Re: LilyPond Enhancement Proposal (with Bounty)

2014-09-29 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
> On 29 sept. 2014, at 08:18, Abraham Lee wrote: > > That's what I thought. I just wanted to make sure that that's what was really > the issue that needed to be addressed. > > Regards, > Abraham > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 28, 2014, at 9:34 PM, Chris Crossen wrote: >> >> >> >>

Re: forcing bar number events

2013-09-20 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
Sent from my iPhone On 20 sept. 2013, at 08:50, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > [2.17.26] > > Folks, > > > consider this snippet > > \relative c'' { >\compressFullBarRests >\set Score.barNumberVisibility = #(every-nth-bar-number-visible 5) >\override Score.BarNumber.break-visibilit

Measure numbers in cadenza

2013-05-06 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
Hey all, I'm writing a piece of entirely unmetered music and using \cadenzaOn for that. I'm manually placing barlines from time to time in order to allow for line breaks and to help readability. Is there any way to have the bar numbers displayed and increment that follow my manual placement of

Re: Off-topics : vibrato

2013-04-24 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 24 avr. 2013, at 15:58, Pierre Perol-Schneider wrote: > Thanks Mike, looks interesting. > Do you think that this notation is often used by modern composers ? > Have you seen it elsewhere ? > > > 2013/4/24 m...@mikesolomon.org > On 24 avr. 2013, at 16:31, Pierre Pero

Re: Off-topics : vibrato

2013-04-24 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 24 avr. 2013, at 16:31, Pierre Perol-Schneider wrote: > Hi List, > Does anyone know a modern notation to indicate a vibrato ? > Thanks, > Pierre > ___ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lily

Re: MusicXML

2013-04-23 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 23 avr. 2013, at 22:32, Urs Liska wrote: > I think that a Python program might be a good idea: > - I'm sure there is good XML support with Python (don't really know, > though) You're right - it is good. > - We could surely use code or experience from the musicxml2ly project. It'd be mostly

Re: MusicXML

2013-04-23 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 23 avr. 2013, at 21:21, Christopher R. Maden wrote: > I am comfortable with LilyPond, but not quite an expert. > > I am an expert in XML and XSLT, and it sounds like it would be of > benefit to LilyPond to have better support for MusicXML (though I don’t > use it myself). > > Can someone ple

Re: Barlines

2013-04-21 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 21 avr. 2013, at 11:11, Andrew Bernard wrote: > Greetings List, > > In setting a contemporary piece, I have need of being able to place > 'barlines' at various places that are not exactly barlines as such, for > example, right after the time signature and before any notes - not exactly >

Re: Tie between voices

2013-04-07 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 7 avr. 2013, at 14:45, Christian wrote: > How can I make a tie go from the half note d in the lower part to the > quarter d in the upper part? > > > rightOne = \relative c'' { > b4 a | > } > > rightTwo = \relative c' { > 2 b | > } > > You can remove the tie engraver from the voice c

Re: Suggestions for participating institutions?

2013-03-26 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 26 mars 2013, at 10:52, David Kastrup wrote: > > Hi, > > I met a former colleague in the bus to Chemnitz, and he is at least > knowledgeable about EU research programmes. Do people here have ideas > about possible institutions who could be made to participate? I think > the conditions are

Re: Fingering not aligned in 2.17, ok in 2.16

2013-03-22 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 22 mars 2013, at 18:32, SoundsFromSound wrote: > Hmm..I kind of like the new behavior too, it's easier on my eyes. I like how > it staggers to flow with the score, but I can see why some would want strict > lined-up fingerings as well. > > Just my 2 cents. > > Ben > > > Werner LEMBERG wr

Re: Fingering not aligned in 2.17, ok in 2.16

2013-03-22 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 22 mars 2013, at 11:32, Nick Payne wrote: > See below. In 2.16.2, the fingering indications are vertically aligned. In > 2.17.14, they aren't. > > \relative f'' { > \set fingeringOrientations = #'(left) > 4 > } > <2.16.2.png> > <2.17.14.png> > __

Re: Lilypond Woodwind-Diagram for Bassoon missing half-hole option for first finger

2013-03-17 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 17 mars 2013, at 09:31, Wim van Dommelen wrote: > Hi Mike, > > I tried that, but 'covered' doesn't in this stencil (the > 'bassoon-cc-one-key-stencil' is different from the others) if I see this > right, you need a 'ring'-type stencil to do that. Or did I miss something > there? > > I use

