Re: Comment in last line

Urs Liska writes: > Am 11.01.2013 23:25, schrieb David Kastrup: >> David Kastrup writes: >> >>> Noeck writes: >>> Hi, why does compiling this code fail to compile with lilypond? \version "2.16.0" { a } % >>> No, the problem is that there _is_ no last line

Re: Getting the name of the context a scheme function was called from

Paul Morris writes: > On Jan 11, 2013, at 12:40 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > >>> But to do that I need the "translator object" (which seems to be an >>> engraver?), and I'm not sure how to do that. Maybe there is a way to >>> get to it from the grob? >> >> A grob can be announced in multiple con

Re: Bow lift/Breath mark placement

Evan Driscoll writes: > On 01/11/2013 11:24 PM, Nick Payne wrote: > > \version "2.17.9" > > \relative c'' { > \override BreathingSign.text = \markup { \fontsize #5 { > \musicglyph #"comma" } } > \override BreathingSign.Y-offset = #4 > c2. \breathe d4 > e8 d e

Re: Bow lift/Breath mark placement

On 01/11/2013 11:24 PM, Nick Payne wrote: \version "2.17.9" \relative c'' { \override BreathingSign.text = \markup { \fontsize #5 { \musicglyph #"comma" } } \override BreathingSign.Y-offset = #4 c2. \breathe d4 e8 d e f g4 \breathe g } I had to do "\override BreathingSign #'t

Re: RUMOR Midi utility & Frescobaldi - Menu Error?

On Sat, 12 Jan 2013, Nick Payne wrote: On 12/01/13 16:44, SoundsFromSound wrote: Ok I installed Gnome and tried GNOME, GNOME classic, and GNOME no effects. All GNOME and Unity still show the menu bug so I guess it's the way it has to be for now. I'll just learn keyboard shortcuts :) You

Re: RUMOR Midi utility & Frescobaldi - Menu Error?

On 12/01/13 16:44, SoundsFromSound wrote: Ok I installed Gnome and tried GNOME, GNOME classic, and GNOME no effects. All GNOME and Unity still show the menu bug so I guess it's the way it has to be for now. I'll just learn keyboard shortcuts :) You could try the Cinnamon desktop. I'm using Mi

Re: RUMOR Midi utility & Frescobaldi - Menu Error?

Ok I installed Gnome and tried GNOME, GNOME classic, and GNOME no effects. All GNOME and Unity still show the menu bug so I guess it's the way it has to be for now. I'll just learn keyboard shortcuts :) Ben SoundsFromSound wrote > Which is preferred something "simple" like this? Is there real

Re: Bow lift/Breath mark placement

On 12/01/13 14:49, Evan Driscoll wrote: Hi, I'm a newbie at Lilypond. How can I get a bow lift/breath mark placement above the staff, a la [1], instead of crossing the top line [2]? (I also like the more pronounced comma look of [1], but that matters less.) [1] http://www.music.vt.edu/music

Re: Bow lift/Breath mark placement

\override BreathingSign #'text = #(make-musicglyph-markup "x") where x is the glyph you want to use. \override BreathingSign #'extra-offset = #'(0.0 . 2.0) adjust x y values as necessary Shane On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Evan Driscoll wrote: > Hi, I'm a newbie at Lilypond. How

Bow lift/Breath mark placement

Hi, I'm a newbie at Lilypond. How can I get a bow lift/breath mark placement above the staff, a la [1], instead of crossing the top line [2]? (I also like the more pronounced comma look of [1], but that matters less.) [1] http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textb/images/Breathmark.jpg [2] h

Re: Getting the name of the context a scheme function was called from

On Jan 11, 2013, at 12:40 PM, David Kastrup wrote: >> But to do that I need the "translator object" (which seems to be an >> engraver?), and I'm not sure how to do that. Maybe there is a way to >> get to it from the grob? > > A grob can be announced in multiple contexts, so no. Ok, thanks. >

Re: multiple files in one

I am at a loss. I tried placing the the header in each file in the score block which causes it to disappear. I tried simply adding a bookpart around the include which has the effect of reducing my individual scores to one line instead of a grandstaff. So in effect something that used to work long a

Re: Comment in last line

Am 11.01.2013 23:25, schrieb David Kastrup: David Kastrup writes: Noeck writes: Hi, why does compiling this code fail to compile with lilypond? \version "2.16.0" { a } % The empty comment in the last line is the problem. No, the problem is that there _is_ no last line. You have an EOF

Re: Comment in last line

David Kastrup writes: > Noeck writes: > >> Hi, >> >> why does compiling this code fail to compile with lilypond? >> >> \version "2.16.0" >> { a } >> % >> >> The empty comment in the last line is the problem. > > No, the problem is that there _is_ no last line. You have an EOF in the > middle of

Re: Comment in last line

>> The empty comment in the last line is the problem. > > No, the problem is that there _is_ no last line. You have an EOF in the > middle of the line (not every editor will even allow producing that). I see. I would not consider it as a critical bug. I was just curious. It would make sense, if

Re: Guide to Writing Orchestral Scores with Lilypond?????

