footnoteGrob allowed Grob names

2011-06-24 Thread Jan-Peter Voigt
Hello list, I am now using lilypond 2.14 and have a question to the newly introduced \footnote command: What grobnames are allowed? The following works as expected: --snip-- \relative c'' { \footnoteGrob #'NoteHead #'(1 . 1) \markup { \super "*" } \markup { \line { \super "*" my explanatio

Breaking up project into smaller files

2011-06-24 Thread Jesse Engle
Hello, I'm trying to break up a project into smaller files. I have global definitions in one file (global.ily), the main \score block in main.ly, and each part of the score in separate files. When I had everything in a single file, I had no issues compiling, but putting the definitions in their ow

Re: How to generate small example PNGs

2011-06-24 Thread bruys .
Thanks for raising the topic. I've been extracting small examples using Gimp. I'll have to try -dpreview! Regards, Bruys On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 2:59 AM, Ralf Mattes wrote: > On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:23:28 +0200, Federico Bruni wrote: > > > you are missing the option -dpreview > > it's explained i

Re: ERROR: Unable to find file "ice-9/boot-9.scm" in load path

2011-06-24 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "Jacek Gajek" To: Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 4:16 PM Subject: ERROR: Unable to find file "ice-9/boot-9.scm" in load path Hello, I encounter the following output, no matter how do I try to use lilypond from cmd. "lilypond-windows" drag&drop works, but I w

Re: Breaking up project into smaller files

2011-06-24 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "Jesse Engle" To: Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 9:36 AM Subject: Breaking up project into smaller files Hello, I'm trying to break up a project into smaller files. I have global definitions in one file (global.ily), the main \score block in main.ly, and each

Re: footnoteGrob allowed Grob names

2011-06-24 Thread m...@apollinemike.com
On Jun 24, 2011, at 10:15 AM, Jan-Peter Voigt wrote: > Hello list, > > I am now using lilypond 2.14 and have a question to the newly introduced > \footnote command: > What grobnames are allowed? > The following works as expected: > --snip-- > \relative c'' { >\footnoteGrob #'NoteHead #'(1 .

Re: Breaking up project into smaller files

2011-06-24 Thread Graham Percival
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 10:35:48AM +0100, Phil Holmes wrote: > - Original Message - From: "Jesse Engle" > >explain. Here is a link to program input and output: > >http://www.pastie.org/2115133 > > I can't test this without a fair bit of work to get rid of all the > numbers on the left of t

RE: Placing dynamics above above-staff lyrics

2011-06-24 Thread -Eluze
Connor Harris wrote: > > > When the top voice has dynamic markings, though, Lilypond places the > lyrics > above the dynamics. The results are suboptimal, with large amounts of > space > between the lyrics and dynamics. I want to be able to position dynamics > above > lyrics to leave less space

Re: Breaking up project into smaller files

2011-06-24 Thread Toine Schreurs
> I'm trying to break up a project into smaller files. I have global > definitions in one file (global.ily), the main \score block in > main.ly, and each part of the score in separate files. When I had > everything in a single file, I had no issues compiling, but putting > the definitions in their

Slurs across system breaks are not good

2011-06-24 Thread MusFelix
I see that there are some older messages complaining about the way Lilypond handles slurs going across system breaks. I thought I would add my voice, since this is a very common thing occurrence, and the fact that it is handled so poorly while other less common issues are handled well is rather s

Re: Slurs across system breaks are not good

2011-06-24 Thread Dmytro O. Redchuk
On Fri 24 Jun 2011, 05:21 MusFelix wrote: > My main complaints are two: > > 1. The slur BEFORE the break should not have such a steep slope. If a the > slur goes from a C to the same C , the slur should be horizontal. And if > the slur goes to a higher or lower note, the slope should _slightly_

Re: Slurs across system breaks are not good

2011-06-24 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "MusFelix" To: Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 1:21 PM Subject: Slurs across system breaks are not good I see that there are some older messages complaining about the way Lilypond handles slurs going across system breaks. I thought I would add my voice, sin