Defining pitches in variables

2013-03-17 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
Hey all, I am writing a percussion part that shadows a vocal part one-on-one and I'd like to do something like: vocal = #(define-music-function (parser location) () #{ foo = { a' } bar = { a'' } #}) percu = #(define-music-function (parser location) () #{ foo = { snare } bar = { tomh } #

Re: Lilypond Woodwind-Diagram for Bassoon missing half-hole option for first finger

2013-03-16 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
Hey Ryan, It'll require a bit of hacking. -) Find the file display-woodwind-diagrams.scm for the version of LilyPond you're using. Do a system search until you come across it if you're note sure how/where to find it. -) Go to line 1366 of the file. -) Change the word "trill" to the word "cov

Re: big-picture question regarding Lilypond's capabilities (current and potential)

2013-03-16 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 16 mars 2013, at 17:17, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hello all, > > My two-act musical, "Robin Hood: The Legendary Musical Comedy", had a > three-week run at Toronto's Hart House Theatre in January. It was quite > successful, to the point that several parties have voiced an interest in > fur

Re: Ferneyhough-style flared hairpins?

2013-03-06 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 6 mars 2013, at 20:06, Trevor Bača wrote: > > > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 11:26 PM, Trevor Bača wrote: > > > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Thomas Morley > wrote: > 2013/3/4 Joseph Rushton Wakeling : > > On 03/04/2013 05:29 PM, Trevor Bača wrote: > >> > >> I'm considering sponsorin

Re: Hushing up Sibelius news?

2013-03-02 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 2 mars 2013, at 18:27, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote: > On 03/02/2013 06:22 PM, Urs Liska wrote: >> OTH we might take this as an opportunity to do something else as a showcase >> project. >> I wouldn't suggest Goldberg Variations but rather something complex from the >> end >> of the 19th

Re: Hushing up Sibelius news?

2013-03-02 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 2 mars 2013, at 15:57, Eby Mani wrote: > http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/2672/waltz29rw.jpg > > Not sure if this can be done on lilypond as the output on the example is > crazy and have no respect for the paper ;-) . But it is a problematic score > as per engraving standards and there a

Re: spanners not showing up

2013-03-01 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 1 mars 2013, at 20:07, Orm Finnendahl wrote: > My questions: > > 1.: Is there a direct way to enforce lilypond to always print those >signs and adjust its spacing accordingly (I'm aware that I could >use a hidden second voice with eigth notes to enforce more >horizontal space, b

Bendy glissandos

2013-02-21 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
Hey, Does anyone have any utilities to create bendy glissandos that I could pilfer? Stuff that takes certain basic curves (parabolic, parts of sine periods, arbitrary polynomials over a range), models them with cubic beziers, and scales them horizontally and vertically to go between two notes?

Re: Behind Bars

2013-02-14 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 14 févr. 2013, at 23:19, Graham Percival wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:48:37PM +0100, m...@mikesolomon.org wrote: >> I'll just throw it out there that I'm broke after planning my wedding and >> honeymoon in April (woohoo!) but have wanted to buy Behind Bars for

Behind Bars

2013-02-14 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
I'll just throw it out there that I'm broke after planning my wedding and honeymoon in April (woohoo!) but have wanted to buy Behind Bars for some time. If anyone feels like buying it for me for a wedding present, it'd get a special spot in our new Ikea library! We'd even name a shelf after you!

Re: collision beam with staff-crossing beam

2013-02-13 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 13 févr. 2013, at 13:50, David Kastrup wrote: >> I would rather make a concerted effort where people decide on a style >> for documenting our API (standardizing function names, documentation >> style, etc.) and then we do it rather than doing a piecemeal job. > > Mike, you can either increas

Re: collision beam with staff-crossing beam

2013-02-13 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 13 févr. 2013, at 12:02, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > >>> It is just a matter of writing documentation strings as you invent >>> new callbacks. Pretty much a no-brainer not needing any >>> organization. >> >> It is definitely a brainer, as it would require retroactively >> documenting 276 MAKE_S

