Re: alternative within repeat does not work

2022-08-21 Thread Jim Cline
Hi Jean, This is great. I installed the latest version and it is all working fine. Thanks very much. --Jim

Re: alternative within repeat does not work

2022-08-21 Thread Jim Cline
Hi Jean, thanks for pointing that out. It looks like the functionality I need does not exist in the previous versions of lilypond. And Ubuntu still only provides 2.20. Hopefully I can build 2.22 by hand. best, Jim On Sun, 21 Aug 2022, Jean Abou Samra wrote: Le 21/08/2022 à 22:59, Jean

alternative within repeat does not work

2022-08-21 Thread Jim Cline
obaldi-w92qas0f/tmpfkzkv4p5/document.ly" regards, Jim

pitched trill fingerings

2022-08-08 Thread Jim Cline
Hello, I would like to indicate fingerings for a pitched trill, and also be able to control where they appear. The \set fingeringOrientations = #'(left) is ignored in the trill context, and the fingering is ignored for the secondary note of the trill. Any ideas? regards, Jim \version &q

Re: vertical shift of trill

2022-08-06 Thread Jim Cline
It's nice to feel like my original question was not so dumb after all :)

Re: vertical shift of trill

2022-08-05 Thread Jim Cline
Hi Jean, this is very useful, thank you! --jim On Fri, 5 Aug 2022, Jean Abou Samra wrote: Le 05/08/2022 à 19:49, Jim Cline a écrit : Hi Kieran, that's perfect.  Now that I've seen this kind of construction before in several contexts, I feel like I should be able to figure

Re: vertical shift of trill

2022-08-05 Thread Jim Cline
at the bottom of the page to learn the name of the thing I'm trying to move. best, Jim On Fri, 5 Aug 2022, Kieren MacMillan wrote: Hi Jim, There are many ways to do this, but the easies would probably be to tweak the extra-offset: \version "2.20.0" \relative c'' {

vertical shift of trill

2022-08-05 Thread Jim Cline
Hello, I have a passage with a double trill. I think it looks bad to have the lower trill symbol so far from the note, and would like to have it closer, overlapping with the staff. Could not find any documentation on this so far. regards, Jim \version "2.20.0" \relative c&

Re: cannot find start of piano pedal: `Sustain'

2022-08-04 Thread Jim Cline
Hi Eef, thanks for that solution. regards, Jim On Thu, 4 Aug 2022, Eef Weenink wrote: \version "2.20.0" upper = \relative c'' {  \clef treble  r2. \hideStaffSwitch\change Staff = "lower" r4*1/2 s8  | } lower = \relative c {  \clef bass  b8 ees, aes c, b  

Re: cannot find start of piano pedal: `Sustain'

2022-08-04 Thread Jim Cline
p.s. Isn't it also weird that the pedal-off symbol is not horizontally aligned with the pedal-on symbol? On Thu, 4 Aug 2022, Jim Cline wrote: I have a score where the sustain starts in the voice in the bass clef, and ends after the voice crosses into the treble clef. It compiles but w

cannot find start of piano pedal: `Sustain'

2022-08-04 Thread Jim Cline
eStaffSwitch\change Staff = "lower" r4*1/2 s8 \sustainOff | } lower = \relative c { \clef bass b8 ees, aes c, b \sustainOn ees' \showStaffSwitch\change Staff = "upper" aes ees' | } \score { \new PianoStaff << \new Staff = "upper" \upper \new Staff = "lower" \lower >> \midi { } } regards, Jim

Re: markups and accents inside staff

2022-07-31 Thread Jim Cline
whether \hspace is present. I guess \vspace is not intended for use within markups? --Jim

Re: markups and accents inside staff

2022-07-31 Thread Jim Cline
Can you provide a MWE? (https://lilypond.org/tiny-examples.html) -- Knute Snortum Sure, here is one. The vspace is ignored, no matter what value is given. %%% \version "2.20.0" \relative c { \time 3/4 g'' e' d_\markup{\hspace #-4 \vspace #-7 x} } --Jim

Re: markups and accents inside staff

2022-07-31 Thread Jim Cline
e over the default output. In the present example, the accent being so far away from the note leaves the performer in doubt about whether it applies to the inside voice rather than the whole chord, so I was trying to make that more clear. thanks--jim

