Re: proportional spacing for chords?

2017-03-14 Thread Robert Schmaus
Just a thought - you apply the SpacingSpanner modifications to context \Score ... did you already try to apply those to context \ChordNames instead? That *does* change something, but I'm not sure if it is what you want ... Cool analysis, by the way! Best, Robert Am 15/03/2017 um 01:11

proportional spacing for chords?

2017-03-14 Thread Adam Spiers
Hi all, How can I achieve proportional spacing when I only have chord names and bar lines, and no staff or notes? Attached is a file with a very naive attempt which fails to achieve this; corrections would be most welcome. For the curious, the background and motivation behind this question is

RE: Using a tick as a bar line and vertically repositioning it

2017-03-14 Thread Joseph N. Srednicki
Thanks. This works fine. -Original Message- From: Thomas Morley [mailto:thomasmorle...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 4:16 PM To: Joseph N. Srednicki Cc: lilypond-user Subject: Re: Using a tick as a bar line and vertically

Re: Using a tick as a bar line and vertically repositioning it

2017-03-14 Thread Thomas Morley
2017-03-14 23:05 GMT+01:00 Joseph N. Srednicki : > Thanks so much. Your suggestion works fine! Glad it works for you. Please don't forget to reply to all, so that others know as well. ;) Cheers, Harm > > -Original Message- > From: Thomas Morley

Re: Using a tick as a bar line and vertically repositioning it

2017-03-14 Thread DJF
On Mar 14, 2017, at 2:57 PM, Joseph N. Srednicki wrote: > > \version "2.19.54" > \relative c { > \time 2/4 > c' c \bar"'" | > c c \bar "|." > } You can modify the \breathe mark or just \include “gregorian.ly” in your file. You also have to set the regular bar

Re: Using a tick as a bar line and vertically repositioning it

2017-03-14 Thread Thomas Morley
2017-03-14 19:57 GMT+01:00 Joseph N. Srednicki : > Hello: > > > > Can someone help with an answer that I cannot find by searching the Lilypond > documentation? > > > > In some plainsong settings in the Hymnal 1982, a vertical tick represents a > bar line. > > > > See the

Using a tick as a bar line and vertically repositioning it

2017-03-14 Thread Joseph N. Srednicki
Hello: Can someone help with an answer that I cannot find by searching the Lilypond documentation? In some plainsong settings in the Hymnal 1982, a vertical tick represents a bar line. See the following tiny example. \version "2.19.54" \relative c { \time 2/4 c' c \bar"'" |

Re: display an engraver settings values

2017-03-14 Thread Jeffery Shivers
The answer might be found in in scm/time-signature-settings.scm On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 2:05 PM, Juan Cristóbal Cerrillo wrote: > Hello, > > I find that, given my somewhat dubious understanding of the relationship > between engravers, I spend a lot of time looking at the

display an engraver settings values

2017-03-14 Thread Juan Cristóbal Cerrillo
Hello, I find that, given my somewhat dubious understanding of the relationship between engravers, I spend a lot of time looking at the internals and overriding values to see if that will have the effect I’m trying to achieve. Thinking about this, I realised that it might be very helpful to

Re: Problem with bar numbers

2017-03-14 Thread David Wright
On Tue 14 Mar 2017 at 19:11:31 (+1100), Don Gingrich wrote: > OK, I'll start by saying that I'm doing some things that > are wrong as far as musical purists are concerned, > but there *is* a reason. > > I'm typesetting scores for folk dance music sets. > Typically, (but not exclusively) music for

Re: Find ties enclosed in slur (while overriding stencil)

2017-03-14 Thread David Nalesnik
On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 9:46 AM, Urs Liska wrote: > > > Am 14.03.2017 um 13:37 schrieb David Kastrup: > > (let ((ties (ly:grob-array->list (ly:grob-object grob 'ties > > but in that case "grob" is a TieColumn, and I don't know how I could > access that (which is

