Re: Short stems

> Werner has sent many many clear bug reports using inline pictures, > much friendlier than attached. Uhmm, no. I've never done that. Using the `mew' e-mail reader (within Emacs) I can actually read inline images but not create. Werner ___ lily

Re: A question of list etiquette and images.

>> Given that, does anyone have any suggestions to how behave nicely >> for list members like Harm when images are involved? > > Hi Arle, Hmmm... one possible solution is to post your images in > flickr, dropbox, or your online storage provider of choice, and then > include links to them in your

Re: A question of list etiquette and images. (Was Re: Short stems)

2012/12/18 Arle Lommel : > It provides an interesting conundrum. I use a Macintosh with the default > client (Apple Mail) or a mobile device (iPhone) with the built-in mail > client. With neither of those is there any distinction between in-line and > attached images at all. In other words, shor

PDF-filename and place

Dear List, is it possible to define the name and directory of the PDF output file with the help of some command within the .ly-file? I mean: not via the command line when executing lilypond but within the lilypond code itself. I couldn't find anything in the manual (but I have to admit, that I

Re: Short stems

Thomas Morley writes: > please: > DON'T POST INLINE-IMAGES! Can you please don't shout, esp. not to our users? > Attach them! > I'm surely not alone with filtering them out. Why would anyone do that? People will inline pictures and I find that very useful. Werner has sent many many clear bug

Re: Short stems

Arle Lommel writes: > I have run into an odd little aesthetic issue. I'm finding that some > eighth (or shorter) notes get stems that are too short when they stick > out from the staff. LilyPond tries to mimick traditional engraving. There are bugs, however, saying "I find xx is too short" is no

Re: Short stems

> then you might comment on the recommendation for improvement here > > which will probably prompt some action. I will look at that. See my note below: I think the default values are a problem. > LilyPond's default is the list I typed ab

Re: A question of list etiquette and images. (Was Re: Short stems)

On Dec 18, 2012, at 1:03 AM, Arle Lommel wrote: > Given that, does anyone have any suggestions to how behave nicely for list > members like Harm when images are involved? Hi Arle, Hmmm... one possible solution is to post your images in flickr, dropbox, or your online storage provider of ch

A question of list etiquette and images. (Was Re: Short stems)

First off, thanks very much, Harm, for taking the time to review my issue and provide a detailed response, despite the complaint about images. I will work with it and see how it works out. Now please forgive me for diverting from Lilypond-related matters to issues of the list etiquette. My issu

Re: 4-Drum Conga Notation in LilyPond

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 7:09 PM, Thomas Morley wrote: >> Is C6 considered "0"? > > Well, here I'm the one who is confused. I never heard "C6" and the > others you mention below. Apologies. "C5" is known as middle C. "C6" is the C in the third space of treble clef. etc.. >> Thank you for the exa

Re: please direct to removing page numbers

Thanks it's interesting because I tried to find the index page in the manual and couldn't and typing in 'page number ' in the search box didn't return what I needed. So thanks for both links Jay Sent from my BlackBerry® PlayBook™www.blackberry.comFrom: "Paul Morris" To: "i...@soundand.com" CC: "

shortInstrumentName padding

Hello all! Why does shortInstrumentName not behave as instrumentName does, with respect to #'padding? Is there something I can do OTHER than add \hspace to my shortInstrumentName (which is decidedly anti-separation-of-content-and-presentation)? Thanks! Kieren. __

Re: please direct to removing page numbers

On Dec 17, 2012, at 9:12 PM, i...@soundand.com wrote: > I'm sure it's possible to remove page numbers from a score but I can't find > it in the snippets or manual > > I've been assuming that it's something like \remove page number in \context > in \Score but I can't find it > > Thanks > > jay

Re: Measure numbers as rehearsal marks?

Richard Hogg gmail.com> writes: > > I'm transposing a piece where the measure numbers mark the beginning of each (irregular length) section, so I need to notate measure numbers 11, 19, 27, 31, 51, 59, 67, etc.  Is there a way to do this?   I read this differently than the other respondents.

please direct to removing page numbers

I'm sure it's possible to remove page numbers from a score but I can't find it in the snippets or manual I've been assuming that it's something like remove page number in context in Score but I can't find it Thanks jay ___ lilypond-user mailing

Re: Short stems

Arle Lommel gmail.com> writes: > I have run into an odd little aesthetic issue. I'm finding that > some eighth (or shorter) notes get stems that > are too short when they stick out from the staff. I see you have plenty of answers already, but if you use the list of values that LilyPond uses inte