Re: markups and accents inside staff

2022-07-31 Thread Jim Cline
Hi Knute, thanks, that works. I am also trying to figure out how to do the analogous thing with the placement of a markup text. Putting the same tweaks within the markup does not compile. Putting \markup{\hspace #4 \vspace #-2 text} applies the hspace but ignores the vspace. --Jim I

markups and accents inside staff

2022-07-31 Thread Jim Cline
space in markup does not allow me to do it. --Jim

Re: hspace in markup cancels other directives

2022-07-31 Thread Jim Cline
As a programmer in other languages, I like to think of arguments being enclosed in some kind of brackets, like a function f(x,y(z)). That's why I alway enclose what I'm marking up within {}; what's inside are the arguments of the markup. Using your explanation then it looks like bes^\markup

Re: hspace in markup cancels other directives

2022-07-31 Thread Jim Cline
Hi Aaron, thanks for that. I thought I had tried all permutations of the order of specifications but I missed that one. It's hard to guess which one is correct.--Jim What you have effectively done is this: \markup { \smaller { \with-color #blue { \hspace #-3 } } text } You

hspace in markup cancels other directives

2022-07-30 Thread Jim Cline
es^\markup{\smaller \with-color #blue \hspace #-3 text} r4 bes^\markup{\smaller \with-color #blue text} } \score { \new Staff = "lower" \lower } The second text has the right font and color, but the first one only has the right horizontal position. --Jim

Re: slurs across voices

2022-07-27 Thread Jim Cline
the measure in question. best regards, Jim On Wed, 27 Jul 2022, William Rehwinkel wrote: Hey Jim, A little while ago I found this email which describes enabling the slur engraver on the staff level instead of voice level. Did you see this before, or give it a try? https://lists.gnu.org/archive/ht

slurs across voices

2022-07-27 Thread Jim Cline
he full number of beats to make a measure. It seems like this issue was last discussed in 2015, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2015-03/msg00288.html unless I missed something. Has this limitation been addressed since then? regards, Jim

Re: invisibly short ties in multiple voices

2022-07-26 Thread Jim Cline
Hi Knute, that's great, thanks very much!--Jim

invisibly short ties in multiple voices

2022-07-26 Thread Jim Cline
I am frequently getting ties that are so short as to be invisible. This was discussed in a previous thread, and I was happily using the solution given by https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2015-02/msg00069.html, which is to insert \once \override Score.NoteColumn.X-offset = 1.5 b

Re: color change working in only upper staff (solved)

2022-07-21 Thread Jim Cline
sorry to all who had responded to this question (with better solutions than mine). For some reason I didn't get notified of these posts so I didn't see them until now.

Re: color change working in only upper staff (solved)

2022-07-21 Thread Jim Cline
I discovered one needs to override the color change within each voice, rather than in the staff definition. Probably it's somewhere in the documentation, though I could not find it. Here is the working version: \version "2.20.0" upper = \relative c'' { \override Fingering.color = #red \c

Re: color change working in only upper staff

2022-07-18 Thread Jim Cline
ently. Any suggestions will be appreciated. regards, Jim \version "2.20.0" upper = \relative c'' { \override Fingering.color = #red \clef treble \key c \major \time 4/4 a-1 cis' \tuplet 3/2 {8~ } } lower = \relative c { \override Fingering.color = #red

color change working in only upper staff

2022-07-18 Thread Jim Cline
I want to change the fingering color to red in my piano score. Using upper = \relative c'' { \override Fingering.color = #red for the upper staff works, but adding the same for the lower staff lower = \relative c { \override Fingering.color = #red leaves the fingering in black in the lowe

Re: grace note arpeggio tied to chord

2022-07-17 Thread Jim Cline
ah, newbie mistake! thanks Jean! (actually I had searched the documentation but obviously not thoroughly enough) On Sun, 17 Jul 2022, Jean Abou Samra wrote: Le 17/07/2022 à 20:00, Jim Cline a écrit : Hello, sorry if I missed it, but I did not find it by searching the archives.  I would

grace note arpeggio tied to chord

2022-07-17 Thread Jim Cline
but I want it more articulated, hence the grace notes. regards, Jim

Slur across alternate ending - with example

2020-01-15 Thread Pastor Jim Neubauer
So I figured out how to make and adjust a slur on my own. I am really wondering though if there is a more elegant way like how simple it is to do \repeatTie. \version "2.18.2" \language "english" \relative c'' { \key d \major \time 4/4 \repeat volta 2 { d4 d8 d8~ d8 a4 d8( }

Slurs in alternate endings

2020-01-15 Thread Pastor Jim Neubauer
I have an alternative ending that includes a slur. I know there is a \repeatTie command for ties across alternate endings, but is there anything as simple for slurs?

