segmentation fault

2006-01-24 Thread Arthur Dyck
I have installed 2.7.28 on Fedora Core 4. When I try to process a file, I get the following: error: can't open for write: praise.midi: Permission denied /usr/local/bin/lilypond: line 3: 2647 Segmentation fault /usr/local//lilypond/usr/bin/lilypond $@ I saw the Permissioned denied and tried

uninstalling lilypond

2006-01-13 Thread Arthur Dyck
I have installed the lilypond-2.7.19 package but have had segmentation fault errors that haven't been cleaned up on Mandrake 10.1. Is there a way to uninstall the lilypond but leave the ghostscript? I would like to try to install from source to see if I can get this working. It seems the

Segmentation fault

2006-01-07 Thread Arthur Dyck
I have tried installing both lilypond-2.6.4.3.x86.package and lilypond-2.7.19.x86.package on Mandrake 10.1. Both installs went smoothly once I figured out that I had to change the permissions to make the file executable. However, when I try to process a file I get a segmentation fault error.

Re: Segmentation fault

2006-01-07 Thread Arthur Dyck
On Saturday 07 January 2006 02:52 pm, Graham Percival wrote: On 7-Jan-06, at 10:08 AM, Arthur Dyck wrote: I have tried installing both lilypond-2.6.4.3.x86.package and lilypond-2.7.19.x86.package on Mandrake 10.1. Both installs went smoothly once I figured out that I had to change

lilypond install on Fedora Core 4

2006-01-02 Thread Arthur Dyck
I am having difficulty installing the lilypond binary on a new installation of FC4 due to the ghostscript 8.15 dependency. This is the case with both 2.6 and 2.7. I have tried installing ghostscript as per the Install page in documentation. My terminal program does not recognize rpmbuild as a

Re: 2.7.26 installation

2005-12-31 Thread Arthur Dyck
No, I didn't. I tried that now, and rpmbuild doesn't seem to be a valid command. I'll try to work around it and see what happens. Thanks. Arthur On Sat, 2005-12-31 at 14:37 -0800, David Rogers wrote: On 31-Dec-2005, at 1:37 PM, Arthur Dyck wrote: One of my New Year's resolutions

Re: 2.7.26 installation

2005-12-31 Thread Arthur Dyck
Okay, so I downloaded the gs8.15 rpm and it installed into /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES. Lilypond still can't find it. Arthur On Sat, 2005-12-31 at 14:37 -0800, David Rogers wrote: On 31-Dec-2005, at 1:37 PM, Arthur Dyck wrote: One of my New Year's resolutions is to be happy with what I have

Re: left-Align lyrics under notes

2005-12-30 Thread Arthur Dyck
You might find this attachment useful as it lays out how to do the lyrics. Arthur On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 21:10 +, fr.Basile wrote: I am trying to align long text (example : Le Seigneur est ma lumière et mon salut) under one note (duration = \breve). It is a sort of paslmody. No problem

Re: Footnotes Symbols

2005-12-10 Thread Arthur Dyck
Scribus will allow you to layer text or graphics on top of pdf or other image files. Arthur On Saturday 10 December 2005 07:14 am, Gilles wrote: I work with compositions and I loved the whole idea of Lilypond I'm thinking in start using it, but first I need to know if it's possible to add

vertical spacing of dynamics

2005-12-07 Thread Arthur Dyck
I am trying to increase the vertical distance between the top of the staff and my dynamic markings, i.e. crescendo and descrescendo, due to interference with slurs. I know it's there somewhere in the manual but I can't find it. Can anyone help me out? Arthur

Re: Print last page of score problem.

2005-11-26 Thread Arthur Dyck
It's kind of hard to tell without seeing your .ly file. But make sure that you have your paper size set correctly. Arthur On Friday 25 November 2005 08:37 pm, alanvw wrote: Dell 2400 + 512 RAM Windows XP Home HP3550 Printer Version 2.6.4-3 I cant get the last page of the score to print

Re: line constraint problems

2005-11-22 Thread Arthur Dyck
On Tuesday 22 November 2005 11:03 am, you wrote: On Nov 21, 2005, at 20:20, Arthur Dyck wrote: I'm having some line constraint problems with the third line in this piece. Lilypond won't let me put the whole measure on one line, although it looks like there should be room. In order

line constraint problems

2005-11-21 Thread Arthur Dyck
I'm having some line constraint problems with the third line in this piece. Lilypond won't let me put the whole measure on one line, although it looks like there should be room. In order for me not to get line constraint error messages, I have to put the break where it is or I can't create a

Re: Lyrics: many syllables - one note?

2005-11-16 Thread Arthur Dyck
On Tuesday 15 November 2005 12:54 pm, David Rogers wrote: I have searched the documentation as well as I can, and find nothing on this topic. I want to write ordinary notation, but to have a pseudo-chant section where there are many syllables to one note. How do I format my lyrics to make this

Re: Lilypond from DOS prompt

2005-11-12 Thread Arthur Dyck
On linux that is a guile issue and solveable by reinstalling guile after the Lilypond package. I'm not sure how that applies to Windows, though. Arthur On Saturday 12 November 2005 08:47 pm, Jennifer Clark wrote: I'm using the native Windows version of Lilypond, version 2.6.3, and wish to

Re: Hello! Complicated newbie questions!

2005-11-04 Thread Arthur Dyck
I'm on a steep learning curve also, and the list has been great. There are a couple of other things you can do. Download the manual onto your machine and then do word searches for what you are trying to do. For example, if you do a search for transparent, you 'll find ways to make bars,

Re: Scribus - alternative to lilybook?

2005-11-03 Thread Arthur Dyck
On Thursday 03 November 2005 02:35 pm, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: Arthur Dyck wrote: I'm not sure I understand what it is you want to do with this plugin. If it is just a matter of updating the pdf once you have edited the .ly file, Scribus has a feature where you can select your pdf image

Re: extra bar

2005-11-02 Thread Arthur Dyck
in 4/4 (default) time. Cheers, Edward Neeman --- Arthur Dyck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone tell me why I have an extra bar before the double bar? I don't want it. \version 2.6.0 global = { \key g \major \set score.timing = ##f \set Staff.autoBeaming

Scribus - alternative to lilybook?

2005-11-02 Thread Arthur Dyck
I haven't seen anything on this list about Scribus, a linux-based desktop publishing program. I have been playing with it and it has some interesting features. Basically, you define your page size with borders and then create text or image boxes for your input. You can import lilypond pdf

installation issue

2005-11-01 Thread Arthur Dyck
I have just installed the package of 2.7.12 on Mandrake 10.1.  When I attempt to invoke lilypond from my terminal window I get the following error: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desktop]$ lilypond Amen1.ly GNU LilyPond 2.7.12 ERROR: In procedure primitive-load-path: ERROR: Unable to find file

transparent stem

2005-10-31 Thread Arthur Dyck
I've just started using lilypond and I think I'm over my head with the music I'm working on. I'm trying to get transparent stems by using \once \override Stem #'transparent = ##t a4. This isn't working for me. What am I doing wrong? Thanks Arthur

lyric placement

2005-07-11 Thread Arthur Dyck
I'm just starting to play with lp by working on a hymn. The format is upper and lower piano staves with the verses in the middle. I was using chords for the upper and lower until I came to a place where I had two 8th notes in the soprano over a 1/4 in the alto. I don't know if it's the best

lilypond errors

2005-06-21 Thread Arthur Dyck
: warning: Running LilyPond failed. Rerun with --verbose for a trace. [EMAIL PROTECTED] arthur]$ Thanks. Arthur Dyck ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user