Re: Help getting started with Danny Boy

2008-05-04 Thread plasmacarwash
Hey Folks, I read through much of the discourse here and appreciate it all. Directly after posting the 1st time, I started in on the "new manual". I experienced the typical sensation of being away from Lilypond for over 10 mos. If ya don't use it, ya lose it. In addition, I read somewhere that th

Re: mac os x, lilypondtool, jedit, a puzzle

2008-05-04 Thread Stan Sanderson
On May 4, 2008, at 6:55 PM, Brett Duncan wrote: Thanks to all who responded. As I explained to Bertalan Fodor, the lack of ability to use convert-ly from within jEdit is a minor inconvenience, since the command is easily invoked outside of it. Brett- the path you suggest is one (of many po

Re: Sustain in midi output of Piano Centered Dynamics Template

2008-05-04 Thread Trevor Daniels
Anthony It seems that this is an error in the template which has probably always been there. As you have found, it is necessary to place the pedal up/down indications in *all* the staves in order for the midi output to correctly simulate the action of a piano sustain pedal. However, this w

Re: Help getting started with Danny Boy

2008-05-04 Thread Paul Scott
On May 4, 2008, at 12:38 AM, James E. Bailey wrote: Am 04.05.2008 um 05:59 schrieb Paul Scott: On May 3, 2008, at 6:44 PM, plasmacarwash wrote: Dear James, Actually I was wondering, once we set the time signature and choose which value our notes will be (half, quart, eighth) -does th

Re: mac os x, lilypondtool, jedit, a puzzle

2008-05-04 Thread Stan Sanderson
On May 4, 2008, at 12:32 PM, James E. Bailey wrote: Am 04.05.2008 um 18:58 schrieb Stan Sanderson: On May 4, 2008, at 3:10 AM, Brett Duncan wrote: Stan Sanderson wrote: In the interest of improving a great tool, I ask... I'm sure I'm not the only one using jEdit with LilyPondTool on Ma

Re: mac os x, lilypondtool, jedit, a puzzle

2008-05-04 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 04.05.2008 um 18:58 schrieb Stan Sanderson: On May 4, 2008, at 3:10 AM, Brett Duncan wrote: Stan Sanderson wrote: In the interest of improving a great tool, I ask... I'm sure I'm not the only one using jEdit with LilyPondTool on Mac OS 10 (10.4.11, PPC). I've had a dialogue with Bertal

Re: LilyPond eps and Scribus

2008-05-04 Thread Thomas Scharkowski
Yes, I use Ghostscript. The files I want to import to Scribus look and print o.k. in Ghostscript. Thomas > Did you make sure to install Ghostscript? EPS won't work in Scribus on > Windows without Ghostscript. > > You can download it from: > > http://downloads.sourceforge.net/ghostscript/gs854w3

Re: Fingering (two fingers/possibilities)

2008-05-04 Thread Alberto Simões
It will do the trick. THanks :) Trevor Daniels wrote: If you want this notation just on the top note of a chord you can place the fingering outside the chord brackets: ^\markup { \finger "2 - 1"} But of course this doesn't work for fingering on inside notes of more complex chords. HTH Tre

Re: Fingering (two fingers/possibilities)

2008-05-04 Thread Trevor Daniels
If you want this notation just on the top note of a chord you can place the fingering outside the chord brackets: ^\markup { \finger "2 - 1"} But of course this doesn't work for fingering on inside notes of more complex chords. HTH Trevor - Original Message - From: "Alberto Simões

Re: mac os x, lilypondtool, jedit, a puzzle

2008-05-04 Thread Stan Sanderson
On May 4, 2008, at 3:10 AM, Brett Duncan wrote: Stan Sanderson wrote: In the interest of improving a great tool, I ask... I'm sure I'm not the only one using jEdit with LilyPondTool on Mac OS 10 (10.4.11, PPC). I've had a dialogue with Bertalan Fodor (author of LilyPondTool) concerning its

Fingering (two fingers/possibilities)

2008-05-04 Thread Alberto Simões
Hi, Folks I have a chord, where the note at the top can use one of two fingers. In the original music, it has a 2^1 notation (^ is a slur). I tried something similar to (although this can be understood a a finger change) But lilypond recuses to process it: diabeli.op163.s2-1.ly:109:20: warni

Re: LilyPond eps and Scribus

2008-05-04 Thread David Stocker
Also note that what you're seeing on screen may only be a low resolution preview of the EPS files you're importing. If your PDF output from Scribus looks grainy, make sure to edit the EPS output resolution in the PDF export dialog. Dave Thomas Scharkowski wrote: Hello all, I have to admit t

Re: LilyPond eps and Scribus

2008-05-04 Thread David Stocker
Did you make sure to install Ghostscript? EPS won't work in Scribus on Windows without Ghostscript. You can download it from: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/ghostscript/gs854w32.exe?modtime=1148943324&big_mirror=1 Good Luck! Dave Thomas Scharkowski wrote: Hello all, I have to admit that

LilyPond eps and Scribus

2008-05-04 Thread Thomas Scharkowski
Hello all, I have to admit that I am a bit confused in the moment. ;-) I have been using Scribus to import LilyPond PDF and it worked perfectly! Now (on a new Windows XP install) it does not work like it did before. Importing ps or eps files does work, but the ledger lines are too thin, nearly

Re: Help getting started with Danny Boy

2008-05-04 Thread Valentin Villenave
2008/5/4 Peter Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 04/05 09:38:29, James E. Bailey wrote: > > Am 04.05.2008 um 05:59 schrieb Paul Scott: > [ snip plasmacarwash's questions ] > > >> Have you read the tutorial? > >> > >> We can help you better if you show us what you have tried. > I think Paul's s

Re: Help getting started with Danny Boy

2008-05-04 Thread Peter Wright
On 04/05 09:38:29, James E. Bailey wrote: > Am 04.05.2008 um 05:59 schrieb Paul Scott: [ snip plasmacarwash's questions ] >> Have you read the tutorial? >> >> We can help you better if you show us what you have tried. > > I'm sorry, if this is rude, but this is a real pet peeve of mine. > Rather th

Re: mac os x, lilypondtool, jedit, a puzzle

2008-05-04 Thread Brett Duncan
Stan Sanderson wrote: In the interest of improving a great tool, I ask... I'm sure I'm not the only one using jEdit with LilyPondTool on Mac OS 10 (10.4.11, PPC). I've had a dialogue with Bertalan Fodor (author of LilyPondTool) concerning its use on the Mac OS. He doesn't have access to a Mac

Re: Help getting started with Danny Boy

2008-05-04 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 04.05.2008 um 05:59 schrieb Paul Scott: On May 3, 2008, at 6:44 PM, plasmacarwash wrote: Dear James, Actually I was wondering, once we set the time signature and choose which value our notes will be (half, quart, eighth) -does the program automatically create the desired bars? The ap