Re: "Long" fermata above two notes

2010-02-06 Thread Tom Dickson
Would it be possible to modify or use slurs and then manually position a dot near it? -tom ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: "Long" fermata above two notes

2010-02-06 Thread Nick Payne
Well, the fix to that one was easy - don't use both glyphshow and show in the PostScript: \version "2.13.12" \relative c' { c c^\markup { \postscript #"/Emmentaler-20 findfont 4 scalefont setfont 2.5 1 scale /scripts.ufermata glyphshow" } } Nick On 07/02/10 17:34, Nick Payne

Re: "Long" fermata above two notes

2010-02-06 Thread Nick Payne
Here's a stretched out fermata using PostScript: \version "2.13.12" \relative c' { c c^\markup { \postscript #"/Emmentaler-20 findfont 4 scalefont setfont 2.5 1 scale /scripts.ufermata glyphshow show" } } Unfortunately, although Lilypond generates the ps file without error, G

"Wedge" and "staccatissimo"

2010-02-06 Thread Kirill
Hi LilyPond Gurus, This is probably a very trivial question. As you might know, I am working on a Sibelius to LilyPond translator. LilyPond has a staccatissimo articulation -| which on paper looks like a little wedge with a rounded top. Sibelius has two similar-looking articulations, called "wedge

Re: Best practice when typesetting transposing instruments.

2010-02-06 Thread Kirill
Thank you all for your replies. As you might know, I am working on a Sibelius to LilyPond translator; and one of the aims is to generate .ly sources that are as close as possible to what a human would have written. Hence my asking about the best practices. Gilles, Love your double \transpose tric

Solution for including a file only once

2010-02-06 Thread Michael J. O'Donnell
I *think* that I have the essential solution to include a file exactly once, no matter how many times it is mentioned. That is, with the following definition, \includeIfAbsent "MyFile.ly" should copy in MyFile.ly, just as though you had written \include "MyFile.ly" unless an inclusion (

Re: Lyrics to single stave polyphony

2010-02-06 Thread David Pounder
> --- Original Message --- > From: eagle136 > To: lilypond-user@gnu.org > Sent: 7.2.10, 0:42:36 > Subject: Lyrics to single stave polyphony > > I now need to add lyrics. All is OK until the split into 2 parts when no > lyrics are printed at all - though they get picked up by the music

Re: "Long" fermata above two notes

2010-02-06 Thread luciosilla
thanks for your help, I tried your trick, but it seams to only "blow up" the fermata mark. I was was hoping for something more adequate, like stretching the fermata mark or somehow expanding it, I don't know. But thanks once again. Lucio -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/

Re: Lyrics to single stave polyphony

2010-02-06 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Simon, This issue has been discussed (and solved/explained) many times on the list. Please look for "explicitly instantiating voices" in the documentation, particularly the v2.13 docs. Cheers, Kieren. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gn

Lyrics to single stave polyphony

2010-02-06 Thread eagle136
Hi, I've been struggling with this for some time now - and am relatively new to Lilypond ... all help really appreciated. I have a piece for boys and girls on 2 staves with piano accpt. Every so often I wish e.g. the girls to divide into 2 parts and would like to keep on the same stave: ...

Re: "Long" fermata above two notes

2010-02-06 Thread Éric Bouvéron
You may try a trick, to put the fermatta between the two notes, using; tweak #'extra-offset #'(-x . y) and a markup for the glyph fermata %%- %%definition double fermata up & down dlbupfermata = ^\markup { \huge \musicglyph #"scripts.ufermata" } dldwnbfermata = _\mark

Re: polymetric parts - doc NR 1.6.2

2010-02-06 Thread Trevor Daniels
Werner wrote Saturday, February 06, 2010 3:53 PM \RemoveEmptyStaffContext overwrites \Staff context settings, which means the Timing_translator and Default_bar_line_engraver aren't added. See the warning at the bottom of this page: PLEASE Add this warning to NR 1.6.2 Hiding Staves O

Re: polymetric parts - ???Another BUG???

2010-02-06 Thread Werner
\break fails > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/changing-context-default-settings#Changing-context-default-settings Sorry, if this problem maybe already was discussed here - somehow doesn't work the search function on http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.general

Re: Editing notes in a separate file

2010-02-06 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 2/6/10 1:53 PM, "Michael J. O'Donnell" wrote: > Carl, > > Thanks for the note. One thing that I discovered in source, but can't find in > manuals, is "not-first-page" (in titling-init.ly). I used it to define my own > "part-not-first-page", since I like to format lots of things as bookpart

Re: vertical spacing

2010-02-06 Thread Xavier Scheuer
On 6 February 2010 13:11, Ole Schmidt wrote: > I could not find that one in the docs btw > > [...] > > nor did I find that one... If you use version 2.13 then you should read the doc of version 2.13 http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/page-formatting I suppose jEdit/LilyPondToo

Re: The "Gigsaw": about polymetric

2010-02-06 Thread Philippe Hezaine
Philippe Hezaine a écrit : Hi all, i'm wondering if I can get rid of this issues: 1. The output is OK but I have many Avertissement : échec du contrôle de mesure (barcheck) in the console because of the whole rests. Of course the Gigsaw's process follows the same way. I read the answer of Mat

"Long" fermata above two notes

2010-02-06 Thread luciosilla
Hello, I've been trying to typeset a piece of music that has a "Long" fermata above two notes. It is used sometimes to indicate the place where the soloist should play the cadenza in a concerto. http://old.nabble.com/file/p27480522/Fermata11.bmp Does anyone have any hints on how to typeset this?