RE: Slurs across system breaks are not good

2011-06-24 Thread James Lowe
Hello, From: lilypond-user-bounces+james.lowe=datacore@gnu.org [lilypond-user-bounces+james.lowe=datacore@gnu.org] on behalf of MusFelix [musfe...@live.com] Sent: 24 June 2011 13:21 To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Slurs across system breaks are

Re: Slurs across system breaks are not good

2011-06-24 Thread Graham Percival
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 05:21:19AM -0700, MusFelix wrote: > > I see that there are some older messages complaining about the way Lilypond > handles slurs going across system breaks. I thought I would add my voice, > since this is a very common thing occurrence, and the fact that it is > handled s

Re: Slurs across system breaks are not good

2011-06-24 Thread MusFelix
Philip, Here is an example of the first issue---sloping, and even in the wrong direction---(it seems to occur only when a rest is involved): \version "2.14.1" \paper{ ragged-right=##t } \relative c' { \clef bass d4 d d( r \break d') } The other issues all appear to be reported alre

markup for partial measures

2011-06-24 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Greetings again, since I mostly typeset folk songs, I need a lot of \partial measures (e.g. at the end or at repeats). I can't understand why LilyPond since 2.13.xx throws warnings that \partial is only allowed at the beginning of a score. The manual says, I should use a monster like "\se

chord names with lowered bass

2011-06-24 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Hello fellow pond-dwellers, I'd like to print chords like "c/e" as chord names with "E" as a small index to "C" or even "stacked" with a small E below a normal-sized C, without the slash. How can I achieve that? I didn't find anything like that in the docs nor LSR. Perhaps I misunderstand

Re: markup for partial measures

2011-06-24 Thread Graham Percival
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 05:57:38PM +0200, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Can someone explain why this was changed? (And I really would like > to continue using \partial or some other simple command!) Search the mailing list archives for the discussion which prompted the change in the first place. I

RE: chord names with lowered bass

2011-06-24 Thread James Lowe
Hello, From: lilypond-user-bounces+james.lowe=datacore@gnu.org [lilypond-user-bounces+james.lowe=datacore@gnu.org] on behalf of Henning Hraban Ramm [hra...@fiee.net] Sent: 24 June 2011 16:41 To: LilyPond User Subject: chord names with lowered bass

Re: markup for partial measures

2011-06-24 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
Am Freitag, 24. Juni 2011, 17:57:38 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm: > Greetings again, > > since I mostly typeset folk songs, I need a lot of \partial measures > (e.g. at the end or at repeats). You don't need to use \partial for the final measure or repeats at all. I.e. it is perfectly fine to use

Re: chord names with lowered bass

2011-06-24 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 6/24/11 9:41 AM, "Henning Hraban Ramm" wrote: > Hello fellow pond-dwellers, > > I'd like to print chords like "c/e" as chord names with "E" as a small > index to "C" or even "stacked" with a small E below a normal-sized C, > without the slash. > How can I achieve that? I didn't find anythi

Re: markup for partial measures

2011-06-24 Thread Marc Mouries
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Greetings again, > > since I mostly typeset folk songs, I need a lot of \partial measures (e.g. > at the end or at repeats). > > I can't understand why LilyPond since 2.13.xx throws warnings that \partial > is only allowed at the begin

Re: chord names with lowered bass

2011-06-24 Thread Tim McNamara
On Jun 24, 2011, at 10:41 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Hello fellow pond-dwellers, > > I'd like to print chords like "c/e" as chord names with "E" as a small index > to "C" or even "stacked" with a small E below a normal-sized C, without the > slash. > How can I achieve that? I didn't find

Re: markup for partial measures

2011-06-24 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 6/24/11 9:57 AM, "Henning Hraban Ramm" wrote: > Greetings again, > > since I mostly typeset folk songs, I need a lot of \partial measures > (e.g. at the end or at repeats). Mostly I don't think you need \partial measures. You can just put a \bar command in the middle of a measure to end

Re: markup for partial measures

2011-06-24 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2011-06-24 um 18:56 schrieb Marc Mouries: I like you was initially surprised that \partial are only allowed at the beginning. However I found that this can be avoided by simply moving the repeat sign. Example: Usually fold songs are written like this: \time 4/4 |: a8 | .. | ...