Re: Find ties enclosed in slur (while overriding stencil)

2017-03-14 Thread Urs Liska
Am 14.03.2017 um 13:37 schrieb David Kastrup: >> (let ((ties (ly:grob-array->list (ly:grob-object grob 'ties >> >> but in that case "grob" is a TieColumn, and I don't know how I could >> access that (which is something I need anyway in order to do further >> formatting later). > Well, looks

Re: Problem with bar numbers

2017-03-14 Thread David Kastrup
"Andrew Bernard" writes: > Hi David, > > If I do that all the subsequent bar numbers have a 'b' appended. What's > happening here? Now _that_ may be a bug. > How do we unset the alternativeNumberingStyle, and why does it still > apply to bars that are not in a

RE: Problem with bar numbers

2017-03-14 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi David, If I do that all the subsequent bar numbers have a 'b' appended. What's happening here? How do we unset the alternativeNumberingStyle, and why does it still apply to bars that are not in a \aternative section? Andrew -Original Message- From: David Kastrup

Re: Horizontal Placement of note

2017-03-14 Thread David Kastrup
Gerard writes: > Dear All, > urgently need some code for the following phrase: > tuplet example > The issue is the placement of the a2 in Voice one which should be merged with > the > a2 in the 5/4 tuplet of the second Voice. > > The basic code is > > \version 2.18.2 >

Re: Problem with bar numbers

2017-03-14 Thread David Kastrup
"Andrew Bernard" writes: > HI Malte, > > Using 2.91.56, if you refer to the code I just posted for Don (trying > to be compact not repeating example in this email), if not making the > bar number invisible at the partial of the second half, it prints 4, > but Don wants

Re: Horizontal Placement of note

2017-03-14 Thread Jan-Peter Voigt
Dear Gerard, not a finished solution but a pointer: { s4*1/10 a4*9/10~ a4 d4 } IISC the a2 in voice one is starting a bit delayed. So you might enter a skip here. Then you will need to scale the durations: The skip needs to be 1/5 of an eighth, that is 1/10 of a quarter. To make the quarter

Re: Find ties enclosed in slur (while overriding stencil)

2017-03-14 Thread David Kastrup
Urs Liska writes: > Am 14.03.2017 um 12:50 schrieb David Kastrup: >> Urs Liska writes: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm trying to determine if a slur includes ties in order to do some >>> layout calculations. >>> >>> I'm overriding a stencil and have retrieved

Stability of development versions - was Re: Problem with bar numbers

2017-03-14 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi All, What David has written is naturally true. But I just wanted to say that I have been using the progressive development versions for some years and as far as open source software goes I am compelled to say they are incredibly stable and reliable. I hammer lilypond with engraving really

Horizontal Placement of note

2017-03-14 Thread Gerard
Dear All, urgently need some code for the following phrase: tuplet example The issue is the placement of the a2 in Voice one which should be merged with the a2 in the 5/4 tuplet of the second Voice. The basic code is \version 2.18.2 \relative fis'' { {a4 a4 d4} \tuplet 5/4 {fis32 a fis d a}

RE: Problem with bar numbers

2017-03-14 Thread Andrew Bernard
HI Malte, Using 2.91.56, if you refer to the code I just posted for Don (trying to be compact not repeating example in this email), if not making the bar number invisible at the partial of the second half, it prints 4, but Don wants it not to have a bar number at all. The NR says a partial

Re: Problem with bar numbers

2017-03-14 Thread Malte Meyn
Am 14.03.2017 um 11:30 schrieb Andrew Bernard: > I had a look into this for Don. The partial after a repeat throws a new > bar number, although it should not. Is there a way to control this, or > is it a defect? I don’t really understand what you mean. Which LilyPond version did you use? Which

Re: Find ties enclosed in slur (while overriding stencil)