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2010-02-06 Thread Bojan
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Re: polymetric parts - ???BUG???

2010-02-06 Thread Philippe Hezaine
Philippe Hezaine a écrit : Note: version 2.12.2 Just for the record even anywhere you put a \break in your file with an empty layout the right-margin is not taken in account. set-global-staff-size doen't matter. Possibly it bears a rapport to... However I cannot try in 2.13 Ah! Yes! Sorry. Exc

Re: polymetric parts - doc NR 1.6.2

2010-02-06 Thread Werner
> \RemoveEmptyStaffContext overwrites \Staff context settings, which > means the Timing_translator and Default_bar_line_engraver aren't > added. See the warning at the bottom of this page: > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/changing-context-default-settings#Changing-context

Re: Lilypond to MusicXML (was: Re: New Sibelius to LilyPond conversion suite)

2010-02-06 Thread Graham Percival
On Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 04:18:54PM +0100, Martin Tarenskeen wrote: > Could this also be true for Lilypond ? Would it be better/easier to have > a --musicxml output option ( just like --png --ps and --pdf ) instead of > a separate application that has to be written from scratch ? Maybe then > the

Lilypond to MusicXML (was: Re: New Sibelius to LilyPond conversion suite)

2010-02-06 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
Everyone will agree having not only musicxml2ly but also a Lilypond to MusicXML converter would be cool. I remember a similar discussion some time ago in the Mup mailing list. The Mup developers from Arkkra Enterprises were saying it would probably be less work to add musicxml export as an e

Re: Centering of columnar text on page broken in 2.13.12

2010-02-06 Thread Neil Puttock
On 5 February 2010 02:50, Patrick McCarty wrote: > Is there a way we can fix "\column \center-align" but keep the bugfix > for \fill-line? > > I'll admit that I did not check the regtests when I pushed that > commit.  :-(  Sorry. No problem, I think pushing Alexander's patch was the right decisi

three questions in one

2010-02-06 Thread 胡海鹏 - Hu Haipeng
Hello, Here're three problems: 1. The recent devel versions can't work properly. Under XP, if I press enter on the file attaached (and all other files), both 2.13.11 and 12 gives out abort message, saying whatever RAM can't be "read". 2. When running 2.13.12, the warning before its abort te

Re: polymetric parts - ???BUG???

2010-02-06 Thread Neil Puttock
On 6 February 2010 13:30, Werner wrote: > Just try to uncomment the 3-5th line from the end - lilypond will fail. \RemoveEmptyStaffContext overwrites \Staff context settings, which means the Timing_translator and Default_bar_line_engraver aren't added. See the warning at the bottom of this page

Re: polymetric parts - ???BUG???

2010-02-06 Thread Werner
> That's too large. OK Just try to uncomment the 3-5th line from the end - lilypond will fail. \version "2.13.12" Cello = \relative c { \clef bass \key c \major \time 3/4 c4 c c c c c % pos already 2/4 c c c c c c \bar "||" % both 2/4 \time 2/4 c c c c c c } Posaune = \relative c { \clef ba

Re: Minor - Major

2010-02-06 Thread Neil Puttock
On 6 February 2010 12:39, Éric Bouvéron wrote: > Hi, > I whish to align the symbols major and minor with the chords names. There is > no problem for minor, but I can't find a way to put the major symbol on the > same level. \set majorSevenSymbol = \markup { \lower #1.5 \whiteTriangleMarkup } Reg

Re: vertical spacing

2010-02-06 Thread Ole Schmidt
> \paper { >before-title-spacing = #'((space . 20)) > } that worked, thanks! I could not find that one in the docs btw > > If you don't have a title between two \score blocks, then you would use > "between-scores-system-spacing" (and not between-system-spacing, be > careful of the name, wh

Re: Easy noteheads

2010-02-06 Thread Robert Clausecker
I'm sorry. There's no problem with lilypond, but possiby with my SVG-program (Eyes of gnome, I don't know wich backend they use). Viewing the file with Inkscape or Opera is no problem. Yours, Robert ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: polymetric parts - ???BUG???

2010-02-06 Thread Philippe Hezaine
Werner a écrit : Try the following test-file. Note: version 2.12.2 Just for the record even anywhere you put a \break in your file with an empty layout the right-margin is not taken in account. set-global-staff-size doen't matter. Possibly it bears a rapport to... However I cannot try in 2.13

Re: Lilypond on iPhone

2010-02-06 Thread Arjan Bos
On 4 feb 2010, at 21:53, Dave Addey wrote: > Hi all, > > I’m wondering if anyone has built or tried to build the Lilypond library for > the iPhone platform, to render engraved music on an iPhone-OS-powered device? > I’m considering this for an upcoming project, and wanted to ask a few > ques

Re: Lilypond on iPhone

2010-02-06 Thread Bertalan Fodor
I'm close to finish a lilypond webservice that could be used on the internet or in the local network. I think that would be ideal for that as can be used from any browser. Original message From: Eric Knapp Sent: 5 Feb 2010 21:37 -08:00 To: Subject: Re: Lilypond on iPhone On Thur