Re: survey on multiple development versions

2013-12-10 Thread Paul Morris
Mike Solomon wrote > If lilypond.org were to propose multiple development versions (say 5 > instead of 1), each offering a different set of experimental features > (including the canonical development version), and if lilypond.org offered > information on which versions were in need of testing by w

Re: lilypond.org "Pondings"

2013-12-09 Thread Paul Morris
Urs Liska wrote > Step out of the dark and tell the world what we do! I use LilyPond for alternative music notation systems like Clairnote: http://clairnote.org/ http://clairnote.org/sheet-music/ and TwinNote (which was my previous focus): http://clairnote.org/twinnote/ http://clairnote.org/twinn

Gittip (was: Frescobaldi Project Support)

2013-12-01 Thread Paul Morris
SoundsFromSound wrote > I wonder how the [Gittip] system works and how effective it could be for > FLOSS development. I have been keeping my eye on Gittip. It's basically a tool that lets individuals make ongoing weekly payments to other individuals (or organizations) to support whatever work the

Re: Scheme: passing arguments to music-function?

2013-11-21 Thread Paul Morris
Looks like David beat me to it with a more elegant approach. -Paul -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Scheme-passing-arguments-to-music-function-tp154245p154248.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _

Re: Scheme: passing arguments to music-function?

2013-11-21 Thread Paul Morris
If I understand you correctly, you could use "cond" as shown below, and use your other arguments in place of "SYSTEM" or "STAFF". HTH, -Paul \version "2.17.95" foo = #(define-music-function( P L arg ) (string?) (cond ((equal? arg "system") #{ \

Re: How install/run musicxml2ly on a Mac?

2013-11-11 Thread Paul Morris
safvet wrote > Can someone give me a pointer as to how to install musicxml2ly on a Mac, > and how to execute same? I have looked at the usage.pdf, but I can't find > installation instructions. Hi, musicxml2ly is actually included as part of the LilyPond.app that you download from the LilyPond web

Snippet: Using non-standard clef positions and adding customized clef definitions

2013-11-11 Thread Paul Morris
Hi all, While figuring out how to use non-standard clef definitions, I found this snippet: "Using non-standard clef positions and adding customized clef definitions" http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=401 But it seems outdated as it doesn't use the "add-new-clef" function. So I've created a

Re: Automated custom clef settings for custom staves

2013-11-11 Thread Paul Morris
Paul Morris wrote > However, I think you could put these definitions at the beginning of > 'mymusic' and tag them, and then use the tag to include or exclude the > definitions depending on which clefs you wanted. (Then you'd only have to > use tags in one place rather

Re: Automated custom clef settings for custom staves

2013-11-11 Thread Paul Morris
Urs Liska wrote > I didn't really follow this thread, but wouldn't the following be > possible? > > music = { > Some music } > > trad = { \music } > > custom = { > custom-clef-definition > \music > } Hi Urs, Thanks for the thought, but it seems this won't work. Adding either a new or ch

Re: Automated custom clef settings for custom staves

2013-11-10 Thread Paul Morris
David Kastrup wrote > Paul Morris < > paul@ > > writes: > >> Currently you have to make changes in the music (the content) for >> custom clefs to work, whether that's defining a new clef with a >> non-standard name, > > A definition of a new c

Re: Automated custom clef settings for custom staves

2013-11-10 Thread Paul Morris
David Kastrup wrote > I don't understand the problem. I have no clue what you are trying to > achieve and why. You want some clefs to print different clefs than > asked for when in a different staff. Why? Ok, sounds like my examples were too tiny to make things clear. The custom staves I'm wor

Re: Automated custom clef settings for custom staves

2013-11-10 Thread Paul Morris
dak wrote > Paul Morris < > paul@ > > writes: > >> Ideally the way to handle this *very* *very* marginal issue, would be >> to have the default settings for middleCPosition and clefPosition for >> each kind of clef, loaded at the staff level for each s

Re: Automated custom clef settings for custom staves

2013-11-10 Thread Paul Morris
Below is my attempt to use a custom engraver to set custom clef settings but only when the clefs appear in a particular custom staff context. It doesn't quite work since the setting changes take effect too late. The first note after the new clef is placed on the staff before the change to "m

