Re: Does 'strut' command work in LilyPond?

2014-03-29 Thread David Kastrup
Kieren MacMillan writes: > Hi David, > >> So we need to use \concat instead of \line. >> >> \version "2.19" >> \include "english.ly" >> >> \markup \box \concat { \strut "." } >> \markup \box \concat { \strut "bp" } >> \markup \box “." > > That also doesn’t work as expected — the first box shoul

Re: Does 'strut' command work in LilyPond?

2014-03-29 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi David, > So we need to use \concat instead of \line. > > \version "2.19" > \include "english.ly" > > \markup \box \concat { \strut "." } > \markup \box \concat { \strut "bp" } > \markup \box “." That also doesn’t work as expected — the first box should be taller, right? Cheers, Kieren.

Re: Does 'strut' command work in LilyPond?

2014-03-29 Thread David Kastrup
Kieren MacMillan writes: > Hi David, > >> Huh? You are not placing the \strut inside of the box, so why should >> the box' height be affected? > > It appears that putting \strut inside the box doesn’t actually change > the box’s height: > > \version "2.19" > \include "english.ly" > > \markup \bo

Re: Does 'strut' command work in LilyPond?

2014-03-29 Thread Conor Cook
Does \strut simply produce a font-sized box, meant to have nothing in it? ~Conor Cook On Mar 29, 2014, at 7:29 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > p.s. \line and \concat have no effect. > > On Mar 29, 2014, at 8:26 PM, Kieren MacMillan > wrote: > >> Hi David, >> >>> Huh? You are not placing th

Re: Does 'strut' command work in LilyPond?

2014-03-29 Thread Kieren MacMillan
p.s. \line and \concat have no effect. On Mar 29, 2014, at 8:26 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hi David, > >> Huh? You are not placing the \strut inside of the box, so why should >> the box' height be affected? > > It appears that putting \strut inside the box doesn’t actually change the > b

Re: Does 'strut' command work in LilyPond?

2014-03-29 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi David, > Huh? You are not placing the \strut inside of the box, so why should > the box' height be affected? It appears that putting \strut inside the box doesn’t actually change the box’s height: \version "2.19" \include "english.ly" \markup \box { \strut "." } \markup \box { \strut "bp"

Re: Does 'strut' command work in LilyPond?

2014-03-29 Thread Conor Cook
Would it be: \markup { \box { \strut “.” } } or \markup { \strut { \box “.” } } ? I’m just taking a shot in the dark. I’ve not seen \strut before. ~Conor Cook On Mar 29, 2014, at 7:04 PM, Karol Majewski wrote: > I tried different order, but it didn't work. Could you please give an example

Re: Does 'strut' command work in LilyPond?

2014-03-29 Thread Karol Majewski
I tried different order, but it didn't work. Could you please give an example of how to use 'strut' properly? Dnia 30-03-2014 o godz. 0:57 David Kastrup napisał(a): > "Karol Majewski" writes: > > > According to: > > > > http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/other > > > > "\st

Re: Does 'strut' command work in LilyPond?

2014-03-29 Thread David Kastrup
"Karol Majewski" writes: > According to: > > http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/other > > "\strut Create a box of the same height as the space in the current font." > > So > > \markup { \strut \box "." } > \markup { \strut \box "bp" } > > should draw a box with constant heig

Re: Does 'strut' command work in LilyPond?

2014-03-29 Thread Conor Cook
In what order should \strut come? Does it require curly braces? ~Conor Cook > On Mar 29, 2014, at 6:35 PM, "Karol Majewski" wrote: > > According to: > > http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/other > > "\strut Create a box of the same height as the space in the current font

Re: Difference between # and $

2014-03-29 Thread David Kastrup
Urs Liska writes: > Hi, > > I have a hard time to understand the difference between # and $ in > LilyPond code blocks within Scheme functions. Same as elsewhere. Please read http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/extending/lilypond-scheme-syntax> > 2.2.1 of the Extending manual says: > "

Does 'strut' command work in LilyPond?

