Re: Whole-measure rests that specify rhythmic value

2014-08-07 Thread Janek Warchoł
Hi, 2014-08-05 18:54 GMT+02:00 Pierre Perol-Schneider : > Hi, > > 2014-08-04 23:57 GMT+02:00 Micah Walter : > >> I have a whole measure rest. I would like the dotted half-note glyph, >> which specifies the rhythmic value, but I would also like it to be centered >> like an ordinary whole-measure re

Re: Increasing Space Between Arranger and 1st Staff

2014-08-07 Thread Chris Trahan
Thanks Samuel. That did the trick! Chris On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Samuel Speer wrote: > markup-system-spacing is an alist. > Try using > > markup-system-spacing #'padding = #3 > > > On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Chris Trahan > wrote: > >> How can I increase the space between the arr

Midi program channels

2014-08-07 Thread Guy Stalnaker
Has anyone given thought to the possibility of having the MIDI instrument names correspond to a given soundfont's program instruments? I see that the MIDI instrument names are simply specified in midi.scm. How difficult would it be to create a script/process that reads the instruments in a soundfo

Re: Accidentals centred above notes

2014-08-07 Thread Janek Warchoł
2014-08-07 14:16 GMT+02:00 David Kastrup : > Richard Shann writes: > >> the docs ( >> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/internals/self_002dalignment_002dinterface >> ) say: >> " >> self-alignment-X (number) >> >> Specify alignment of an object. The value -1 means left aligned,

Re: Accidentals centred above notes

2014-08-07 Thread Janek Warchoł
Hi, 2014-08-07 9:26 GMT+02:00 Phil Holmes : > - Original Message - From: "Richard Shann" > To: > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2014 7:58 AM > Subject: Accidentals centred above notes > It looks like the use of the \sharp markup does indeed put the sharp sign > somewhat left. It looks to me

Re: Slurs in Chords

2014-08-07 Thread Stephen Sheasby
Phil, > Does \set doubleSlurs = ##t help? Thanks. I was not aware of this and it appears to work as needed. Stephen On Aug 7, 2014, at 1:08 PM, Phil Holmes wrote: > - Original Message - From: "Stephen Sheasby" > To: "lilypond-user" > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2014 7:03 PM > Subject

Re: Slurs in Chords

2014-08-07 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "Stephen Sheasby" To: "lilypond-user" Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2014 7:03 PM Subject: Slurs in Chords Hi all, I am clearing slides for our church music projection and am having some areas of difficulty particularly with slurs. If I enter the notes as se

Re: Increasing Space Between Arranger and 1st Staff

2014-08-07 Thread Samuel Speer
markup-system-spacing is an alist. Try using markup-system-spacing #'padding = #3 On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Chris Trahan wrote: > How can I increase the space between the arranger field and the 1st staff? > > My score is using a ChoirStaff group. > > I've tried putting score-markup-spac

Slurs in Chords

2014-08-07 Thread Stephen Sheasby
Hi all, I am clearing slides for our church music projection and am having some areas of difficulty particularly with slurs. If I enter the notes as separate voices the slurs are correct but if I combine them as a chord or use part combine I only get one slur. This first example shows the slu

Increasing Space Between Arranger and 1st Staff

2014-08-07 Thread Chris Trahan
How can I increase the space between the arranger field and the 1st staff? My score is using a ChoirStaff group. I've tried putting score-markup-spacing and/or markup-system-spacing in the \paper section but nothings working. I've been reading the manuals and am at a loss on how to do this. Tha

Re: Footnote Question

2014-08-07 Thread Chris Trahan
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Chris Trahan wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Samuel Speer > wrote: > >> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Chris Trahan >> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Samuel Speer >>> wrote: >>> You could copy the default footer and add

Re: Footnote Question

2014-08-07 Thread Chris Trahan
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Samuel Speer wrote: > On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Chris Trahan > wrote: > >> >> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Samuel Speer >> wrote: >> >>> You could copy the default footer and add [\fromproperty >>> #'header:revisiondate] to the [\on-the-fly \first-pag

Re: Footnote Question

2014-08-07 Thread Samuel Speer
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Chris Trahan wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Samuel Speer > wrote: > >> You could copy the default footer and add [\fromproperty >> #'header:revisiondate] to the [\on-the-fly \first-page] section. Then, in >> your header section you could put [revisio

Re: Footnote Question

2014-08-07 Thread Larry Kent
I think something like this will work, if you include this in your \header copyright=\markup{ \fill-line {"Copyright 2014 Your Name" \typewriter "Version 2.1"} } Good luck. Larry On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Chris Trahan wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to put a revision

Re: Footnote Question

2014-08-07 Thread Samuel Speer
You could copy the default footer and add [\fromproperty #'header:revisiondate] to the [\on-the-fly \first-page] section. Then, in your header section you could put [revisiondate = "6 August 2014"]. On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Chris Trahan wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to put a revision dat