Automated custom clef settings for custom staves

2013-11-10 Thread Paul Morris
Hi everyone, Say you have a custom staff that needs custom settings for each of the different clefs, namely "middleCPosition" to put the notes on the right lines and spaces, and "clefPosition" to put the clef in the right vertical position. You can put these settings into a variable and use th

Re: modular "markup" and arguments

2013-11-07 Thread Paul Morris
Bric wrote > So... this is all quite amazing and powerful.But the interplay > between the multiplicity of notes, and the singularity of "\markup" is > something to finesse further. So far we're just adding a markup before or after the whole string of music we're passing to the music function

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Frescobaldi included in MacPorts!

2013-11-06 Thread Paul Morris
Davide Liessi-2 wrote > I'm pleased to announce that Frescobaldi and python-poppler-qt4 have been > included in MacPorts! Congrats Davide! This is great news. Thanks for all your work on this. I successfully completed a frescobaldi-devel install from MacPorts using your helpful guide. The onl

Re: modular "markup" and arguments

2013-11-06 Thread Paul Morris
Bric wrote > So, can one throw in conditionals? > > (1) Can one, for instance, check/manifest the pitch and duration of > '#the-music' ? And based on those values are, write something or not? > > (2) And how DOES one write something extra? For example, add a note, or > add a \markup (again,

Re: modular "markup" and arguments

2013-11-06 Thread Paul Morris
Bric wrote > but none of them work. Obviously, I don't know where scheme ends and > lilypond code begins, in the above, and I don't even know scheme that > well. (By the way, I think I read the relevant parts of the > documentation, as much as I could find. I couldn't find stuff on this > l

Re: On creating "title pages" and the like

2013-11-06 Thread Paul Morris
Urs Liska wrote > The issue is that the LSR file is written for 2.14, and the syntax has > changed in the meantime: \markuplines is now \markuplist. > That's what David is referring to with his advice to use convert-ly. The only indication that I could find on the LSR site that the snippets are f

Re: modular "markup" and arguments

2013-11-05 Thread Paul Morris
David Kastrup wrote > Minimally simpler: > > revertboo = \undo \boo Thanks David! Those are nice improvements to know. I looked up \undo and \temporary to better familiarize myself with them. Here they are in the docs for anyone interested: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation

Re: modular "markup" and arguments

2013-11-05 Thread Paul Morris
Paul Morris wrote > \version "2.17.29" > > boo = { \override NoteHead.color = #red } > revertboo = { \revert NoteHead.color } > > { a' \boo dis' e' fis' g \revertboo b } And this can even be simplified to this: \version "2.17.29"

Re: modular "markup" and arguments

2013-11-05 Thread Paul Morris
Bric wrote > I want the ability to distribute the effect of "\boo" to a SET of notes. > > Such as \boo { dis' e' fis' g' } > > where all the four notes are affected by boo. > > I tried using > > boo = { \override NoteHead.color = #red } > > and then \boo dis' e' fis' g \revert > > but th

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

2013-11-02 Thread Paul Morris
David Kastrup wrote > Uh, we do have a manual that can be edited, improved, and evolve over time > with different versions of LilyPond... Right, but formal documentation is not the same as more informal Q&A/support, and they have different levels of editing accessibility/difficulty and quality exp

Re: Thoughts about creating Stack Exchange page?

2013-11-02 Thread Paul Morris
janek.lilypond wrote > Q&A sites like StackExchange are better for sharing Q&A knowledge than > mailing lists because they allow to edit information, update it, > remove duplicates, and make order. I think this is a good point. The mailing list is sufficient and fine, but it's probably not opti

Re: New "make-path-stencil" function

2013-10-31 Thread Paul Morris
Carl Sorensen-3 wrote > (map (lambda (x) (cdr x)) (delete (list 'closepath) commandlist)) > > should be able to be replaced by > > (map cdr (delete (list 'closepath) commandlist)) Yes indeed, good point! Thanks, -Paul -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Ne