Re: collision beam with staff-crossing beam

2013-02-13 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 13 févr. 2013, at 11:34, David Kastrup wrote: > "m...@mikesolomon.org" writes: > >> On 13 févr. 2013, at 11:06, Werner LEMBERG wrote: >> >>> >>>> \override Beam.Y-extent = #'(0 . 10) >>>> \override Beam.vertical-skylines

Re: collision beam with staff-crossing beam

2013-02-13 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 13 févr. 2013, at 11:06, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > >> \override Beam.Y-extent = #'(0 . 10) >> \override Beam.vertical-skylines = >> #ly:grob::simple-vertical-skylines-from-extents > > Nice! And completely undocumented, of course... There are currently around 100 callbacks in Lily

Re: collision beam with staff-crossing beam

2013-02-13 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 13 févr. 2013, at 10:08, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > >> If the line breaking isn't expected to change, i think that the most >> reliable solution would be to explicitely set staff distance in this >> particular system. > > Thanks for the suggestion, but I think that such a severe collision > sh

Re: bounty hack for some (non-Mike) Schemer out there

2013-02-11 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 12 févr. 2013, at 02:58, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hi Mike, > >> Should get you started OK: > > Thanks for this! > > First, I'm going to turn this into a music function so I don't have to keep > typing it all. > Then I'm going to see if I can turn it into a callback function for > Metron

Re: A must-see for anybody on this list

2013-02-10 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 10 févr. 2013, at 12:18, Urs Liska wrote: > "Music Engraving on Metal Plates": > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=345o3Wu95Qo > > Astonishing! > > ___ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilyp

Re: vertical distance of articulations

2013-02-09 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 9 févr. 2013, at 16:12, Alex Voice wrote: > > I would like more space between note-head / end of a stem and > > tenuto/staccato/portato-marks. How to get that? > > Werner, > The following works, with adaptation according to the stem direction: > > \version "2.16.2" > \relative c'' > { >

Re: bounty hack for some (non-Mike) Schemer out there

2013-02-09 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 4 févr. 2013, at 16:01, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hello all! > > A few weeks ago, in response to Mike Solomon's call for features and bugs, I > posted a request: > >>> 2. Allowing a text markup (especially a MetronomeMark) to have a "minimum >>> measure length". This would avoid collisio

Re: chord name collide with staff

2013-02-03 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 4 févr. 2013, at 01:00, MING TSANG wrote: > Hi fellow lily users: > > I have a chord name and a melody staff. The chord name collide with the > melody staff on 2nd & 3rd systems in v2.17.11, but in v2.16.2 they are ok. > Please refer to two pdf files and a lily text file. > > Appreciate h

Re: Pondings

2013-02-01 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 1 févr. 2013, at 22:24, Joshua Armenta wrote: > Hello Lilyponders, > > I'd like to submit something for the "Pondings" section of the website. Is > this still being actively updated? > > Josh Armenta > > -- > Josh Armenta > Composer, Conductor, Scholar & Performer > Masters of Music Candi

Re: Woodwind Fingering diagrams problem

2013-01-29 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 29 janv. 2013, at 22:17, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote: > On 01/29/2013 09:50 PM, Wim van Dommelen wrote: 6. Lot's of models have a right-hand low-ees key (with the thumb), There is no such key. Wishlist. >>> >>> Not recent French models, in my experience, but I agree it's o

Re: ledger line crash with very high notes in first chord of system

2013-01-28 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 28 janv. 2013, at 11:21, Jeffrey Trevino wrote: > Hi Keith, > > Thanks for your report and your suggested override. I'll give it a shot; in > the meantime, I've gone for a popular contemporary music workaround: the > addition of a third staff with an octave treble clef, to eliminate the le

Re: Collision with \repeat tremolo and accidental of second note

2013-01-27 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 26 janv. 2013, at 21:52, Jethro Van Thuyne wrote: > See minimal example below and image attached > > \relative c'' { >\repeat tremolo 16 { bes,32 aes' } | > } > > Is this a bug, or should I be setting some minimal distance between > the two notes? > > Jethro > Ouch, very ugly bug!