Re: markup for partial measures

2011-06-24 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2011-06-24 um 18:55 schrieb Reinhold Kainhofer: You don't need to use \partial for the final measure or repeats at all. Thank you for the hint - it didn't occur to me to try, since it seemed necessary in earlier versions. BTW: Some songbooks use partial measures at every start and end

Re: chord names with lowered bass

2011-06-24 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2011-06-24 um 18:38 schrieb James Lowe: http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Snippet?id=459 ? You want to use a \super markup perhaps? No, I asked about *chord names*. Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. \context ChordNames { \chordmode { g/b } } prints like "G/B". But I'd like it to print like (H

Problem with \set currentBarNumber

2011-06-24 Thread Nick Baskin
Dear list, In one piece I am working on, I have had to add the Bar_number_engraver to the Staff context, and have at one point used \set Staff.currentBarNumber to change the current bar number. Unfortunately, this effect seems to be permanent, i.e. the bar number stops advancing by 1 every bar aft

Re: markup for partial measures

2011-06-24 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
Am Freitag, 24. Juni 2011, 18:56:00 schrieb Marc Mouries: > I like you was initially surprised that \partial are only allowed at the > beginning. However I found that this can be avoided by simply moving the > repeat sign. Example: Usually fold songs are written like this: > \time 4/4 |: a8 | ..

Re: Windows/DOS PATH statement again

2011-06-24 Thread Hilary Snaden
Colin Campbell wrote: On 11-06-24 05:50 AM, James Lowe wrote: As far as I can tell for 'normal' use where someone installs, uninstalls and installs the next version it all works. But not if we keep installing new versions again and again. I'm not sure it's that straightforward. I've always u

Re: Dynamic + text aligned: BEST solution?

2011-06-24 Thread Valentin Villenave
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Graham Percival wrote: > Please stop capitalizing "patch".  If you're referring to issue > 1264, the patch broke the build, and in any case it's postponed > until GLISS. Er, no it didn't. (TBH, I do remember Neil noticing a very minor, unrelated error though.) The

Re: Dynamic + text aligned: BEST solution?

2011-06-24 Thread Graham Percival
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 12:44:30AM +0200, Valentin Villenave wrote: > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Graham Percival > wrote: > > Please stop capitalizing "patch".  If you're referring to issue > > 1264, the patch broke the build, and in any case it's postponed > > until GLISS. > > Er, no it di

Re: markup for partial measures

2011-06-24 Thread Marc Mouries
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote: > Am Freitag, 24. Juni 2011, 18:56:00 schrieb Marc Mouries: > For a better understanding and some examples, I would recommend LilyPond's > notation reference: > http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/Documentation/notation/long-repeats.html > > >

Re: markup for partial measures

2011-06-24 Thread Marc Mouries
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Am 2011-06-24 um 18:56 schrieb Marc Mouries: > > > I like you was initially surprised that \partial are only allowed at the >> beginning. However I found that this can be avoided by simply moving the >> repeat sign. Example: Usually fo

Re: Dynamic + text aligned: BEST solution?

2011-06-24 Thread Marc Mouries
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Valentin Villenave wrote: > > If you have some time, please do read > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.15/Documentation/extending/scheme-in-lilypond > and > http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/ > it makes for a fascinating reading reading experience, at least if > y

Re: Slurs across system breaks are not good

2011-06-24 Thread Colin Campbell
On 11-06-24 09:58 AM, MusFelix wrote: Philip, Here is an example of the first issue---sloping, and even in the wrong direction---(it seems to occur only when a rest is involved): \version "2.14.1" \paper{ ragged-right=##t } \relative c' { \clef bass d4 d d( r \break d') } The other

Re: Slurs across system breaks are not good

2011-06-24 Thread David Kastrup
Colin Campbell writes: > This sounds like Phil's comment in issue 1625, but I'm thinking that > this should be a Known Issue in the Notation Reference, given that > slurs across rests or breaks are both problematic. Since you can't sensibly avoid either, this really warrants fixing. -- David K