Re: Fwd: Compile crashing... help!

2018-05-09 Thread Samuel Speer
On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 10:44 AM David Kastrup wrote: > 1.82G is a bit of a strange number for a 64bit binary. Are you using a > 64bit Windows and definitely a 64bit LilyPond (!) executable? > I checked my executable and it looks to be 32-bit. However, I couldn't find a 64-bit version on lilypon

Lyric alignment

2017-11-10 Thread Samuel Speer
Hi list members, Lily naturally spaces measures beautifully when there are no lyrics, but when lyrics are added, she gets thrown off quite a bit. There have been several discussions about that already on the list. Is there a way to have Lily act as if syllables have no width? What I would like t

Lyric alignment question

2017-11-10 Thread Samuel Speer
Hi list members, Lily naturally spaces measures beautifully when there are no lyrics, but when lyrics are added, she gets thrown off quite a bit. There have been several discussions about that already on the list. Is there a way to have Lily act as if syllables have no width? What I would like

Re: Lyric alignment

2017-11-10 Thread Samuel Speer
> > Try this: > > \override Lyrics.LyricText.extra-spacing-width = #'(-inf.0 . +inf.0) > > HTH, > Abraham > Thank you very much! That was very helpful. For the benefit of anyone who reads this archive in the future, the positive should actually come before the negative: \override Lyrics.LyricTex

Re: beginner stanza help

2014-09-09 Thread Samuel Speer
No one's calling you an idiot. In your example, you create a variable called text and then define it as the first stanza. However, the second stanza is sort of just-- hanging out there. Try renaming your first variable textOne and then before the second \lyricmode add textTwo = , then in your scor

Multiple variables in one scope

2014-07-11 Thread Samuel Speer
Hello list, I've been trying to create several choral scores using the same template, but sometimes I need to change just a small part of the template, so I end up copying the original and naming it style_two.ily or style_piecename.ily etc. For example, in one piece I need to shrink the PianoStaff

Re: Multiple variables in one scope

2014-07-12 Thread Samuel Speer
Thank you for that solution! I appreciate the help. Samuel. On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 10:36 AM, David Kastrup wrote: > Samuel Speer writes: > >> I've been trying to create several choral scores using the same >> template, but sometimes I need to change just a small part o

Re: Footnote Question

2014-08-07 Thread Samuel Speer
ing on a score so that everyone in the group knows that they're looking > at the correct version. > > Thanks, > Chris Trahan > > ___ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org

Re: Footnote Question

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

Re: Increasing Space Between Arranger and 1st Staff

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

Re: Setting accidentalStyle for all Score contexts

2014-08-20 Thread Samuel Speer
"To set score layout options globally, enter them in a toplevel \layout block. To set layout options for an individual score, enter them in a \layout block inside the \score block, after the music." http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/the-layout-block > can you see this in the d

Context order

2014-08-28 Thread Samuel Speer
Hi list, I'm wondering if there is a simple way to keep the PianoStaff at the bottom of the vertical group, regardless of contexts being created / destroyed above it. Basically, I've created a ChoirStaff with non-simultaneous music and grouped it with the PianoStaff: << ChoirStaff << {

Tips on quick entry

2017-01-06 Thread Samuel Speer
Hello list, It takes me ages to enter the note data into LilyPond. Last night I spent almost an hour a page just getting notes and lyrics in. Does anyone have any tips for quick entry? I do have a midi keyboard but haven't tried it much. It seems slow because I have to switch back and forth with t

Re: Tips on quick entry

2017-01-27 Thread Samuel Speer
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions! Ben: Yes, I do use Frescobaldi; it's definitely my editor-of-choice after trying several different solutions. My favorite thing about Frescobaldi is that it is lightweight... hopefully the long-term plans of adding lots more functionality to Frescobaldi do