2014-03-29 Thread Karol Majewski
According to: http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/other "\strut Create a box of the same height as the space in the current font." So \markup { \strut \box "." } \markup { \strut \box "bp" } should draw a box with constant height. But it doesn't. Maybe I'm doing something

Difference between # and $

2014-03-29 Thread Urs Liska
Hi, I have a hard time to understand the difference between # and $ in LilyPond code blocks within Scheme functions. 2.2.1 of the Extending manual says: "Within LilyPond code blocks, use # to reference function arguments (eg., ‘#arg1’) or to start an inline Scheme expression containing funct

Re: "unspecified starting volume" for decrescendo

2014-03-29 Thread Simon Albrecht
Am 29.03.2014 15:50, schrieb Phil Holmes: - Original Message - From: "Alberto Simões" To: "lilypond" Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 2:45 PM Subject: "unspecified starting volume" for decrescendo Hi. I have a music that starts with fis4.^\> d\! But lilypond complains when generati

Column shift for 2nd interval

2014-03-29 Thread Benjamin Fluehr
I have a score with four voices, setup in a similar way to the SATB vocal score template. The tenor voice is \voiceOne; the bass voice is \voiceTwo. Is there a handy way to tighten the horizontal spacing b

Re: Systems Centred Per Page

2014-03-29 Thread Piaras Hoban
Hi Pierre, Thanks for your link but this amounts to what I can do already. I'm trying to find a way to do this automatically without resorting to markup -but I'm not sure if this is possible. thanks, piaras On 29 March 2014 18:19, Pierre Perol-Schneider < pierre.schneider.pa...@gmail.com> wro

Re: Systems Centred Per Page

2014-03-29 Thread Pierre Perol-Schneider
2014-03-29 18:15 GMT+01:00 Piaras Hoban : > Hi all, > Hi Piaras, > There seems to have been some discussion of issues related to page margins > on the list lately so perhaps it is timely to see if someone can help me > with a current headscratcher. > > I'm trying to find a way to automatically

Re: Ambitus on certain section only

2014-03-29 Thread Thomas Morley
2014-03-29 4:05 GMT+01:00 ayutheos : > I have a piece of hymn music with an intro and melody parts. I'd like to > have the ambitus shown for the melody part only. The following snippet > almost does what I want but it shows the ambitus at the end of my intro > part. > > > %-8<-snip-start---

Systems Centred Per Page

2014-03-29 Thread Piaras Hoban
Hi all, There seems to have been some discussion of issues related to page margins on the list lately so perhaps it is timely to see if someone can help me with a current headscratcher. I'm trying to find a way to automatically centre each system in a score, assuming ragged-right is true and one

Re: Frescobaldi 2.0.15 Won't open

2014-03-29 Thread SoundsFromSound
santgil . wrote > Hello. > I'm new to Linux and Lilypond. I need to downgrade to Frescobaldi 2.0.14, > because the installation made through this link does not work here. > > https://github.com/wbsoft/frescobaldi/releases > > I would like to downgrade or to make the .0.15 version wirk properly. >

Re: "unspecified starting volume" for decrescendo

2014-03-29 Thread Alberto Simões
On 29/03/14, 14:50, Phil Holmes wrote: - Original Message - From: "Alberto Simões" To: "lilypond" Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 2:45 PM Subject: "unspecified starting volume" for decrescendo Hi. I have a music that starts with fis4.^\> d\! But lilypond complains when genera

Re: Arabic Template

2014-03-29 Thread Son_V
Hi you can get a 10/8 just by using PartPOneVoiceOne = \relative f' { \clef "treble" \key f \major \time 10/8 f2 g2 c4 ~ | % 2 (it's just an example) I usually use MuseScore to insert all the music and dynamisc, text etc. and at the end I export the file in .xml format, that I can open on F

Re: "unspecified starting volume" for decrescendo

2014-03-29 Thread Alberto Simões
On 29/03/14, 14:50, Phil Holmes wrote: - Original Message - From: "Alberto Simões" To: "lilypond" Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 2:45 PM Subject: "unspecified starting volume" for decrescendo Hi. I have a music that starts with fis4.^\> d\! But lilypond complains when genera

Re: "unspecified starting volume" for decrescendo

2014-03-29 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 29.03.2014 15:45, schrieb Alberto Simões: Hi. I have a music that starts with fis4.^\> d\! But lilypond complains when generating the MIDI file: piano+voz.ly:28:14: warning: (De)crescendo with unspecified starting volume in MIDI. Some way to shut him? :-) You may use tags to in

Re: "unspecified starting volume" for decrescendo

2014-03-29 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "Alberto Simões" To: "lilypond" Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 2:45 PM Subject: "unspecified starting volume" for decrescendo Hi. I have a music that starts with fis4.^\> d\! But lilypond complains when generating the MIDI file: piano+voz.ly:28:14

"unspecified starting volume" for decrescendo

2014-03-29 Thread Alberto Simões
Hi. I have a music that starts with fis4.^\> d\! But lilypond complains when generating the MIDI file: piano+voz.ly:28:14: warning: (De)crescendo with unspecified starting volume in MIDI. Some way to shut him? :-) Cheers ambs ___ lilypond