RE: Complex/Large Lilypond projects and build automation

2019-12-08 Thread Jim Duke
ou did as I'm learning Gradle. Thanks again, Jim From: David F. Sent: Saturday, December 7, 2019 6:17 PM To: Jim Duke Cc: Lilypond User (lilypond-user@gnu.org) Subject: Re: Complex/Large Lilypond projects and build automation On Dec 7, 2019, at 2:35 PM, Jim Duke mailto:j...@dukeboys.

Complex/Large Lilypond projects and build automation

2019-12-07 Thread Jim Duke
I have a large Lilypond project for several hymnals. The project is organized into a subdirectory structure with each hymn in a separate directory. For each hymn I produce several products: an 8.5x11 PDF, a 6x9 PDF, a set of images formatted for projection at 4x3 and 16x9 aspect ratios, and a

Re: notes regex expression

2017-09-12 Thread Jim Tisdall
Sorry for all the ? replacing the tabs in my last post - not sure which step made that transformation - I try again after removing all the tabs Jim I have been using a perl regular expression to parse lilypond notes for my own application, which handles guitar notes with possible right hand

Re: notes regex expression

2017-09-12 Thread Jim Tisdall
I have been using a perl regular expression to parse lilypond notes for my own application, which handles guitar notes with possible right hand, left hand, plectrum, string, glissando markings. Thus it only includes some of the features of lilypond notes.  It assumes english note names (easily

RE: Re:Advice about layout / page formatting

2016-11-16 Thread Jim Duke
.com] Sent: Friday, November 11, 2016 6:04 PM To: Lilypond-User Mailing List ; Jim Duke Subject: Re:Advice about layout / page formatting -- Forwarded message ------ From: Jim Duke mailto:j...@dukeboys.org>> To: "Lilypond User (lilypond-user@gnu.org<mailto:lilypond-user@gnu

RE: Shape note font failures

2016-10-31 Thread Jim Duke
eeded. On my Windows computers, the problem showed up for sizes 17, 18, 19, and 20. Below that range, and above that range had no issues. -Original Message- From: David Wright [mailto:lily...@lionunicorn.co.uk] Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 3:19 PM To: Jim Duke Cc: Phil Holmes ; Tho

RE: Shape note font failures

2016-10-31 Thread Jim Duke
se why. Thanks for all the help -Original Message- From: Phil Holmes [mailto:m...@philholmes.net] Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 5:06 AM To: Thomas Morley ; Jim Duke Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Shape note font failures - Original Message - From: "Thomas Morley&

Shape note font failures

2016-10-30 Thread Jim Duke
I'm typesetting some A Capella music for congregational singing the uses the 7-note (Aiken) shape note system. I've found that based on the system size some of the half note heads for RE (d in the example) are indistinguishable from quarter notes. Basically the interior of the note head is fil

Advice about layout / page formatting

2016-10-11 Thread Jim Duke
I'm seeking advice on how to approach typesetting some hymns for use in worship. The music in our worship is A Capella congregational singing, and we use both sheet music, which we put in folders in the pews, and slides, which we project on a large screen at the front of the auditorium. For ea

function to end melody with rests to end of measure

2016-07-18 Thread Jim Tisdall
I need to fill in the end of a score (a melody) with rests to the end of the final measure, if needed. Any ideas for how to do that, like writing a new function or ...? Thanks, Jim ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https

Use variable to simplify colorizing specific notes

2016-07-17 Thread Jim Garrett
en't found any variant of this that works. Thanks! Jim Garrett ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

keyboard graphic

2016-06-01 Thread Jim Tisdall
bels under the pressed keys would be a nice plus. Thanks, Jim ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

make many icons

2016-04-24 Thread Jim Tisdall
to create individual files and compile, with perl script.) Any advice about svg settings, lilypond input format, etc., to create many icons of short phrases? Thanks, Jim ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org

new lilypond guitar site

2016-03-11 Thread Jim Tisdall
m the chapters of a book in development. And no doubt plenty of bugs in what is live ;>) I thought you lot might like to see how I'm using lilypond. Peace, Jim ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

fill last measure with rests?