Re: New "make-path-stencil" function

2013-10-31 Thread Paul Morris
On Oct 28, 2013, at 11:51 PM, Carl Sorensen wrote: > I haven't tried to rewrite your code, but when I first learned Scheme I > was told that anytime you saw lots of set! expressions in the code, you > were trying to write procedural code (I.e. c) instead of functional code > (Scheme). Your code

Re: Frescobaldi Preview Modes

2013-10-30 Thread Paul Morris
David Kastrup wrote > "De-bug" means removing bugs. I agree with David here. Having bugs implies something is broken and doesn't work, not just that the layout is not exactly what you'd want (which is always somewhat subjective). "Janek Warchol wrote > Note that what we're talking about here

Re: New "make-path-stencil" function

2013-10-29 Thread Paul Morris
Carl Sorensen-3 wrote > Cool idea! Thanks! >>- allow "unconnected" paths with multiple segments. (i.e. allow (r)moveto >>in the middle of the path expression) > > Seems to allow simplification of complex stencils. Indeed, it lets you put things where you want them in the first place, both in r

Re: New "make-path-stencil" function

2013-10-29 Thread Paul Morris
Hi David N, David Nalesnik-2 wrote > Thank you for posting this! > > In the process of working on adding niente circles to Ferneyhough hairpins > (Issue 3357), I noticed that these hairpins don't work with line breaks. > (They are simply duplicated.) The routine which draws them uses > make-co

Re: Frescobaldi Preview Modes

2013-10-29 Thread Paul Morris
Wilbert Berendsen-4 wrote > What do you think of a third main mode: > - Preview mode (just point and click, as it has been) > - Publish mode (no point and click) > - Debug mode: this mode listens to the settings in the Debug mode panel. I think this makes sense. My only suggestion is to consider

New "make-path-stencil" function

2013-10-28 Thread Paul Morris
Hi all, While working on a snippet for the "make-connected-path-stencil" function[1] I got to thinking about whether it would be possible to write a function that would have all of its benefits but none of its limitations. A function that would combine the benefits of make-connected-path-ste

Re: make-connected-path-stencil with variables and connected paths

2013-10-24 Thread Paul Morris
Thomas Morley-2 wrote > many thanks for your snippet. > It has a very useful description! Hi Harm, Glad you like it. Thomas Morley-2 wrote > Though, two suggestions: > 1) I'd rename the note-head-stencil. 'diamond is already taken for a > note-head-style > 2) The stem-attachment while using this

Re: make-connected-path-stencil with variables and connected paths

2013-10-23 Thread Paul Morris
Thomas Morley-2 wrote > There are some snippets using 'path' > http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Search?q=path Indeed, I have found them very helpful! Thomas Morley-2 wrote > Would be nice to have one with 'make-connected-path-stencil' Ok, here we go: http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?u=1&id=891 I "d

Re: make-connected-path-stencil with variables and connected paths

2013-10-20 Thread Paul Morris
Thomas Morley-2 wrote > Why not simply: > > \markup \stencil >#(make-connected-path-stencil > '((0 2) (2 2)) > 0.1 > 1 > 1 > #f ;; <-- error if set to #t > #t) > > Maybe including the error-log Sounds good, and good call on using \markup. -Paul -- View this messag

Re: make-connected-path-stencil with variables and connected paths

2013-10-20 Thread Paul Morris
David Kastrup wrote > Paul Morris < > paul@ > > writes: > >> 2. Setting connect to #t gives this GUILE error (this seems like a bug): >> Wrong type argument in position 1 (expecting empty list): closepath > > Try making a report (including example) focu

Re: make-connected-path-stencil with variables and connected paths

2013-10-20 Thread Paul Morris
David Kastrup wrote > Thomas Morley < > thomasmorley65@ > > writes: > >> Hi Paul, >> >> 2013/10/20 Paul Morris < > paul@ > >: >>> Hi all, I'm trying to use make-connected-path-stencil, but it'

make-connected-path-stencil with variables and connected paths

2013-10-19 Thread Paul Morris
Hi all, I'm trying to use make-connected-path-stencil, but it's not working as expected, in two ways. Here's a tiny example: \version "2.17.28" myStencil = #(let* ((A 0) (B 1)) (make-connected-path-stencil '((A B) (B B) (A A)) ;; <-- variables can't be used in pointlist?

