TextScript implements self-alignment interface

2005-08-27 Thread Trevor Baca
TextScript layout objects implement the self-alignment interface quite well. Here's an example: %% BEGIN TEXTSCRIPT SELF-ALIGNMENT SNIPPET %%% \version 2.7.7 \score { \context Staff = example { \time 7/4 \override Staff.TextScript #'self-alignment-X = #-2 c'4^\markup

Re: TextScript implements self-alignment interface

2005-08-27 Thread Trevor Baca
On 8/27/05, Han-Wen Nienhuys [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Trevor Baca wrote: TextScript layout objects implement the self-alignment interface quite well. Here's an example: \override Staff.TextScript #'self-alignment-X = #-2 c'4^\markup {\italic {ten.}} \override

Re: Preferred way for text

2005-08-26 Thread Trevor Baca
On 8/26/05, Mats Bengtsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Depends on what you want to use it for. For a longer section of text, such as lyrics lines for some verses of a song, you can actually have a \markup{...} completely outside the \score{...}. Hans de Rijck wrote: Hi gurus, What is

script direction not yet known

2005-08-24 Thread Trevor Baca
Somewhere in some input I've specified neither ^ nor _ for some script. Lily then says programming error: script direction not yet known continuing, cross fingers The output is fine. But is there a way to coax Lily to tell me *where* the script is that has no direction specification (so

Re: LilyPond dies on hairpin override

2005-08-24 Thread Trevor Baca
On 8/24/05, Hans de Rijck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. When I use a \override Voice.Hairpin #'extra-offset LilyPond dies in compilation. No errors or warnings. Log says: # -*-compilation-*- Changing working directory to `G:/MusicCvt' Processing `G:/MusicCvt/test.ly' Parsing... Hi

bypass \set associatedVoice altogether?

2005-08-24 Thread Trevor Baca
Why does the second set of lyrics with \set associatedVoice align incorrectly? And, in general, should I bypass \set associatedVoice altogether and insert fake spaces, as in the third set of lyrics (which do work correctly)? %% BEGIN LYRICS ALIGNMENT SNIPPET % \version 2.7.7

slur between voices ... without clashing note columns

2005-08-23 Thread Trevor Baca
The snippet here correctly renders a slur between voices ... but, unfortunately generates clashing note column warnings in the process. Does anyone see a way to get the same result but without the clashing note columns? Trevor. % BEGIN SNIPPET % \version 2.7.7 wipeNote = {

Re: Output other than PDF

2005-08-23 Thread Trevor Baca
On 8/20/05, Bec and John Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Brett, A more GUI-based solution is to output to PDF as normal, then just Save as... from Preview.app as a PNG. An even more Mac-ish GUI-ish solution is to output to pdf as normal, open the pdf in Preview, and then avail yourself of

Re: slur between voices ... without clashing note columns

2005-08-23 Thread Trevor Baca
On 8/23/05, Erik Sandberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 23 August 2005 14.38, Trevor Baca wrote: The snippet here correctly renders a slur between voices ... but, unfortunately generates clashing note column warnings in the process. Does anyone see a way to get the same result

Re: Price quote for better tied chords?

2005-08-19 Thread Trevor Baca
On 8/19/05, VSD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 01:03:12 +0200, Han-Wen Nienhuys [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have taken a closer look at tie formatting in the beautiful Wiener Urtext of Brahms op 119 that I have (the piece has lots and lots of ties). I think that I can cook

Re: Yet another vertical spacing question

2005-08-03 Thread Trevor Baca
Mats Bengtsson wrote: See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2005-06/msg00210.html /Mats Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: Ah, but this is a bug, really. Only the staves should be kept on the first system, but not the lyrics lines and chord names. Here's the executive summary

Re: New score, middle of the line?

2005-08-01 Thread Trevor Baca
On 8/1/05, Han-Wen Nienhuys [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Trevor Baca wrote: What's the right way to start a new score in the middle of a line? There isn't right now. The proper solution would be insert a routine before the page-breaking that tries to fold together fragments that fit together

Re: New score, middle of the line?

