Re: Replacement Macros - Ooops! Try Again Again

2008-12-14 Thread Tao Cumplido
Hi, I solved this for by using scheme in the header, like this: poet = #(markup lyricist) I don't know if you have to use scheme there but it works. Hope that helps. Regards, Tao Original-Nachricht Datum: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:00:25 +0700 Von: Simon J Mackenzie

Re: Replacement Macros - Ooops! Try Again Again

2008-12-14 Thread Simon J Mackenzie
Hi Tao, Except this is an assignment and not a macro substitution so it wont work in my situation... \header { %Common settings poet = #(markup lyricist) } \book { \bookpart { \header { lyricist = \markup { \bold Yaahda Ohda } composer = \markup { \italics Bill

questions about the TimeSig-context

2008-12-14 Thread Stefan Thomas
Dear lilypond-users, I have again some questions concerning the TimeSig context. I made a comment to those lines I do not understand. It would be very kind if someone could explain the mening of these lines to me. Thanks! Stefan \layout{ \context { \type Engraver_group \consists Bar_engraver

Re: Replacement Macros - Ooops! Try Again Again

2008-12-14 Thread Neil Puttock
Hi Simon, 2008/12/14 Simon J Mackenzie smac...@fastmail.fm: \header { %Common settings poet = #(markup lyricist) } \book { \bookpart { \header { lyricist = \markup { \bold Yaahda Ohda } composer = \markup { \italics Bill G.t.s } } etc... }

Re: Replacement Macros - Ooops! Try Again Again

2008-12-14 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
On 12/14/08 3:21 AM, Simon J Mackenzie smac...@fastmail.fm wrote: Hi Tao, This code will fail to compile because lyricist is an unbound variable in the first instance. Cheers Simon How about #(define poet lyricist) Carl ___

Re: Replacement Macros - Thank you

2008-12-14 Thread Simon J Mackenzie
Hi Neil, Thank you for a working solution. No way I would have found this solution buried as it is in the heart of the LP documentation. So does \formproperty get called each time the passed symbol is referenced or some such thing? Seems kind of Lispish...? Time to slee. Simon On Sun, 14

error in the manuals

2008-12-14 Thread chip
I came across the example in the LM 4.4.3 Outside-staff objects that shows placement of some text objects above the staff. In the example the word Slower is shown but when I copy/paste the section from the code behind the picture it does not work as pictured, the word Slower is not appearing

Re: error in the manuals

2008-12-14 Thread Graham Percival
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 11:56:37AM -0700, chip wrote: \override TextSpanner #'(bound-details left text) = \markup { \small \bold Slower } c2\startTextSpan b c a\stopTextSpan That code does not display the word Slower. I tried it with the word in quotes but it still does not

Segmentation fault on file with bookparts

2008-12-14 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Running 2.11.65, Ubuntu Linux. I'm having problems running a file made up of several bookparts. It looks like it's compiling fine and then it gets to the part where it draws systems and then there's a segmentation fault that kills it. Each of the files runs fine on its own, but gathered

Re: Segmentation fault on file with bookparts

2008-12-14 Thread Graham Percival
See http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-lilyp...@gnu.org/msg13523.html If you could build with debug symbols and provide a backtrace, and/or run lilypond with valgrind, it might help debug it. Cheers, - Graham On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 01:29:03PM -0600, Jonathan Kulp wrote: Running 2.11.65, Ubuntu

Re: Crosses in tablature

2008-12-14 Thread Simon Bailey
hi, On Dec 13, 2008, at 10:19 PM, Marius Andersen wrote: if you're all ok with this updated version, i'll add that to the LSR. Please do -- this is tremendously helpful. Even if LilyPond's support for tablature is, according to the manual, limited, I'm probably not the only guitar player

Re: Crosses in tablature

2008-12-14 Thread Marius Andersen
Fra: Simon Bailey bina...@gmail.com Emne: Re: Crosses in tablature Til: lilypond-user lilypond-user@gnu.org Dato: Søndag 14. desember 2008 22.32 hmm, is there any way to add 2.11.x compatible snippets to the LSR? atm, i can't add this snippet, as it doesn't seem to work with 2.10.x

Re: line missing from portato and tenuto

2008-12-14 Thread Mats Bengtsson
abqconlon wrote: I can see the tenutos in measures 14 and 16 of the Satie. I am running Windows XP Service Pack 3 and LilyPond version 2.10.0. Hope you can help. Even though you have solved you immediate problem, I strongly suggest you to upgrade to a more recent version of LilyPond,

Re: error in the manuals

2008-12-14 Thread Mats Bengtsson
I hope you realize that the examples in the manual have been produced by exactly the code that you see when clicking on the corresponding picture, so it's impossible that there's an error (at least one that you don't also see in the example in the manual). Are you sure that you use exactly the

Harmonics w/ Regular Notes

2008-12-14 Thread Dave Bellows
Hello everyone, I'm using Lilypond 2.11.65 to create a score for guitar. Here's the basic snippet I'm working with: {a4 d b} \\ {f4 g r} I need the top line to be artificial harmonics but the lower line to be regular noteheads. If I write: {\override Staff.NoteHead #'style = #'harmonic-mixed

Re: Harmonics w/ Regular Notes

2008-12-14 Thread Graham Percival
I recommend a\harmonic 4 It's probably mentioned in Articulations, and is certainly mentioned in the section on Unfretted strings. The way that strings notate artificial harmonics is a e'\harmonic4 but I don't know if that's appropriate for guitars. Cheers, - Graham On Sun, Dec 14, 2008

Re: error in the manuals

2008-12-14 Thread chip
I am using 2.11 as you can see in this copy/pasted direct from my terminal window - c...@ubuntu:~$ lilypond -v GNU LilyPond 2.11.63 -- Chip Mats Bengtsson wrote: I hope you realize that the examples in the manual have been produced by exactly the code that you see when clicking on the

Re: Harmonics w/ Regular Notes

2008-12-14 Thread Dave Bellows
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 9:20 PM, Graham Percival gra...@percival-music.ca wrote: I recommend a\harmonic 4 It's probably mentioned in Articulations, and is certainly mentioned in the section on Unfretted strings. The way that strings notate artificial harmonics is a e'\harmonic4 but I

Discrepancy in documentation,

2008-12-14 Thread David Stocker
...from lilypond-2.11.65-1.documentation Notation Reference 2.7: Chord Notation Minor-major seventh Minor triad, major seventh the corresponding music example show C, E-flat, G and B-flat The B-flat should be a B-natural. Dave ___ lilypond-user

Re: Segmentation fault on file with bookparts

2008-12-14 Thread Nicolas Sceaux
Le 14 déc. 08 à 20:29, Jonathan Kulp a écrit : Running 2.11.65, Ubuntu Linux. I'm having problems running a file made up of several bookparts. It looks like it's compiling fine and then it gets to the part where it draws systems and then there's a segmentation fault that kills it. Each

Re: Segmentation fault on file with bookparts

2008-12-14 Thread Simon J Mackenzie
Hi Just adding to this from my early experience... \version 2.11.65 Yeah I had similar problems. When I removed the incomplete temporary \addlyrics {} entries the problem cleared up (Noting in them but % comment lines.) The other interesting thing was if I ran lilypond with the -V (verbose)