Re: shortening a stem

2013-01-20 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 20 janv. 2013, at 17:21, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > Folks, > > > what must I write to shorten an unbeamed stem by, say, one unit? A > naive approach would be > > \once \override Stem.length #(- ly:stem::calc-length 1) > > which doesn't work of course... > > >Werner > This does s

Re: Fingering output change 2.17.9 -> 2.17.10

2013-01-14 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 14 janv. 2013, at 09:05, Nick Payne wrote: > On 14/01/13 17:31, Keith OHara wrote: >> Nick Payne internode.on.net> writes: >> >>> To indicate guide fingering I've been using the code below. In 2.17.10, >>> the fingering with guide is placed above the stem even though >>> Fingering.add-stem-

Re: accidental too far away from notehead

2013-01-13 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 13 janv. 2013, at 12:37, m...@mikesolomon.org wrote: > > On 13 janv. 2013, at 12:12, David Kastrup wrote: > >> Werner LEMBERG writes: >> >>> Please consider this code: >>> >>> \version "2.17.10"

Re: accidental too far away from notehead

2013-01-13 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 13 janv. 2013, at 12:12, David Kastrup wrote: > Werner LEMBERG writes: > >> Please consider this code: >> >> \version "2.17.10" >> >> \relative c''' { >><< { 2 } \\ >> { eis,2 } >> >> } >> >> Attached you can find an image. I think this is a formatting bug of >

Re: For those who need new features and bug fixes...

2012-12-22 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 22 déc. 2012, at 12:12, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote: > On 2012-12-22 07:18, m...@mikesolomon.org wrote: >> That said, for musicxml, in easy pieces, you can just export MIDI to >> musicxml. There's a great tool http://web.mit.edu/music21/ that allows >> for all so

Re: For those who need new features and bug fixes...

2012-12-21 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 21 déc. 2012, at 16:10, Urs Liska wrote: > Am 21.12.2012 09:03, schrieb m...@mikesolomon.org: >> Hey all, >> >> I have two 16ish-hour flights this holiday season and I'll be filling them >> with composition, Sudoku, and LilyPond programming. So, this is t

Re: For those who need new features and bug fixes...

2012-12-21 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 22 déc. 2012, at 06:57, Jeffrey Trevino wrote: > Dear Mikey, > Some chunk of this time might be usefully spent writing a crystal clear, > step-by-step Scheme tutorial that explains how to create custom engravers and > grobs, query position information of objects in the process, and use these

Re: For those who need new features and bug fixes...

2012-12-21 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 21 déc. 2012, at 15:05, Aleksandr Andreev wrote: > On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Kieren MacMillan > wrote: >> The big ones for me are: >> >> 1. The completion of Janek's GSoC work on Lyrics. > > +1!! > > Aleksandr Janek is currently taking a break from LilyPond but I trust that he'l

Re: For those who need new features and bug fixes...

2012-12-21 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 21 déc. 2012, at 12:17, David Kastrup wrote: > "m...@mikesolomon.org" writes: > >> I agree that moment addition and subtraction is a royal pain. If I >> tackled this, which I might, the solution would be more general in the >> form of what I call &

Re: For those who need new features and bug fixes...

2012-12-21 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 21 déc. 2012, at 11:33, David Kastrup wrote: > "Phil Holmes" writes: > >> - Original Message - >> From: >> To: ; >> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 8:03 AM >> Subject: For those who need new features and bug fixes... >> >> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> I have two 16ish-hour flights th

For those who need new features and bug fixes...

2012-12-21 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
Hey all, I have two 16ish-hour flights this holiday season and I'll be filling them with composition, Sudoku, and LilyPond programming. So, this is the time to send me: 1) Features you need implemented. 2) Bugs you need fixed. 3) Things you need reviewed. I'll get as many of them done as I can

Re: Tempo sliding over key signature changes

2012-12-18 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 19 déc. 2012, at 00:43, Eluze wrote: > > > I tried a little bit but couldn't get the sliding tempo! > > cheers > Eluze > Here's a tiny(ish) example. Changing the rests to notes in the bass part will make the tempos typeset correctly. My guess is that this is a bug with multi-measure res

Re: Tempo sliding over key signature changes

2012-12-18 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 18 déc. 2012, at 21:24, Eluze wrote: > m...@mikesolomon.org wrote >> Hey all, >> >> My minimal example below functions quite nicely w/ the placement of tempos >> but my example from a score (see attached image) has the tempo sliding >> over the key sig