2017-03-14 Thread Urs Liska
Am 14.03.2017 um 12:50 schrieb David Kastrup: > Urs Liska writes: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to determine if a slur includes ties in order to do some >> layout calculations. >> >> I'm overriding a stencil and have retrieved the slur's 'note-columns. >> Now I want to know if

Re: Problem with bar numbers

2017-03-14 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Don, Here's a way to do it I believe, simplifying your sample. I personally don't have any musical objections to this - it's perfectly clear, and clarity of intent what I am always seeking. Musicians will read this just fine I reckon. Andrew == snip \version "2.19.56" treble = { \time

Re: Problem with bar numbers

2017-03-14 Thread Malte Meyn
Am 14.03.2017 um 11:35 schrieb David Kastrup: >> Maybe you should use a newer (“unstable”/development version); 2.19.xx >> allows \partial after the start of a piece and handles bar numbers >> correctly. The development versions aren’t unstable in the sense that >> they will crash or damage your

Re: Find ties enclosed in slur (while overriding stencil)

2017-03-14 Thread David Kastrup
Urs Liska writes: > Hi, > > I'm trying to determine if a slur includes ties in order to do some > layout calculations. > > I'm overriding a stencil and have retrieved the slur's 'note-columns. > Now I want to know if any of these note-columns (or enclosed note heads > has a

Re: Find ties enclosed in slur (while overriding stencil)

2017-03-14 Thread Thomas Morley
2017-03-14 11:52 GMT+01:00 Urs Liska : > Hi, > > I'm trying to determine if a slur includes ties in order to do some > layout calculations. > > I'm overriding a stencil and have retrieved the slur's 'note-columns. > Now I want to know if any of these note-columns (or enclosed

Find ties enclosed in slur (while overriding stencil)

2017-03-14 Thread Urs Liska
Hi, I'm trying to determine if a slur includes ties in order to do some layout calculations. I'm overriding a stencil and have retrieved the slur's 'note-columns. Now I want to know if any of these note-columns (or enclosed note heads has a tie attached to it. I see that NoteColumn has a

Re: Problem with bar numbers

2017-03-14 Thread David Kastrup
Malte Meyn writes: > Am 14.03.2017 um 09:11 schrieb Don Gingrich: >> OK, I'll start by saying that I'm doing some things that >> are wrong as far as musical purists are concerned, >> but there *is* a reason. >> >> […] >> >> So it breaks the rules of music theory, but

Re: Problem with bar numbers

2017-03-14 Thread Thomas Morley
Hi Don, 2017-03-14 9:11 GMT+01:00 Don Gingrich : > OK, I'll start by saying that I'm doing some things that > are wrong as far as musical purists are concerned, > but there *is* a reason. > > I'm typesetting scores for folk dance music sets. > Typically, (but not

Re: Problem with bar numbers

2017-03-14 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Malte, I had a look into this for Don. The partial after a repeat throws a new bar number, although it should not. Is there a way to control this, or is it a defect? Andrew ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: Problem with bar numbers

2017-03-14 Thread Malte Meyn
Am 14.03.2017 um 09:11 schrieb Don Gingrich: > OK, I'll start by saying that I'm doing some things that > are wrong as far as musical purists are concerned, > but there *is* a reason. > > […] > > So it breaks the rules of music theory, but there is > a reason. If I understand correctly: No,

Re: Push note column to the right when it has a broken tie/slur attached

2017-03-14 Thread Urs Liska
May I bump this? Is there a way to detect a broken tie/slur at a moment where the first note column of a system can still be pushed to the right? Urs Am 10.03.2017 um 18:51 schrieb Urs Liska: > Hi all, > > Is it possible to push the first note column of a system to the right > when it ends a

Re: How to read a error message?

2017-03-14 Thread Urs Liska
Am 14.03.2017 um 11:02 schrieb David Kastrup: > Urs Liska writes: > >> Am 14.03.2017 um 10:43 schrieb David Kastrup: >>> Urs Liska writes: >>> Am 14.03.2017 um 09:00 schrieb David Kastrup: > and then the offending line, split into two just

Re: How to read a error message?