2016-03-09 Thread Jim Tisdall
Does there exist a directive that will automatically fill the last measure of a voice with rests? If not, any pointers for programming such would be welcome. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lil

fill last measure with rests

2016-03-03 Thread Jim Tisdall
cores algorithmically and this would be a pleasant shortcut ...) Peace, Jim ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Completion_heads_engraver and repeated marks

2016-03-03 Thread Jim Tisdall
> groupings, especially with the right-hand markup syntax as "\RH #2 " (space at the end required) ) Thanks all, Jim Tisdall \version "2.18.2" \language "english" \score { \new StaffGroup << \new Staff { \language "english" \c

Re: mac web fontconfig slowdown

2016-02-04 Thread Jim Tisdall
I seem to have found a fix ... Message: 5 Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 19:06:21 -0500 From: Jim Tisdall To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: mac web fontconfig slowdown Message-ID: <56b295fd.5040...@tisdall.net> on mac os x 10.11.2, lilypond 2.18.2, plenty nice mac pro plenty ram Serious slowdo

mac web fontconfig slowdown

2016-02-03 Thread Jim Tisdall
on mac os x 10.11.2, lilypond 2.18.2, plenty nice mac pro plenty ram Serious slowdown due to font configuration - 30 seconds delay while "FontConfig" is called - happens when you do a lilypond -V for instance. Fixed from command line using /opt/local/bin/fc-cache for each user (root, me, ...)

Re: Help wanted from a blind user

2015-06-17 Thread Jim Long
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 08:33:26PM -0500, Daniel Contreras wrote: > A common practice in arranging for salsa or Latin music I am > finding out is that when one is dealing with a d.s. al coda and > things of that nature, it may require for the staff to stop at the > double bar line, notate the ds an

Re: Color tweaks (edition engraver)

2015-04-27 Thread Jim Long
On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 04:44:52PM +0200, Urs Liska wrote: > > What we have in Frescobaldi depends on what we can "catch" by either > listening through engravers or by redefining command. So far I haven't > found a notion of a grob knowing if it has been tweaked or not. As a Scheme/Lilypond nov

Re: Do we really offer the future?

2015-04-20 Thread Jim Long
On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 08:19:37PM -0700, Jim Long wrote: ... > I'm not I understand ... I'm not *sure that* I understand ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Do we really offer the future?

2015-04-20 Thread Jim Long
On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 04:45:20PM +0200, Gilles wrote: > If and when "big" publishers use LilyPond, the result will be more > restricted access (through cost) to culture (because they won't release > their proprietary contents). Forgive me if I've missed important bits of this conversation, but I

Re: Pango Update in new binaries

2015-04-20 Thread Jim Long
On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 01:14:55PM +0200, Federico Bruni wrote: > 2015-04-07 19:47 GMT+02:00 Joshua Nichols : > > > Hello all, > > > > I apologize if this question has already been asked. > > > > Has the new version of pango been ported to the binaries on > > mac/windows/linux? I noticed here > >

Re: Text above fermata

2015-03-31 Thread Jim Long
ally, I can't get the latter to work on short notice, so here's the former: \version "2.18.2" \score { \new Staff { c4 c c c | R1\fermataMarkup ^"G.P." | c4 c c c | c2 r2\fermata ^"G.P." | c4 c c c | c2 \once \override S

Re: Download link to "current devel" version

2015-03-29 Thread Jim Long
Disregard the line: test|\ in that file. That's leftover cruft from testing. A revised script is attached. On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 12:05:04AM -0700, Jim Long wrote: > > usage: > > foo.sh (architecture) > > where (architecture) is one of: > > linux-x86 >

Re: Download link to "current devel" version

2015-03-29 Thread Jim Long
ficiently, or if the directory structure at linuxaudio.org were to change sufficiently. HTH, Jim foo.sh Description: Bourne shell script ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: cadenza_and_accidentals-take2

2015-03-28 Thread Jim Long
On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 07:45:51PM +, bobr...@centrum.is wrote: > > - Original Message - > > From: "Noeck" > > > > A naive question: Could the \cadenzaOff command be changed in a way that > > it automatically implies the end of a measure at that point. > > I can think of instances w