Footnote Question

2014-08-07 Thread Chris Trahan
Hi, I would like to put a revision date at the bottom right of the 1st page on the same line with the copyright notice. The only two header fields that I see in the manual are tagline and copyright. Is there a way that I can do this? I like to have a revision date as we're working on a score so t

Re: [SPAM] Re: Best practice with inconsistent "� 2"

2014-08-07 Thread Urs Liska
Am 07.08.2014 16:02, schrieb Urs Liska: Am 07.08.2014 15:08, schrieb Alex Loomis: In my copy of Dvorak 8 the parts use a2 for isolated unison passages and double stems for passages where the voices are also split at some point. Oh, I didn't think of that possibility. I'll check to see if it m

Re: Best practice with inconsistent "à 2"

2014-08-07 Thread Urs Liska
Am 07.08.2014 15:10, schrieb Werner LEMBERG: I have a large romantic score in front of me. In the handwritten score the \partcombine stuff is done inconsistently for unisono sections: sometimes it's written as one voice with "à 2", sometimes as two voices, i.e. one notehead with stems up and do

Re: Best practice with inconsistent "à 2"

2014-08-07 Thread Urs Liska
Am 07.08.2014 15:08, schrieb Alex Loomis: In my copy of Dvorak 8 the parts use a2 for isolated unison passages and double stems for passages where the voices are also split at some point. Oh, I didn't think of that possibility. I'll check to see if it makes sense. At least it sounds reasonab

Re: Best practice with inconsistent "à 2"

2014-08-07 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> I have a large romantic score in front of me. In the handwritten > score the \partcombine stuff is done inconsistently for unisono > sections: sometimes it's written as one voice with "à 2", sometimes > as two voices, i.e. one notehead with stems up and down. So far I > can't see any reason for

Re: Best practice with inconsistent "à 2"

2014-08-07 Thread Alex Loomis
In my copy of Dvorak 8 the parts use a2 for isolated unison passages and double stems for passages where the voices are also split at some point. On Aug 7, 2014, at 8:49 AM, Urs Liska wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have a large romantic score in front of me. In the handwritten score the > \partco

Best practice with inconsistent "à 2"

2014-08-07 Thread Urs Liska
Hi folks, I have a large romantic score in front of me. In the handwritten score the \partcombine stuff is done inconsistently for unisono sections: sometimes it's written as one voice with "à 2", sometimes as two voices, i.e. one notehead with stems up and down. So far I can't see any reason

Re: Accidentals centred above notes

2014-08-07 Thread Richard Shann
On Thu, 2014-08-07 at 14:16 +0200, David Kastrup wrote: > Richard Shann writes: > > > the docs ( > > http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/internals/self_002dalignment_002dinterface > > ) say: > > " > > self-alignment-X (number) > > > > Specify alignment of an object. The value -1

Re: Accidentals centred above notes

2014-08-07 Thread David Kastrup
Richard Shann writes: > the docs ( > http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/internals/self_002dalignment_002dinterface > ) say: > " > self-alignment-X (number) > > Specify alignment of an object. The value -1 means left aligned, 0 > centered, and 1 right-aligned in X direction. Ot

Re: Accidentals centred above notes

2014-08-07 Thread Richard Shann
On Thu, 2014-08-07 at 09:45 +0100, Richard Shann wrote: > On Thu, 2014-08-07 at 08:26 +0100, Phil Holmes wrote: > > - Original Message - > > From: "Richard Shann" > > To: > > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2014 7:58 AM > > Subject: Accidentals centred above notes > > > > > > > The example

Re: Accidentals centred above notes

2014-08-07 Thread Richard Shann
On Thu, 2014-08-07 at 08:26 +0100, Phil Holmes wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Richard Shann" > To: > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2014 7:58 AM > Subject: Accidentals centred above notes > > > > The example given in the docs for placing a sharp on a prall results in > > a sharp wh

Re: Lilypond and eBooks

2014-08-07 Thread Nick Payne
On 07/08/2014 16:39, Phil Holmes wrote: - Original Message - From: "Br. Samuel Springuel" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2014 7:52 PM Subject: Re: Lilypond and eBooks Like Bart, I'll be using calibre for creating the actual eBook. This eBook will be for internal use and need onl

Re: Accidentals centred above notes

2014-08-07 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "Richard Shann" To: Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2014 7:58 AM Subject: Accidentals centred above notes The example given in the docs for placing a sharp on a prall results in a sharp which seems slightly too far to the left: http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/

Re: Lilypond and eBooks

2014-08-07 Thread bart deruyter
Calibre can be used to create new e-books from scratch since sigil development is taken over by the developers of calibre and it already has been integrated. You do might have to use the newer versions of calibre of course. It works pretty good, automatic arranging of content into directories, dev

Accidentals centred above notes

2014-08-07 Thread Richard Shann
The example given in the docs for placing a sharp on a prall results in a sharp which seems slightly too far to the left: http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/expressive-marks-attached-to-notes#articulations-and-ornamentations \version "2.18.0" \relative c''' { \once \overri