Re: New, more powerful version of \shape!

2013-10-17 Thread Paul Morris
Janek Warchoł wrote > I'd like to hear your opinions. Do you like it? Should it be added > to official LilyPond distribution? Looks good to me! Nice work. I'd say yes and yes. What other "modes of specifying control-points position" do you have in mind? Thanks! -Paul -- View this message

Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Portfile for Frescobaldi on Mac

2013-10-17 Thread Paul Morris
Davide, Thanks for the portfile and the easy to follow guide for it! I successfully upgraded to the new Frescobaldi 2.0.11 using your portfile for the first time. It all went smoothly. A big improvement over doing it manually as I had done it before. The app bundle is a nice bonus. I just r

Re: ANN: Frescobaldi 2.0.11 released

2013-10-17 Thread Paul Morris
Congrats on the release! Props, kudos, and thanks to everyone who contributes to Frescobaldi, and while I'm at it, LilyPond as well. The new features look great. I know my eyes are really going to appreciate the new scheme highlighting! :-) The mac app bundle is a nice bonus. Cheers, -Paul

Re: Colored note heads with black outline

2013-10-13 Thread Paul Morris
Paul Morris wrote > I realized it needs to be improved so that it will also handle \breve and > \longa note durations correctly. I'll include some examples of using the > "(x11-color 'orange)" style colors to help make it more obvious that > that's an option.

Re: Colored note heads with black outline

2013-10-13 Thread Paul Morris
Onno Zweers wrote > Would it be an idea to post the code in the snippets database? Hi Onno, Glad this is working for you. I was thinking I would add it to the snippet database (LSR). I realized it needs to be improved so that it will also handle \breve and \longa note durations correctly. I'll

Re: Automatic generation of scores skeletons

2013-10-13 Thread Paul Morris
Jacques Menu-2 wrote > Also, entering the spec data could be done in a GUI window as an > extension. I could see this being integrated into Frescobaldi, perhaps? Nice work, btw! -Paul -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Automatic-generation-of-scores-skelet

Re: Lyric-Staff-spacing fails with smaller lyrics

2013-10-13 Thread Paul Morris
Eluze wrote > I don't think LP fails, it's just that the vertical spacing isn't > corrected with the \staffSize macro (which btw can be simplified to > > staffSize = #(define-music-function (parser location new-size) (number?) > #{ > \set fontSize = #new-size > \override StaffSymbol #'st

Re: Complete syntax documentation

2013-10-12 Thread Paul Morris
Kevin wrote > I have searched and searched, but I can't to seem find any documentation > on the actual file structure, with all the various elements, in one place. Have you come across this page on "file structure"? http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/file-structure HTH, -Paul

Re: New User Frescobaldi Setup for Mac

2013-10-09 Thread Paul Morris
Paul Morris wrote > (Hmmm... this might be something to add to the guide.) And done. -Paul -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/New-User-Frescobaldi-Setup-for-Mac-tp152054p152056.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.

Re: New User Frescobaldi Setup for Mac

2013-10-09 Thread Paul Morris
garrettm30 wrote > After all of those instructions, I have successfully gotten Frescobaldi to > launch, but it seems to have trouble pairing with LilyPond. When I go into > the Preferences -> LilyPond Preferences, and set the "LilyPond version to > use", I click add, point it to the LilyPond app, a

Re: Colored note heads with black outline

2013-10-09 Thread Paul Morris
Pierre Perol-Schneider wrote > Thanks Paul, your code is much better than the one I was going to put. > Looks like a Christmas tree :) Thanks Pierre, and thanks for figuring out how to do the note heads in the first place! That was a clever solution. I've made the changes you suggested, and ma

