Re: wrong printing of lyrics slur?

2010-04-26 Thread Patrick McCarty
On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Neil Puttock wrote: > On 24 April 2010 22:18, Patrick McCarty wrote: > >> The attached is what I see with xpdf. > > Same for me with evince and okular, though all the docs images with > lyric ties are broken; the attached image is from a build that's just > finish

Re: wrong printing of lyrics slur?

2010-04-26 Thread Francisco Vila
2010/4/24 Bertalan Fodor : >> Hello, Id' like to know whether I am the only who observes this: >> >> \version "2.13.18" >> { e' f' g' } \addlyrics { duer -- me~us ted } >> >> the slur looks okay on evince but not so in lilypondtool/jpedal or >> printer! >> >> http://paconet.org/lilypond/duermeusted

Re: wrong printing of lyrics slur?

2010-04-26 Thread Francisco Vila
2010/4/26 Francisco Vila : > Maybe it worths mentioning that the printed output (be from lpr or > from Evince) is even worse than the afore posted image: the slur is > more far down and to the left. I could post a scan if you want to see > it. And here it is: http://paconet.org/lilypond/duermeuste

Re: wrong printing of lyrics slur?

2010-04-26 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi all, You could also use my trick: \version "2.13.17" \include "english.ly" \paper { line-width = 100\mm ragged-right = ##f } theNotes = \relative { \time 3/4 d2 d4 e4( fs2) } theWords = \lyricmode { viel -- \markup { \combine "le, au" \translate #'(2.4 . -0.5) \fontsize #-3 "‿" } s

Re: wrong printing of lyrics slur?

2010-04-26 Thread Francisco Vila
2010/4/26 Kieren MacMillan : > Hi all, > > You could also use my trick: > theWords = \lyricmode { > viel -- \markup { \combine "le, au" \translate #'(2.4 . -0.5) \fontsize #-3 > "‿" } soir __ > } > I think this works better than the built-in Lilypond lyric slur -- and it's > certainly more easi

Re: Big Chords in PianoStaff

2010-04-26 Thread Bernardo Barros
> > > \once \override TupletBracket #'transparent = ##t > \once \override TupletNumber #'transparent = ##t > \times 8/11 { > s8_\markup {\harp-pedal #"-v^|-^v-"} s8 > \once \override Stem #'cross-staff = ##t > \once \override

Re: wrong printing of lyrics slur?

2010-04-26 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Francisco: > the situation is exactly the same: > 1.- it looks wrong in LilyPond Tool > 2.- it looks okay in evince > 3.- it prints even worse both from evince and via lpr. Wow, that sucks -- sounds like Lilypond Tool, evince, and lpr have PostScript display problems that need to be fixed. >

Re: wrong printing of lyrics slur?

2010-04-26 Thread Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool)
Francisco Vila wrote: I think this works better than the built-in Lilypond lyric slur -- and it's certainly more easily tweakable. =) Hope this helps! Kieren. Your trick is certainly tweakable. But besides that, the situation is exactly the same: 1.- it looks wrong in LilyPond Tool 2.

Re: [PATCH] Re: syntax change for \cresc

2010-04-26 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
Am Sonntag, 25. April 2010 14:10:40 schrieben Sie: > [Dreams\] It would be great to have a simpler, more user-friendly way > to align text with dynamics. [\Dreams] Absolutely. You can't imagine how long i fought to find proper ways to align "pp" and "pp sempre" properly with each other! > > You

Re: [PATCH] Re: syntax change for \cresc

2010-04-26 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 4/26/10 2:24 PM, "Reinhold Kainhofer" wrote: > Am Sonntag, 25. April 2010 14:10:40 schrieben Sie: > >> Should I say that it would be useful for many people to see this in the >> LSR and in the doc? > > Yes, I totally understand. However, the LSR is (still?) based on lilypond > 2.12, so it'

Re: Chord Naming

2010-04-26 Thread Jack Cooper
I was a bit lax in not mentioning that this particular setting is mentioned under the notation manual section 2.7.2, "Displaying Chords" for both version 2.12 and 2.13 documentation. It is sometimes frustrating finding examples as a newer user- after a while you start to build a library of your

Re: Chord Naming

2010-04-26 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Mon, 26 Apr 2010, Jack Cooper wrote: In general, I do the following when I'm looking for information about a topic in lilypond and have done this since starting out: 1 - Check the notation manual. I will sometime browse the TOC or look specifically in the index. 2 - Do a search in the u

Tablature with squared noteheads

2010-04-26 Thread Bernardo Barros
Hi List, First I'd like to say that I'm comming to the conclusion that Lilypond is a very good software for contenporary music. Not everything is out-of-the-box, but if you take your time I think you will not need to do hacks all the time like in Finale. I just finished a section of a ensemble pie

Re: Tablature with squared noteheads

2010-04-26 Thread Bernardo Barros
I found a possible solution in the archives of the other list, the one for tablatures. :-) If someone have a better one tell me. http://lilypond-s-support-for-tablatures.3383434.n2.nabble.com/cross-style-note-heads-in-tablature-was-Pitch-squash-engraver-td3618144.html#a3618144 Thanks, Bernardo __

Re: Tablature with squared noteheads

2010-04-26 Thread Federico Bruni
Il giorno lun, 26/04/2010 alle 19.26 -0300, Bernardo Barros ha scritto: > I'm copying a part with a tablature and there is one measure that I > have damped strings on the guitar. I'd like to notate this with a > different notehead (a black square, or maybe a cross) instead and the > usual numbers.