Re: musicxml2ly

2015-03-21 Thread Jim Long
D'oh! Thanks for catching my proofreading error. On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 12:20:46AM +0100, Noeck wrote: > > PATH=${PATH}:/Applications/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin/musicxml2ly > > The folder should be in the path, not the executable: > > PATH=${PATH}:/Applications/LilyPond.app/Contents/

Re: musicxml2ly

2015-03-21 Thread Jim Long
On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 12:20:56AM +0100, Martin Tarenskeen wrote: > > I am not a Mac user. But first thing I thought was: doesn't a Mac have a > PATH variable like Linux and Windows have, where the long path to > ./bin can be added before having to type such long commands? Also, like most

Re: Creating Rest of length of music variable

2015-03-17 Thread Jim Long
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 10:21:55AM -0700, H. S. Teoh wrote: > > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/special-rhythmic-concerns#aligning-to-c adenzas Wow, those functions are almost buried in the docs. I don't see either of them in the index, and I would never have guessed

Re: Creating Rest of length of music variable

2015-03-17 Thread Jim Long
use that. It's easier than writing something new that does the same thing. This does have the limitation that you have to set an arbitrary size limit, the maximum duration of moments of rest that can be created via this method. In this example, that limit is set at 50,000 bars.

Re: Tweak Down causes extra space

2015-03-12 Thread Jim Long
he global music variable, so that both your full score and your individual parts will have identical rehearsal marks. Jim On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 08:37:13PM +, Craig Dabelstein wrote: > Hi Jim, > > When I put in the "Da Capo" as a text markup in the global section, it

Re: Tweak Down causes extra space

2015-03-12 Thread Jim Long
ing with X-extents and offsets, I don't know how to do anything about it. My approach uses TextScript markup objects instead of RehearsalMark objects. I hope it will give you some ideas about alternative solutions to your problem. Jim On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 07:35:44PM +, Craig Dabelst

Re: Copying metronome marks to multiple \StaffGroup's

2015-03-11 Thread Jim Long
60 % bpm Although, if you've moved the MetronomeMark engraver into a different context (other than the default 'Score' context), then you'll have to change the '\override Score...' to match the context you used. Also, two st

Re: How to remove tags from music returned by \keepWithTag ?

2015-03-10 Thread Jim Long
rase } s1*11 % copy first 11 bars d'4 f' e' c' % 12th bar } But \taggedRep doesn't quite fit that use case. Hmm, I'll have to muse over it a while and see if new uses for \taggedRep reveal themselves to me. Thanks again! Jim \include "extractMusic.ily" % htt

How to remove tags from music returned by \keepWithTag ?

2015-03-09 Thread Jim Long
27;' { a a a a } In other words, I'd like to find a function similar to \keepWithTag, except that the returned music expression would be entirely free of all tags. Perhaps even better would be a general function which simply strips \tag attributes from a music expression, but leaves th

Re: Getting ragged-last-bottom et. al to work?

2015-03-09 Thread Jim Long
On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 03:01:46PM -0400, st...@linuxsuite.org wrote: > > Umm,,, no I don't want a ragged layout. I want the last line on > the last page to fill the line.. That's ragged-last = ##f (2.18.2 NR 4.1.5). Even better, ##f is the default value, so you should be fine just searc

Re: exercises book

2015-03-04 Thread Jim Long
e-break-permission = ##f #music \revert Score.NonMusicalPaperColumn.line-break-permission #}) Its usage is: \noBreak { \music } around segments of \music where you wish to forbid line breaking. Regarding the second point, you want ragged-right = ##f, as the attached example shows. HTH, Jim \version &q

Re: Defining new contexts

2015-02-24 Thread Jim Long
On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 10:14:22AM -0700, Paul Morris wrote: > Jim Long wrote > > Is there a way I can define a context based on ChordNames and > > have it automatically inherit all of the properties of a > > ChordNames context, except the ones that I specifically ch

Re: Defining new contexts

2015-02-23 Thread Jim Long
erties of a ChordNames context, except the ones that I specifically change in my custom definition? In other words, a way to eliminate the need for the second \context {} block in your example? Jim ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Defining new contexts

2015-02-23 Thread Jim Long
usic on 1 page... Drawing systems... Layout output to `foo.ps'... Converting to `./foo.pdf'... Success: compilation successfully completed How can I modify the second score's source to have the scores engrave the same in the output file? Thank you! Jim \version "2.18.2" \sc