Re: Colored note heads with black outline

2013-10-09 Thread Paul Morris
SoundsFromSound wrote > This is perfect Paul, it's exactly what I need for a project that just > landed on my desk tonight! Man, you're a SCHEME machine! I'll get there > someday...right? :) > > Thank you so much for sharing that code with us! Thanks Ben! Glad you can use the code. Sounds like

Re: Catch direction operators

2013-10-09 Thread Paul Morris
David Kastrup wrote > Might make more sense to add it to LilyPond's own snippet base, I guess. > Obviously, we have no limitations how new any snippets may be there. Sounds good. David Kastrup wrote > Well, I try keeping the global name space uncluttered, but if you see an > actual potential for

Re: Catch direction operators

2013-10-08 Thread Paul Morris
David Kastrup wrote > Looks fine. \colorizeDir is not actually being used as a tweak here, > but then that makes pretty little sense anyway. Ok, I've added it here: http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=889 Since it requires 2.17 I had to comment out the whole thing, and add a single note to get t

Re: Colored note heads with black outline

2013-10-08 Thread Paul Morris
Onno Zweers wrote > One question though. I intend to apply this effect to many different > lilypond scores. Currently I include a stylesheet.ly from all my > Lilypond files to produce the colors. It would be great if I could just > add some code to my stylesheet to get this outline effect, inste

Re: Catch direction operators

2013-10-08 Thread Paul Morris
dak wrote > You can add it wherever you want. I don't see it making any sense as an > addition to LilyPond proper as it is a rather special use case. It may > still be nice as a snippet as it is simple, flexible, and powerful. The > use cases also show \tweak as an internal workhorse for both tw

Re: Making only the first letter of a word bold in a text markup?

2013-09-30 Thread Paul Morris
Hi David and Kieren, Thank you for the tips! That was fast! (resending since this message did not show up on the list with my first attempt...) Best, -Paul ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinf

Making only the first letter of a word bold in a text markup?

2013-09-29 Thread Paul Morris
In a text markup, is it possible to make only the first letter of a word bold?  I tried using \bold as shown below, but an unwanted space appears after the bold letter.  I could probably shift the letters around manually to correct for the space, but is there a better way?Greetings,-Paul\version "2

Re: \path command

2013-09-24 Thread Paul Morris
Oops, I see you're working with the \path markup command rather than the stencil expression 'path' (which is off in scheme land). -Paul -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/path-command-tp151274p151325.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Re: \path command

2013-09-24 Thread Paul Morris
Hi Ming, I assume you have seen this snippet that documents the use of \path? http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=623 Here is a website that I've found helpful for figuring out cubic-bezier curve values: http://cubic-bezier.com Good luck! :-) -Paul -- View this message in context: http://li

Re: midi doesn't work with custom Voice contexts

2013-09-09 Thread Paul Morris
Thomas Morley-2 wrote > Is this really valid code? Good question. I don't actually know... It does seem odd that a \layout block can go inside a \midi block like that. Cheers, -Paul -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Re-midi-doesn-t-work-with-custom-Voic

Re: midi doesn't work with custom Voice contexts

2013-09-09 Thread Paul Morris
Hi David, David Nalesnik-2 wrote > I've never been able to edit my snippets after they have been approved. > What you can do is post a new snippet: copy the old one, change it, and > give it a title like "Defining a Custom Staff Context [corrected]." The > person who reviews it will then replace

Re: midi doesn't work with custom Voice contexts

2013-09-09 Thread Paul Morris
Janek Warchoł wrote >> Ah, I see over on the dev forum that this is already in the works: >> https://codereview.appspot.com/13578045/ > > Indeed. Suggestions on appropriate wording welcome! Ok, I'll put it on my to-do list and see what I can do, but I don't think I'll have time for it in the nea

Re: midi doesn't work with custom Voice contexts

2013-09-07 Thread Paul Morris
Aha! I think this explains why I get this: warning: cannot find or create new `StaffTwinNote' when I use music that includes my custom staff context in a \midi block. Everything still worked fine, so I did not look further into it before. I see where the problem lies now, but I don't think

