 -- things look *so* much better now (in particular, I've been testing initial accidentals and arpeggios), and I've been able to extract my (incredibly numerous) tweaks! Final (?) note/t

Re: Stem length

2007-07-27 Thread Valentin Villenave
2007/7/27, Peter Terpstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > i tried: > > \once \override Stem #'length = #4 > > g8 [ a ] > > > > This does not have any effect. Apparently this override doesn't work when using manual [ ] beaming. Why? V.Villenave ___ lilypond-

Re: set-global-staff-size causes weird printing

2007-07-27 Thread Ledocq-Boccart
Hello Valentin, Valentin Villenave a écrit : ...However, I've just discovered that when I specify a different global-staff-size, the compilation goes fine, no error messages... but the .pdf (as well as the .ps) output is just one empty page! I have just done a "cut and try" test as I (i.e. n

sponsoring inquiry: alignment of syllables which start a melisma

2007-07-27 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hello all, On 2007-Jun-4, at 17:08, Mats Bengtsson wrote: As far as I can see from the implementation, the alignment is hardcoded to be #LEFT at the start of a melisma. How much would it cost to sponsor the "soft-coding" of this value? Thanks, Kieren. ___

Re: Standalone bar lines in StaffGroup

2007-07-27 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Siska, Do you have any idea on how to suppress the global barline settings (if I understand the terminology well, this is supposed to be called 'barline engraver'), but only for those few bars, not for the entire score? I don't believe you can globally affect the barline_engraver itself.

Re: Standalone bar lines in StaffGroup

2007-07-27 Thread Siska Ádám
Hello, I tried out the '\override SpanBar #'transparent = ##t' command, and although it really removes the barlines between staves, the problem is, that if I introduce a barline in a staff (or I put the repeat volta command) I still get the barlines in every stave. Do you have any idea on h

Re: Stem length

2007-07-27 Thread Peter Terpstra
Peter Terpstra in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > i tried: > \once \override Stem #'length = #4 > g8 [ a ] > > This does not have any effect. lilypond version is 2.10.25 -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org h

Stem length

2007-07-27 Thread Peter Terpstra
Dear readers, How can i change the stem length so that the voice two fits between voice one and three? i tried: \once \override Stem #'length = #4 g8 [ a ] This does not have any effect. Kind Regards, Peter -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ l

Re: LilyPond extension/plugin for MediaWiki software

2007-07-27 Thread Valentin Villenave
> Mark Dewey wrote: > > > I've heard tell that there is a LilyPond extension or plugin for MediaWiki > > (that's the software they use with Wikipedia). I have a wiki > > (HymnWiki.org) that uses LilyPond files quite a bit . . . so, I'm > > interested in finding out what the plugin is for, what it

problem with point-and-click and LilyPondTool

2007-07-27 Thread Tao Cumplido
Hello, I use lilypond 2.10.25 and jEdit with lilypondtool under WinXP sp2 and when I have larger scores the point-and-click links are not available in jEdits pdf viewer anymore. They are still present though when I open it with Acrobat. I attached a file where the problem occurs. It's not reall

dot-matrix printer

2007-07-27 Thread Francois Planiol-Auger
Hi! I think of buying a dot-matrix printer, to reduce costs specially with the draft-prints with lilypond. But does it works (does it prints graphics?)? I found nothing serious about it in the archiv or in the web. I never used a dot-matrix before... Of course I will continue to use my ink-jet

Re: cruft after introduction to vocal piece

2007-07-27 Thread Tao Cumplido
Ok, sorry, I misunderstood your problem. The thing here is that you split your parts and in the score block you create two piano staves whereas one is completely sufficient. the time signature appears because the staff with the melody line begins after the line break. you have to add rests like