Re: system-system-spacing unevenness

2015-02-21 Thread Jim Long
ssociated my problem with the RhythmicStaff, because the wider-than-usual system spacing happened whenever there was a non-hidden RhythmicStaff in a given system. I can now make some aesthetic improvements to several of my charts. Thanks again! Jim ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

system-system-spacing unevenness

2015-02-21 Thread Jim Long
d? Thanks! Jim \version "2.18.0" \paper { ragged-last-bottom = ##f } melody = \new Staff \with { \override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-staff-spacing = #'( (basic-distance . 1) (minimum-distance . 1) (padding . 1) ) } \

Re: Line Length

2015-02-14 Thread Jim Long
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/line-length On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 03:58:17PM -0400, William Marchant wrote: > Hi, > I have a CODA at the end of a song, which I would like to keep by itself > on the bottom line. There are three bars with one or two notes each and > it loo

Re: Broken ligatures in recent LilyPond versions

2015-02-14 Thread Jim Long
> It is more complicated than that. Here is the ideal model for > OpenType ligature handling. Thank you very much, Werner. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Broken ligatures in recent LilyPond versions

2015-02-12 Thread Jim Long
On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 12:36:10AM +0100, Noeck wrote: > Hi Jim, > > concerning ligatures, you can forget about my paper block. It was just there, > because I know this font has ligatures. This markup line should be all you > need: > > >> \markup "Ligature

Re: converting old to new version not working right

2015-02-09 Thread Jim Long
the version statement is updated only to 2.16.0. Lose the -d switch if you don't want that behaviour. HTH, Jim ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: converting old to new version not working right

2015-02-09 Thread Jim Long
utable comes first in the search path. But no matter. > Looking into the file /usr/bin/convert-ly shows, it's 2.18.2 What's the URL of the source file you're converting? Jim ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: converting old to new version not working right

2015-02-09 Thread Jim Long
convert-ly binary that got installed is the same as the one inside the package archive. HTH, Jim On Mon, Feb 09, 2015 at 01:47:31PM -0700, Thomas Spuhler wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I am trying to build Messiah I downloaded from a WEB -site. There i

Re: sus7 chords in \chordmode

2015-01-27 Thread Jim Long
yntax to use in your chord exceptions list? I can't vouch for whether pop-chords Does The Right Thing (tm) or not, but c:sus4.7 is the syntax that works for Lilypond proper. Jim \score { << \new ChordNames \chordmode { c1:sus4.7 } c' &g

Re: Double thin bar lines and repeats?

2015-01-19 Thread Jim Long
On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 06:26:38PM -0800, Jim Long wrote: > > That is, a closing volta barline which has no matching opening > volta barline repeats either to the beginning of the piece, or to > the nearest double barline, whichever is closer. My apologies for not describi

Re: Double thin bar lines and repeats?

2015-01-19 Thread Jim Long
piece, by default. What I didn't know until somewhat recently, is that a double barline is handled the same as the beginning of a piece. That is, a closing volta barline which has no matching opening volta barline repeats either to the beginn

Re: Grand Advanced Stylesheet Project (GASP)

2015-01-19 Thread Jim Long
On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 09:36:55AM -0500, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > > > Melody + chords (tunes, e.g. Irish or old-timey) > > That's a "lead sheet" in my parlance. IMO, it would be useful to include an (optional) lyric context in th

Re: snippet throws programming errors

2015-01-12 Thread Jim Long
* replace "<<...>>" with {...} on the \new Staff statement. ... That is the correct solution, IMO. HTH, Jim ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: How can I write simultaneous music in \chordmode?

2015-01-07 Thread Jim Long
On Thu, Jan 08, 2015 at 11:19:44AM +1100, Brett Duncan wrote: > > Jim, I just tried the above in Lilypond 2.19.15, and it worked fine - > maybe the simplest solution is an upgrade! > > Brett Thank you very much, Brett! That'

Re: How can I write simultaneous music in \chordmode?

2015-01-07 Thread Jim Long
Y'know, one other syntactic oddity this has shown me is that \chordmode requires the braces around its music expression, even if it is a single chord: \chordmode c1 is not okay, it has to be \chordmode { c1 } Not a problem, just a curiousity. On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 03:46:39PM -0800

Re: How can I write simultaneous music in \chordmode?