Re: Pdf point and click on Mac OS

2013-08-31 Thread Paul Morris
It works in Frescobaldi on a mac. That might be your best bet, and you'd get all the other great benefits of using Frescobaldi: http://www.frescobaldi.org/ The downside is that installing it on the mac is not a simple process, but there is a good guide: https://github.com/wbsoft/frescobaldi/wiki/

Re: a few questions

2013-08-27 Thread Paul Morris
Here's a discussion of \relative mode: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/learning/simple-notation "The easiest way to enter notes is by using \relative mode. In this mode, the octave is chosen automatically by assuming the following note is always to be placed closest to the previous not

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Scale Matcher website built with LilyPond

2013-08-25 Thread Paul Morris
Just FYI, I'm also getting the bug with the "Select a standard chord:" box. (Click-hold-drag does work, at least on the first time you try it.) Firefox 24, OSX 10.8 P.S. Glad you found my suggestions helpful and incorporated them! -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Scale Matcher website built with LilyPond

2013-08-24 Thread Paul Morris
Very cool and well done! A nice use of LilyPond. Here are a couple of small suggestions: - On the results page why not include a sentence about what the red notes mean? That way the user doesn't have to leave that page to remind themselves. - Why not include a tiny link to the .ly source file

Re: [Schikkers-List]: demo feedback

2013-08-20 Thread Paul Morris
On Aug 20, 2013, at 4:02 AM, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: > Thank you! Now all I need is more hackers and users/people giving > feedback, like you :-) Glad to help. :-) >> One thing that is counter-intuitive (maybe you're already aware of >> this), is that selecting a different note duration from

[Schikkers-List]: demo feedback

2013-08-19 Thread Paul Morris
Nice progress on Schikkers list! It seems like it is coming along well. One thing that is counter-intuitive (maybe you're already aware of this), is that selecting a different note duration from the palette changes the currently selected note. My expectation was that it would only apply to n

Re: Ancient History

2013-06-29 Thread Paul Morris
I have Finale 2007 and it does appear that it will import from Rhapsody. Let me know if you'd like me to import and export as musicXML. -Paul -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Ancient-History-tp147502p147521.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at

Re: Frescobaldi and macports

2013-06-26 Thread Paul Morris
I was able to successfully install frescobaldi using macports on OSX 10.8. I had to install XCode for the first time, and I did not run into the error you're seeing. I don't know how to troubleshoot it. -Paul -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Frescobald

Re: lilypond blog address: final decision. please state your opinion.

2013-06-23 Thread Paul Morris
I also prefer blog.lilypond.org But lilypondblog.org would be fine, and it looks like the path of least resistance and the more likely outcome given the previous discussion. -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/lilypond-blog-address-final-decision-please-stat

Re: Discuss signature for new function \annotate (new version)

2013-06-12 Thread Paul Morris
Urs Liska wrote > BTW: How can I read such properties in a Scheme function, i.e. determine > where we are in a piece when a function is executed? > I didn't find it in the manual ... > http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/extending/object-properties > says that object properties are st

Re: Frescobaldi copy to colored html?

2013-06-11 Thread Paul Morris
Using Frescobaldi 2.0.10 (mac), when I paste into a LibreOffice document or an email message I get the colored text (but not the raw html). I haven't been able to get the raw html. Pasting into a plain text editor does not do it. -Paul -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.10690

Re: Overriding skyline settings (for accidentals) in 2.17 ?

2013-06-11 Thread Paul Morris
> Paul Morris paulwmorris.com> writes: > > > > Yes. If you set them to an empty list, the code uses the extents > > > \override Accidental #'horizontal-skylines = #'() > > > > Thanks for the tip. I tried it and the result was that the spa

Re: Overriding skyline settings (for accidentals) in 2.17 ?

2013-06-10 Thread Paul Morris
Yes.  If you set them to an empty list, the code uses the extents   \override Accidental #'horizontal-skylines = #'() Thanks for the tip.  I tried it and the result was that the space between the accidentals and notes collapsed:Changing the X-extent settings did not have an effect on the space betw

Overriding skyline settings (for accidentals) in 2.17 ?