Re: Short stems

On 18/12/12 09:35, Arle Lommel wrote: I have run into an odd little aesthetic issue. I'm finding that some eighth (or shorter) notes get stems that are too short when they stick out from the staff. You can change the default multiplier for stem lengths with \override Stem.length-fraction = #(m

Re: Tweaking notehead direction in chords

On Dec 17, 2012, at 6:13 PM, Thomas Morley wrote: > 2012/12/15 Paul Morris : > [...] >> Looks like the most recent version of the snippet is now appearing in the >> LSR: >> http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?u=1&id=861 > > Hi Paul, > > I had a closer look at this snippet. > Attached you'll find

Re: 4-Drum Conga Notation in LilyPond

Hi Eric, sorry to come back to you that late. 2012/12/13 Eric Pancer : > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Thomas Morley > wrote: >> 2012/12/12 Eric Pancer : >>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Eric Pancer wrote: > [..] >>> I've got this working using the following definition: >>> >>> #(define

Re: Measure numbers as rehearsal marks?

2012/12/18 Richard Hogg : > Hello! > I can't seem to find a way to make random measure numbers. For example, the > default is to number the first measure of each line, but the documentation > shows how to show bar numbers every 2, 4, etc. bars. I'm transposing a > piece where the measure numbers

Re: what's the most "efficient" way of doing this?

Hi Frédéric, > I see that one could prefer it being aligned with time signature. It's not so much a "preference" as standard notational practice — see Gould or any other engraving reference for more specifics. > Thanks for pointing this. No problem. I hope you saw the fix that Thomas posted; i

Re: Measure numbers as rehearsal marks?

Hi Richard, > I can't seem to find a way to make random measure numbers. For example, the > default is to number the first measure of each line, but the documentation > shows how to show bar numbers every 2, 4, etc. bars. I'm transposing a piece > where the measure numbers mark the beginning

Re: what's the most "efficient" way of doing this?

> Well, for example the very first tempo indication should be left-aligned with > the time signature. > Lilypond does this [correctly] when the mark is in the Staff context > containing the time signature, but doesn't when the mark is placed in a > separate context. OK, I have never considered

Re: Short stems

2012/12/17 Arle Lommel > I have run into an odd little aesthetic issue. I'm finding that some > eighth (or shorter) notes get stems that are too short when they stick out > from the staff. > > For instance, I find the stem here awfully short because it makes the flag > on the eighth note run into

Measure numbers as rehearsal marks?

Hello! I can't seem to find a way to make random measure numbers. For example, the default is to number the first measure of each line, but the documentation shows how to show bar numbers every 2, 4, etc. bars. I'm transposing a piece where the measure numbers mark the beginning of each (irregula

Re: what's the most "efficient" way of doing this?

Hi Thomas, > perhaps my post here is of interest: > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2012-12/msg00107.html Absolutely! Not only does it solve this problem nicely (and, might I say, less "hackishly" then you implied in that post), it introduced me to #point-stencil (about which I

Re: what's the most "efficient" way of doing this?

2012/12/18 Kieren MacMillan : > Hi Frédéric, > >> I have not noticed that. Could you give a precise measure? >> What alignment do you refer to? vertical, horizontal? > > Well, for example the very first tempo indication should be left-aligned with > the time signature. > Lilypond does this [correc

Re: Tweaking notehead direction in chords

2012/12/15 Paul Morris : [...] > Looks like the most recent version of the snippet is now appearing in the LSR: > http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?u=1&id=861 Hi Paul, I had a closer look at this snippet. Attached you'll find my version of it. Changes: - reads the stencil-dimensions of the NoteHe

Re: what's the most "efficient" way of doing this?

Hi Frédéric, > I have not noticed that. Could you give a precise measure? > What alignment do you refer to? vertical, horizontal? Well, for example the very first tempo indication should be left-aligned with the time signature. Lilypond does this [correctly] when the mark is in the Staff context

Re: Improving alignment of pedal marks

Am 15.12.2012 23:04, schrieb Arle Lommel: > The second problem remains. How can I improve the vertical alignment of > pedal marks? The piece I am working on has a lot of situations like the > following: Why are the pedal symbols on a different vertical level with the mixed and the bracket style b

Short stems

I have run into an odd little aesthetic issue. I'm finding that some eighth (or shorter) notes get stems that are too short when they stick out from the staff.For instance, I find the stem here awfully short because it makes the flag on the eighth note run into the note heads:But the measure before

Re: what's the most "efficient" way of doing this?