2015-01-07 Thread Jim Long
n resulting in a number of strange chord alterations. Compilable example attached! It's still somewhat klunky, but it does at least meet my test of not artificially lengthening the number of beats/measures of music. Thanks for getting the thought processes going! Jim > But I?m sure someone

How can I write simultaneous music in \chordmode?

2015-01-06 Thread Jim Long
hope I've explained this well, I'm not so sure right now! :) If someone feels like they could help if they had a clearer example, I'll try to cobble one up. Thank you! Jim ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: controlling number of bars in a line

2015-01-05 Thread Jim Long
Have a look at: http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=838 Jim On Mon, Jan 05, 2015 at 01:39:46PM -0700, Jay Hamilton wrote: > I'm feeling really stupid because I can't find this information (and I > know it's there) in the manuals either online or in the pdfs. > basical

Re: Use of Stackoverflow for Question/Answer forum

2014-12-23 Thread Jim Long
On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 06:58:58PM +0100, Noeck wrote: > Am 22.12.2014 um 22:26 schrieb Garrett Fitzgerald: > > It's actually been discussed on meta - consensus is that people should > > actually come over here for help. :-) > > > > http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/168297/on-which-site-are-

Re: Repeat Volta Bar Types

2014-11-11 Thread Jim Long
gt; > #(define-bar-line "||-r" "||" "||" "||") > > \score { > \new Staff { > \bar "||-r" > \repeat volta 2 { c'1 c'1 } > } > > \layout { > \context { > \Score > startRepeatType = #"||-r" > endRepeatType = #"||-r" > %% not needed in the minimal example > %doubleRepeatType = #"||-r" > } > } > } Thanks, Harm. Hopefully that will solve the OP's needs more reliably than the crude solution I suggested. Cheers, Jim ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Repeat Volta Bar Types

2014-11-11 Thread Jim Long
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 11:18:55PM +0100, Thomas Morley wrote: > 2014-11-11 22:31 GMT+01:00 Chris Crossen : > > > > On Nov 11, 2014, at 2:02 PM, Jim Long wrote: > > > >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 01:39:23PM -0700, Chris Crossen wrote: > >>> Is it possib

Re: Repeat Volta Bar Types

2014-11-11 Thread Jim Long
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 01:39:23PM -0700, Chris Crossen wrote: > Is it possible to get different repeat bar images when using \repeat volta ? One way, although probably not the best way, is to simply specify the bar type with the \bar directive: \version "2.19.3" \new Staff { c'1 \bar "||"

Re: Single Staff Spacing

2014-11-06 Thread Jim Long
t Lilypond auto-space the systems on the page to fill the page. To do this, use this paper block instead of the one above: \paper { ragged-last-bottom = ##f } HTH, Jim On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 08:43:29PM -0600, Chris Trahan wrote: > I'm new to Lilypond. I have a simple score that

Re: Lilypond 2.16 and 2.18 incompatibility for \relative without absolute note outside the score

2014-11-04 Thread Jim Long
If you need to make lots of edits to instances of \relative in your source code, then: 1) sed(1) is your friend; 2) that's what DEFINE's are for. On Tue, Nov 04, 2014 at 04:02:21PM +, Mark Veltzer wrote: > Unfortunately I cannot use convert-ly, since on a large project such as I am > workin

How to search for closed, starred lilypond issues?

2014-10-31 Thread Jim Long
Apologies if this should be on the developer list; please forward if so. How can I search for non-open issues that I have starred? The search dropdown permits me to search only for open, starred issues. http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list Thanks, Jim

Re: How to search for closed, starred lilypond issues?

2014-10-31 Thread Jim Long
Sorry for the noise on this one. It seems I misunderstood how the tracker defines "Open." I can view all the issues I've starred. Jim On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 09:29:54PM -0700, Jim Long wrote: > Apologies if this should be on the developer list; please forward > if so. >

Re: A pause in 3/4 measure

2014-10-31 Thread Jim Long
or 4/4 is a no-op, and can be omitted. But that is a special case. The general case is that a full-measure rest is always coded as: R1*(time-sig) where (time-sig) is the fractional representation of your time signature. Jim On Sat, Nov 01, 2014 at 05:21:54AM +0100, Dr. Bernhard Kl

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