2013-06-09 Thread Paul Morris
anging such skyline settings, in general?  What is a "pair of skylines" that these settings take?  Am I just getting ahead of the documentation here?Rendering the code snippet below in 2.16 and 2.17 shows the difference between them.  Thanks in advance for any advice on this!-Paul Morris%% B

Re: Document text size

2013-06-08 Thread Paul Morris
Nels Daily wrote > I am wanting to use different fonts than the default Century Schoolbook. > Century schoolbook is a naturally large typeface, and the glyphs in > LilyPond have > been designed to match it. I want to use other fonts by enlarging the > default > document text size without altering t

Re: Frecobaldi 2 Mac OS X install guide

2013-06-06 Thread Paul Morris
Andrew Bernard wrote > As a result of this thread, I have decided the need is there for a > macports bundle for frescobaldi, one that includes all the dependencies > with no headaches. This seems to be what people want, short of a Mac GUI > installed. I'll start in on that project tomorrow. Thi

Re: Vertical position of rests on a custom staff

2013-06-04 Thread Paul Morris
data works for a given case, then it's the safer choice of the two. Thanks for the explanation. -Paul Morris -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Vertical-position-of-rests-on-a-custom-staff-tp146537p146669.html Sent from the User ma

Re: Vertical position of rests on a custom staff

2013-06-04 Thread Paul Morris
the function to return a value, but ly:grob-property-data would not. Is that right? Thanks again, -Paul Morris restShifter.ly Description: Binary data ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: moving LilyPond blog to our website

2013-06-04 Thread Paul Morris
e page requested is not in cache, the cache engine “captures” the html produced by WordPress and puts it on file." Phil Holmes wrote: > However, I honestly don't think it's a case of just asking someone and admin > being given. As others have said, what about the load on the server?

Re: moving LilyPond blog to our website

2013-06-04 Thread Paul Morris
e page requested is not in cache, the cache engine “captures” the html produced by WordPress and puts it on file." Phil Holmes wrote: > However, I honestly don't think it's a case of just asking someone and admin > being given. As others have said, what about the load on the server?

Re: LilyPond blog! who wants to join?

2013-06-03 Thread Paul Morris
it could be at www.lilypond.org/blog/ on the lilypond.org domain and to some extent integrated into the main LilyPond website. (i.e. make it easy to navigate back and forth between the two sites seamlessly) -Paul Morris -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/LilyPond-blog-wh

Re: Vertical position of rests on a custom staff

2013-06-03 Thread Paul Morris
n be shifted up to avoid a line through the middle of the rest. (However, on one of the staves they appear in their usual position even though there is no line to avoid.) -Paul Morris shiftRests3.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document shiftRests3.ly

Re: Vertical position of rests on a custom staff

2013-06-03 Thread Paul Morris
hank you! This will do the trick. -Paul Morris -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Vertical-position-of-rests-on-a-custom-staff-tp146537p146634.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ lil

Re: Vertical position of rests on a custom staff

2013-06-02 Thread Paul Morris
the overrides on and off when there are more than one voice on a staff, at least now this is only needed for rests that are longer than a whole rest, which do not occur that often. -Paul Morris shiftRests2.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document shiftRests2.ly Description: Binary data _

Vertical position of rests on a custom staff

2013-05-31 Thread Paul Morris
ay or two, but wanted to go ahead and send this while I was working on it. -Paul Morris adjustRests.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document adjustRests.ly Description: Binary data ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gn

Re: Feature Request: Chromatic note names

2013-05-30 Thread Paul Morris
I did some experimenting with this snippet: http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=638 And I think it might be a good way to convert chromatic note name input to traditional note name input. No midi conversion required. Here's how it works: Add the following two language definitions to: scm/define

Re: Feature Request: Chromatic note names

2013-05-29 Thread Paul Morris
ericoschm...@yahoo.com.br wrote > Sorry for the delay, here's the file i had been doing some testing. Thanks for posting your file. I now see that re-setting the language like this \language english overwrites the changes that were made by #(ly:parser-set-note-names parser dodecaPitchNames)

Re: Frecobaldi 2 Mac OS X install guide

2013-05-27 Thread Paul Morris
Hmmm, I remember running into the "No module named sip" problem back when I was trying to install the dependencies manually. When I switched to using MacPorts I installed python using it (following the instructions on the Frescobaldi site), which is a step that is not included in Philippe's guide.