On 01/11/2013 10:10 PM, David Kastrup wrote: Not as much "can" but rather "should", and the answer to that is "no". "Should" needs to be tempered by a measure of common sense about whether doing so serves the goals of the GNU project. Since the goal of a tutorial as described here would be t

Re: Comment in last line

Noeck writes: > Hi, > > why does compiling this code fail to compile with lilypond? > > \version "2.16.0" > { a } > % > > The empty comment in the last line is the problem. No, the problem is that there _is_ no last line. You have an EOF in the middle of the line (not every editor will even all

Re: Guide to Writing Orchestral Scores with Lilypond?????

Urs Liska writes: > I think it boils down to: > - can a GNU project link to (or promote in any other way) non-free > documentation? Not as much "can" but rather "should", and the answer to that is "no". > - can I license a tutorial as free if it contains copyrighted material > (considered I got

Re: Guide to Writing Orchestral Scores with Lilypond?????

On 01/11/2013 07:52 PM, Urs Liska wrote: I think it boils down to: - can a GNU project link to (or promote in any other way) non-free documentation? - can I license a tutorial as free if it contains copyrighted material (considered I got explicit permission to display the example on my web site

Comment in last line

Hi, why does compiling this code fail to compile with lilypond? \version "2.16.0" { a } % The empty comment in the last line is the problem. But I do not understand why. Removing the % works obviously. Writing some text after the % works, too. But an empty comment fails. Or is that expected for

Re: Slurs cut into reminder accidentals

Am 11.01.2013 18:38, schrieb Phil Holmes: > { \clef bass fis8( d'!8 b4) } This is hard do decide for me. Others might have more experience in engraving decisions/practice. My suggestion would be to change the slur only a little bit: \version "2.16.0" { \clef bass \shape Slur #'((0 . 0) (0

Re: many short music patterns in a Latex doc

2013/1/11 Lilly : > I want to realize a document with some text and many musical patterns along > it. > I experienced how to insert one pattern in a place of a Latex document and > it works. > But i would not to repeat to paste every time for all the different patterns > along the doc, the whole co

RE: Guide to Writing Orchestral Scores with Lilypond?????

> -Original Message- > From: Joseph Rushton Wakeling [mailto:joseph.wakel...@webdrake.net] > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 6:43 AM > To: lilypond-user@gnu.org > Subject: Re: Guide to Writing Orchestral Scores with Lilypond? > > On 01/11/2013 12:44 AM, Urs Liska wrote: > I doubt very

Re: Guide to Writing Orchestral Scores with Lilypond?????

I think it boils down to: - can a GNU project link to (or promote in any other way) non-free documentation? - can I license a tutorial as free if it contains copyrighted material (considered I got explicit permission to display the example on my web site for the tutorial). Somewhat theoretical,

many short music patterns in a Latex doc

I want to realize a document with some text and many musical patterns along it. I experienced how to insert one pattern in a place of a Latex document and it works. But i would not to repeat to paste every time for all the different patterns along the doc, the whole complete code for each of them.

Re: multiple files in one

Upon examination of that unknown snippet I found. So it cannot apply. % Will not work in 2.13 or later since define-public-toplevel has been removed On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 1:38 AM, Nick Payne wrote: > On 11/01/13 14:37, Shane Brandes wrote: > > \version "2.17.9" > > > \include a.ly > > \incl

Re: RUMOR Midi utility & Frescobaldi - Menu Error?

Which is preferred something "simple" like this? Is there really no other way to prevent this mile-long menu bug in Frescobaldi/LilyPond on Ubuntu 12.10? Thanks. Shane Brandes wrote > apt get xfce or gnome, that will solve that issue. > Shane > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Noeck < > noe

Re: Guide to Writing Orchestral Scores with Lilypond?????