2017-03-14 Thread David Kastrup
Urs Liska writes: > Am 14.03.2017 um 10:43 schrieb David Kastrup: >> Urs Liska writes: >> >>> Am 14.03.2017 um 09:00 schrieb David Kastrup: and then the offending line, split into two just at the offending location. In your case, the first

Re: How to read a error message?

2017-03-14 Thread Urs Liska
Am 14.03.2017 um 10:43 schrieb David Kastrup: > Urs Liska writes: > >> Am 14.03.2017 um 09:00 schrieb David Kastrup: >>> and then the offending line, split into two just at the offending >>> location. In your case, the first occurences of h are flagged since h >>> is not

Re: How to read a error message?

2017-03-14 Thread David Kastrup
Urs Liska writes: > Am 14.03.2017 um 09:00 schrieb David Kastrup: >> and then the offending line, split into two just at the offending >> location. In your case, the first occurences of h are flagged since h >> is not part of the default note language. > > To add something

Re: How to read a error message?

2017-03-14 Thread Urs Liska
Am 14.03.2017 um 09:00 schrieb David Kastrup: > and then the offending line, split into two just at the offending > location. In your case, the first occurences of h are flagged since h > is not part of the default note language. To add something more general to that: The "error: unrecognized

Problem with bar numbers

2017-03-14 Thread Don Gingrich
OK, I'll start by saying that I'm doing some things that are wrong as far as musical purists are concerned, but there *is* a reason. I'm typesetting scores for folk dance music sets. Typically, (but not exclusively) music for folk dance consists of an 8 bar 'A' part and an 8 bar 'B' part. It is

Re: How to read a error message?

2017-03-14 Thread Scoutladen - Ralph Fröhlich
Thank you very much. This will help me. Am 14.03.2017 um 09:00 schrieb David Kastrup: Scoutladen - Ralph Fröhlich writes: Hi, hope to find some informations here about reading error messages Example: Processing `.../file.ly' Parsing... .../file.ly:16:30: error:

Re: How to read a error message?

2017-03-14 Thread David Kastrup
Scoutladen - Ralph Fröhlich writes: > Hi, > > hope to find some informations here about reading error messages > > Example: > > Processing `.../file.ly' > Parsing... > .../file.ly:16:30: error: unrecognized string, not in text script or > \lyricmode > fis8 fis fis fis d d

Re: How to read a error message?

2017-03-14 Thread Scoutladen - Ralph Fröhlich
Ok... so far so good... thank you for the tipp. That works fine. Am 14.03.2017 um 08:54 schrieb Marc Hohl: Am 14.03.2017 um 08:49 schrieb Scoutladen - Ralph Fröhlich: Hi, hope to find some informations here about reading error messages Example: Processing `.../file.ly' Parsing...

Re: How to read a error message?

2017-03-14 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 14.03.2017 um 08:49 schrieb Scoutladen - Ralph Fröhlich: Hi, hope to find some informations here about reading error messages Example: Processing `.../file.ly' Parsing... .../file.ly:16:30: error: unrecognized string, not in text script or \lyricmode fis8 fis fis fis d d d4 g (

How to read a error message?

2017-03-14 Thread Scoutladen - Ralph Fröhlich
Hi, hope to find some informations here about reading error messages Example: Processing `.../file.ly' Parsing... .../file.ly:16:30: error: unrecognized string, not in text script or \lyricmode fis8 fis fis fis d d d4 g ( h) h h8 h8 .../file.ly:16:33: error:

Re: Repeating cross staff tremolo

2017-03-14 Thread Allen Wu
I see. Thank you so much. On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 7:49 PM, Thomas Morley wrote: > > > 2017-03-14 1:06 GMT+01:00 Allen Wu : > >> >> Hey Guys, >> >> I was trying the example of crossing staff tremolo, but I found it >> difficult to repeat the