Re: Frecobaldi 2 Mac OS X install guide

2013-05-27 Thread Paul Morris
flup2 wrote > I don't "install" it like a Unix program. I just expand the archive in the > Applications folder. That way, the path to frescobaldi binary looks like: > /Applications/frescobaldi/frescobaldi (the first "frescobaldi is the > folder name, the second one is the binary itself). I've adde

Re: Feature Request: Chromatic note names

2013-05-19 Thread Paul Morris
ericoschm...@yahoo.com.br wrote > And, lets say i get it back to lilypond with the correct pitches / > and tritones / > , but the notes enharmonically wrong according to the key signature (lets > say, e flats in a Emaj key, where should be d sharps). > Doesnt lilypond has an "smart" transpose func

Re: Feature Request: Chromatic note names

2013-05-17 Thread Paul Morris
Here's more explanation of the dodecaPitchNames snippet: http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=619 This part: #(ly:parser-set-note-names parser dodecaPitchNames) Calls dodecaPitchNames, which as I understand it, basically takes something like this as its input (the default pitchnames list):

Re: Feature Request: Chromatic note names

2013-05-17 Thread Paul Morris
purposes of placing it on the staff, but with a sharp alteration attached.) This is a completely different way of achieving a chromatic staff than the "staffLineLayoutFunction" approach that is used in MNP-scripts.ly and twinnote-scripts.ly. As I mentioned before: Paul Morris wrote >

Re: Feature Request: Chromatic note names

2013-05-17 Thread Paul Morris
dak wrote > So in case you are using 2.17.16 or newer, it would be nice if you > checked that this "first pitch like absolute" rule works even when > starting with an f sharp. I gave this a try in 2.17.18 with the test code below, and "first pitch like absolute" still works even with a default sca

Re: Feature Request: Chromatic note names

2013-05-16 Thread Paul Morris
ericoschm...@yahoo.com.br wrote >>>(Rookie scheme tip: a single quote (') is not the same as a backtick (`). This tripped me up!) > > did i use the wrong one somewhere??? No you're fine, I just got them confused and it took awhile to figure out what was wrong. So just a cautionary tale for the

Re: Feature Request: Chromatic note names

2013-05-16 Thread Paul Morris
ericoschm...@yahoo.com.br wrote > But i really am confused with those different plataforms for the same > list: > nabble, gnu, and mail-archive > which is the one i should actually be browsing? I think it's basically just a matter of personal preference. I'm trying out nabble at the moment. -Pau

Re: Feature Request: Chromatic note names

2013-05-16 Thread Paul Morris
With some help from these snippets: http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=784 http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=619 I worked out how to redefine the note names, and make the default scale (the scale that is represented by the staff) a chromatic scale. See the snippet below. This avoids the in

Re: Feature Request: Chromatic note names

2013-05-15 Thread Paul Morris
Paul Morris wrote > First you'd want to confirm that \relative mode makes its decision about a > note's octave *after* such an override of a note though. On second thought, I don't think this approach will work since \relative mode is on the input side of things and \over

Re: Feature Request: Chromatic note names

2013-05-15 Thread Paul Morris
Hi Érico, Érico Schmitt wrote > Problem comes when using the \relative mode. Lilypond's octaves in this > mode > is based in the diatonic scale, so it will place the next note in the > closest position possible (a fourth up or down). > > If my "fi" note is set as an f#, and i input { do fi }

Re: ANN: Frescobaldi 2.0.10

2013-05-14 Thread Paul Morris
Urs Liska wrote > Am Dienstag, den 14.05.2013, 22:14 +0200 schrieb David Kastrup: >> Derek < > cushy@ > > writes: >> >> > Sorry David, I don't understand what you are trying to say here. >> >> Never mind, it was just an attempt at a bad joke. >> > I found it really funny. Especially with this

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