Re: Spacing between author's name and first staff

2014-03-29 Thread Son_V
Many thanks to you and to Federico (ciao). At last (at last, at last ...) I figured how to obtain what I asked for. Have a nice Sunday. -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Spacing-between-author-s-name-and-first-staff-tp160936p160948.html Sent from the User ma

Re: Spacing between author's name and first staff

2014-03-29 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "Son_V" To: Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 2:00 PM Subject: Re: Spacing between author's name and first staff Thanks for the fast answer, but I wasn't able to use your information. It seems to me that I should use the command "markup-system-spacing", but w

Re: Ambitus on certain section only

2014-03-29 Thread Phil Holmes
Not tested, but my suggestion would be to set is as a true polypohonic piece, using spacer rests in the melody during the introduction. -- Phil Holmes - Original Message - From: ayutheos To: lilypond-user Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 3:05 AM Subject: Ambitus on certain se

Re: "warning: decrescendo too little"

2014-03-29 Thread Son_V
THANKS! That solved. :-) -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/warning-decrescendo-too-little-tp160938p160943.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@g

Re: Ambitus on certain section only

2014-03-29 Thread Pierre Perol-Schneider
Please provide compilable example. See also : http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Search?q=ambitus HTH ~Pierre ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: "warning: decrescendo too little"

2014-03-29 Thread Schneidy
Son_V wrote > The exact expression in Italian is: "attenzione: decrescendo troppo > piccolo > r2 a2 > \> \mp | % 7" > > The code: r2 a2 \> \mp | % 7 > a2 \! b4 c4 | % 8 Please provide compilable example. See also here : http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/express

Ambitus on certain section only

2014-03-29 Thread ayutheos
I have a piece of hymn music with an intro and melody parts. I'd like to have the ambitus shown for the melody part only. The following snippet almost does what I want but it shows the ambitus at the end of my intro part. %-8<-snip-start- \version "3.16.2" melodyIntro = \relative

Re: Spacing between author's name and first staff

2014-03-29 Thread Schneidy
Federico Bruni-5 wrote > 2014-03-29 14:25 GMT+01:00 Son_V < > vincenzo.auer@ > >: > >> Hi, I've fought to find in the documentation how to add more space after >> the >> \header and the first staff, but I wasn't successful; can anyone tell me >> how >> to do it? Thanks. >> > > between the heade

Re: Spacing between author's name and first staff

2014-03-29 Thread Son_V
Thanks for the fast answer, but I wasn't able to use your information. It seems to me that I should use the command "markup-system-spacing", but where have I tu put it in \paper { system-system-spacing #'basic-distance = #20 score-system-spacing = #'((basic-distance . 13) (minimum-

"warning: decrescendo too little"

2014-03-29 Thread Son_V
The exact expression in Italian is: "attenzione: decrescendo troppo piccolo r2 a2 \> \mp | % 7" The code: r2 a2 \> \mp | % 7 a2 \! b4 c4 | % 8 If I delete the "\mp" command, the correct > symbol is inserted (thougt I would preferred it ending on the a2 note. What can be done? Thanks

Re: Spacing between author's name and first staff

2014-03-29 Thread Federico Bruni
2014-03-29 14:25 GMT+01:00 Son_V : > Hi, I've fought to find in the documentation how to add more space after > the > \header and the first staff, but I wasn't successful; can anyone tell me > how > to do it? Thanks. > between the header and the first system? it's markup-system-spacing and it's d

Spacing between author's name and first staff

2014-03-29 Thread Son_V
Hi, I've fought to find in the documentation how to add more space after the \header and the first staff, but I wasn't successful; can anyone tell me how to do it? Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Spacing-between-author-s-name-and-first-staff-tp1609

Frescobaldi 2.0.15 Won't open

2014-03-29 Thread santgil .
Hello. I'm new to Linux and Lilypond. I need to downgrade to Frescobaldi 2.0.14, because the installation made through this link does not work here. https://github.com/wbsoft/frescobaldi/releases I would like to downgrade or to make the .0.15 version wirk properly. I am running Manjaro Linux. T

Arabic Template

2014-03-29 Thread Dirk Cushenbery
Hi I am a new user. Does anyone have a template for Arabic music? I have watched several tutorials and read parts of the manual. I am not sure how/where the scripts pertaining to Arabic music fit into the overall file. Any help is appreciated. I can't seem to get a 10/8 time signature. I

Re: Printing Title Pages; has it been a thought?

2014-03-29 Thread Richard Shann
No one has mentioned Nicholas Sceaux's book titling include file in this thread, can it be that it is not well-known? I built it in to Denemo a while back, with some modifications of my own (mainly to provide a border around the page). http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=denemo.git;a=blob_plain;