>> You can have a look at this score: >> https://sites.google.com/a/polytechnique.org/bron/home/music/schumann---4th-symphony > > I see you're running into at least one of the same problems I am: the > MetronomeMark is no longer aligning correctly. =( I have not noticed that. Could you give a pr

chordnames, fontsize and raise

The size of ChordNames can be changed with \override ChordName #'font-size = #1.5 In the resulting score, the chordmodifier is raised with respect to the root. The amount of raising is apparantly independent of the font-size. \version "2.14.2" notes = \chordmode { \override ChordName #'font-siz

Re: Moving accidentals above or below notes

Hi Dominique, Apparently I cannot resist a challenge. The following is a scheme function that will move accidentals above or below notes, depending on the stem direction. You can adjust the numbers following "ly:grob-translate-axis!" to fine-tune the positioning. If you want it to automatic

Re: Moving accidentals above or below notes

On Dec 17, 2012, at 2:58 PM, Dominique Faure wrote: > Using the following code, I'd like to move accidentals above or below notes. > > --8<- - - - - - - - - - > \version "2.16" > > accidentalBelow = { > \once \override Score.Accidental #'extra-offset = #'(1.5 . -2.5) > } > > accidental

Re: font selection

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/17/2012 02:47 PM, Josiah Boothby wrote: > On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:52:18 + Gerard McConnell > wrote: >> Hello, A Microsoft security update prevents me from using >> Lilypond's OpenType Century Schoolbook L. > > This baffles me, but as someone

Re: Moving accidentals above or below notes

On 17 déc. 2012, at 20:58, Dominique Faure wrote: > Hi, > > Using the following code, I'd like to move accidentals above or below notes. > > --8<- - - - - - - - - - > \version "2.16" > > accidentalBelow = { > \once \override Score.Accidental #'extra-offset = #'(1.5 . -2.5) > } > > ac

Re: font selection

On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:52:18 + Gerard McConnell wrote: > Hello, > A Microsoft security update prevents me from using Lilypond's > OpenType Century Schoolbook L. This baffles me, but as someone who hasn't used Windows much in the last few years, I have no idea how to help you with this bit.

Re: looking for a style guide

Xavier Noria writes: > Is there any style guide for scores online? For example, I don't know > if I should break the groups of four eight notes in the sample in > pairs... would like to get the picture about these basic things. LilyPond users are lucky. Most of the time, in music that isn't (to

Re: what's the most "efficient" way of doing this?

On 17 déc. 2012, at 17:12, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hi Frédéric, > >> You can have a look at this score: >> https://sites.google.com/a/polytechnique.org/bron/home/music/schumann---4th-symphony > > I see you're running into at least one of the same problems I am: the > MetronomeMark is no lo

Re: what's the most "efficient" way of doing this?

Hi Frédéric, > You can have a look at this score: > https://sites.google.com/a/polytechnique.org/bron/home/music/schumann---4th-symphony I see you're running into at least one of the same problems I am: the MetronomeMark is no longer aligning correctly. =( Can anyone tell me how to ensure that

Re: font selection

Am 17.12.2012 12:52, schrieb Gerard McConnell: Hello, A Microsoft security update prevents me from using Lilypond's OpenType Century Schoolbook L. What the heck is this about? ... Thanks, Gerard ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.or

Re: font selection

Gerard McConnell writes: > Hello, > A Microsoft security update prevents me from using Lilypond's OpenType > Century Schoolbook L. > I need to use an alternative for Lyrics and Tab numbers. > I replaced the default fonts with the following from section 1.8.3 in > the Notation Reference: > > mySt

font selection

Hello, A Microsoft security update prevents me from using Lilypond's OpenType Century Schoolbook L. I need to use an alternative for Lyrics and Tab numbers. I replaced the default fonts with the following from section 1.8.3 in the Notation Reference: myStaffSize=#20 #(define fonts (ma

Re: looking for a style guide

Awesome, thanks! On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 5:35 AM, Shane Brandes wrote: > Xavier, > > Meter and rhythm will determine the beaming and breaking of beams in > a piece. The primary governor of beaming is of course the time > signature. So 4/4 determines at the 8th note level 4 groupings of 8ths > (t

Re: unhiding a hidden staff at the NEXT line break (instead of previous line break)

gmail.com> writes: > This dead-is-alive stuff make it sound like any staff Lilypond would > normally hide is shown and any staff it would normally show is hidden. Yes. > How does that help to defer showing a staff until the next line break? Normally, LilyPond will hide a staff if it is comple