2005-08-01 Thread Trevor Baca
On 8/1/05, Mats Bengtsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, there is a solution available. Since it's possible to include a full score in a Text Markup, I figured it should be possible to let the .ly file contain a single Text markup, which in turn contains a line with the two scores. This

Yet another vertical spacing question

2005-08-01 Thread Trevor Baca
Anyone have any idea what's going on with the space between the voice and the piano staves in the opening of this bit of Mozart? Clearly the first system is using the spacing of the *second* system, which looks kinda insane given that the second system has 3 stanzas while the first system has

Re: missing term in Icking glossary

2005-07-29 Thread Trevor Baca
On 7/29/05, dax2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That is good! yes! Tenuto means as long as possible but still with a pointed start of the tone (ansats/ansatz in Danish, I cannot find the English equivalent) attack. As in, attack the note directly and with emphasis or when we look at a

Re: (OT) vim, osx, text encoding (was: magic diacritic markup?)

2005-07-28 Thread Trevor Baca
Are you using 10.4? (see below) Yes, 10.4.2. What do these values give you: :set encoding? Entered in command mode? Yes, command mode. E519: Option not supported: encoding? (same result for :set encoding) OK, that's just odd. vim definitely takes an encoding and for unicode

PianoStaff dashed bars bug?

2005-07-26 Thread Trevor Baca
Hello, Looking at spanning barlines, here's a small example with StaffGroup that does what you'd expect: \version 2.7.0 \score { \new StaffGroup \new Staff { \clef treble \time 4/4 \repeat unfold 4 c'4 \bar : \repeat unfold 4 c'4 \bar |. }

Re: magic diacritic markup?

2005-07-26 Thread Trevor Baca
On 7/26/05, Jan Nieuwenhuizen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No. VIM is a modern editor, it supports compose character in case your operating system does not provide a multi key (I'm not sure if Os X supports compose) and save as utf-8. Yes, you're right. The trick is set encoding=utf-8 then

Re: Maximum ghostscript input filesize? Adjustable parameter?

2005-07-20 Thread Trevor Baca
On 7/13/05, Trevor Baca [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/13/05, Graham Percival [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2. If it's not possible (or worth taking the time to tinker with gs) could someone offer me a pointer on what file I can edit to have Lily stop calling gs? Does lilypond --ps

Re: Maximum ghostscript input filesize? Adjustable parameter?

2005-07-20 Thread Trevor Baca
Han-Wen wrote: So I suppose the work-around is simply to have Lily bypass the call to gs altogether and always use Apple's open utility to create the pdf, at least for this large file ... but two questions: That surprises me; Apple's PS to PDF convertor consistently crashes on Lily's PS

Uniform, graph-paper spacing?

2005-07-14 Thread Trevor Baca
Hello Lily users, Is it possible to ensure all measures exactly the same width throughout a piece, *without the hidden voice workaround*? What I'm finding is that the hidden voice workaround doesn't *exactly* get it, especially at small staff sizes, with a large number of measures per page, with

Re: Uniform, graph-paper spacing?

2005-07-14 Thread Trevor Baca
the grid is a one-dimension, uniform time (metronome time) sequence. Snap-to-grid is a pretty common feature in graphic design systems, so there ought to be some pretty good approaches to the problem in the literature. Trevor Baca wrote: Hello Lily users, Is it possible to ensure all

Re: Maximum ghostscript input filesize? Adjustable parameter?

2005-07-13 Thread Trevor Baca
On 7/13/05, Graham Percival [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2. If it's not possible (or worth taking the time to tinker with gs) could someone offer me a pointer on what file I can edit to have Lily stop calling gs? Does lilypond --ps foo.ly not work? Yes! --ps works perfectly. Thank you,

Maximum ghostscript input filesize? Adjustable parameter?

2005-07-08 Thread Trevor Baca
Hi everyone, I'd like to introduce myself and then ask a question. My name's Trevor Baca and I'm a composer working in Austin, Texas. I just started using LilyPond for the very first time at the beginning of July, and I'm already completelly blown away. I model notation algorithmically