I must have missed something in this long thread, because all this law/lawyer/copyright talk is distracting. I'm assuming it is concerning the 4-measure example on that website or something? Am I close? Can someone summarize the complaint/situation please? Thank you! Ben - composer | sou

Re: Getting the name of the context a scheme function was called from

Paul Morris writes: > given custom staff context, but do nothing when it is called from a > standard staff context. Then I could put the music, with calls to the > function, into a variable, and use that variable in both custom and > standard staves. When called from the custom staff the functi

Re: Slurs cut into reminder accidentals

- Original Message - From: "ryanmichaelmcclure" To: Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 5:13 PM Subject: Re: Slurs cut into reminder accidentals Here is the exact code that I entered: fis8 (d'!8 b4) No it's not. It's something like this: { \clef bass fis8( d'!8 b4) } And I get thi

Getting the name of the context a scheme function was called from

Hello everyone, Here's an obscure scheme function question: how do you get the name of the context that a scheme function was called from, from within that function? Assuming this is possible... I would like to write a scheme function that will do something (override horizontal placement o

Re: Slurs cut into reminder accidentals

Here is the exact code that I entered: fis8 (d'!8 b4) And I get this: Here is a link to the .ly file and the .pdf that shows it happening. .ly: http://www.sendspace.com/file/hbxkq6 .pdf http://www.sendspace.com/file/s61ys0 -- V

Re: Ties and multiple voices

Am 11.01.2013 16:17, schrieb Mario Lang: > Noeck writes: > >> Dear Mario, >> … >> I would suggest to repeat from the very beginning, and end one measure >> earlier, too. > > Wouldn't that actually change the position of the repeat bar, then? > I am converting from braille music notation to LilyP

Re: Slurs cut into reminder accidentals

- Original Message - From: "ryanmichaelmcclure" To: Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 3:27 PM Subject: Slurs cut into reminder accidentals I have created a measure that has the following: fis8( d'!8 b4) Whenever the slur is engraved, it cuts into the natural of the d. How can I co

Slurs cut into reminder accidentals

I have created a measure that has the following: fis8( d'!8 b4) Whenever the slur is engraved, it cuts into the natural of the d. How can I correct this? -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Slurs-cut-into-reminder-accidentals-tp139312.html Sent from the User

Re: Ties and multiple voices

Noeck writes: > Dear Mario, > >> I see two problems related to ties that I can't really explain/fix given >> my limited understanding of LilyPond: >> >> 1. Ties before a repeat and at the end of alternatives: >> >> \version "2.14.2" > I would recommend to update to the latest stable version 2.1

Re: Guide to Writing Orchestral Scores with Lilypond?????

On 10 Jan 2013, at 12:16 , Urs Liska wrote: .. This morning I created a github account, What's your user name? I'd like to add you. To start with, I also created a github account: wimvd00, please add me in for this project also. .. Regards, Wim. ___

Re: Guide to Writing Orchestral Scores with Lilypond?????

On 01/11/2013 12:44 AM, Urs Liska wrote: Bottom line: They didn't make very explicit statements, but they probably don't really care about the case. From a pragmatical perspective this comes quite close to 'fair use' (although it probably isn't). Well, I am not a lawyer, but my impression is th

Re: Multiple voices Stem

EmilLask wrote > This is what I want to. > > But, is there a better way to do it? a late idea came to my mind - you can try \partcombineChords: \score{ \new StaffGroup << \new Staff << \key fa \major \time 2/4 \partcombineChords \relative do'' { \voiceOne

Re: Partcombine erratic behaviour

On 2013-01-10 17:23, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote: On 2013-01-10 16:02, Hilary Snaden wrote: The flute staff switches to explicit voices after two bars, That sounds like one of the two flutes has a spanner that is not ended... Partcombine will only merge the voices, if there are either no spanners

Re: Book title showing up on every score in a songbook (2.14.2)

"Christopher R. Maden" writes: > It seems to me that there should be a little more granular control > over what header elements are inherited at each level of the > hierarchy. One can determine what constitutes the title line of a > score with custom headers... but there should be a more > strai

Re: Book title showing up on every score in a songbook (2.14.2)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/11/2013 03:09 AM, Federico Bruni wrote: > The following input works: > > \version "2.14.2" > > \paper { %print-all-headers = ##t } > > \book { \header { title = "My Songbook" } \markuplines > \table-of-contents \bookpart { \tocItem \markup { M

Re: Book title showing up on every score in a songbook (2.14.2)

Il 11/01/2013 06:06, Christopher R. Maden ha scritto: I have a songbook I created in LilyPond 2.12.3. I recently upgraded to 2.14.2.[*] Suddenly, every song has the book title*and* the song title at the start. Using print-all-headers only makes things worse, as I get the book title but*not*