Re: Tempo sliding over key signature changes

2012-12-18 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 18 déc. 2012, at 21:56, Xavier Scheuer wrote: > On 18 December 2012 19:47, m...@mikesolomon.org wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> My minimal example below functions quite nicely w/ the placement of >> tempos but my example from a score (see attached image) has the &g

Re: Best practices in lyric typesetting

2012-12-18 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 18 déc. 2012, at 10:19, "Phil Holmes" wrote: > - Original Message - From: > To: > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 9:04 AM > Subject: Best practices in lyric typesetting > > > Hey all, > > Putting aside the impossibility of the attached exercise, you'll see that the > lyrics sta

Re: Moving accidentals above or below notes

2012-12-17 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 17 déc. 2012, at 20:58, Dominique Faure wrote: > Hi, > > Using the following code, I'd like to move accidentals above or below notes. > > --8<- - - - - - - - - - > \version "2.16" > > accidentalBelow = { > \once \override Score.Accidental #'extra-offset = #'(1.5 . -2.5) > } > > ac

Re: what's the most "efficient" way of doing this?

2012-12-17 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 17 déc. 2012, at 17:12, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hi Frédéric, > >> You can have a look at this score: >> https://sites.google.com/a/polytechnique.org/bron/home/music/schumann---4th-symphony > > I see you're running into at least one of the same problems I am: the > MetronomeMark is no lo

Re: Begin lyrics only with new section

2012-12-16 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 16 déc. 2012, at 21:26, Marek Klein wrote: > Hello, > > 2012/12/16 m...@mikesolomon.org > Let's say that on the interior of B I add a lot of new music but I don't have > lyrics yet. It is fastidious to count how many notes I added and put skips, > so as a r

Begin lyrics only with new section

2012-12-16 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
Hey all, Say, for example, I have: mA = { some music } lA = { lyrics to some music } mB = { some more music } lB = { lyrics to some more music } mC = { even more music } lC = { lyrics ot even more music } and all of these are strung in a row : { \mA \mB \mC } \addlyrics { \lA \lB \lC } Let's s

Re: brainstorming a really smart system engraver

2012-12-16 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 14 déc. 2012, at 14:47, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hello all, > > Like many people on this list, I engrave a number of choral works using > Lilypond. Like a smaller subset of those people, I engrave a number of large > and very large works (musicals, operas, extended choral works, etc.), w

Re: Likely bug in 2.16.1: Changing document fonts messes lots of things up…

2012-12-14 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 14 déc. 2012, at 10:13, Arle Lommel wrote: > MS, > > Thanks. I wanted to confirm that it is a bug before submitting. I've tracked > down the cause (but not the solution) and will submit there. > > -Arle > > On 2012 Dec 14, at 10:07 , "m...@mikesolomon.org

Re: Likely bug in 2.16.1: Changing document fonts messes lots of things up…

2012-12-14 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 14 déc. 2012, at 09:31, Arle Lommel wrote: > [Trying again: for some reason this message was ignored by the list, so I'm > trying without any attachments.] > > OK, one more issue (possible bug?) has arisen that I cannot diagnose. > (Lilypond 2.16.1, Mac OS X 10.8.2) > Dear Arle, Please s

Re: My return to Lilypond

2012-12-12 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 12 déc. 2012, at 14:57, Eduardo Silva wrote: > Greetings! > After an inactivity of maybe 4+ years, I'm coming back to the Lilypond users' > community and to working with Lilypond. I must say I'm glad to see the > progress of this project. The documentation has been improved a lot. I like >

Re: roman numerals

2012-11-20 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 21 nov. 2012, at 08:43, Michael Rivers wrote: > As far as I know, Lilypond doesn't support Roman numeral analysis. I can't > find it anywhere in the documentation, at least. Somebody please correct me > if I'm wrong, because I would love to be able to do it. > > The snippet posted in the orig

Re: bmc2ly: Braille music to LilyPond conversion

2012-11-13 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 12 nov. 2012, at 14:47, David Kastrup wrote: > Mario Lang writes: > >> David Kastrup writes: >> >>> Would it be useful if LilyPond could export BMC? >> >> Of course! Actually, thats something that blind people are wishing >> for for a long time so that they could make use of the huge bod

Re: Changing staff size with custom note head stencils

2012-11-01 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 1 nov. 2012, at 12:44, m...@mikesolomon.org wrote: > On 1 nov. 2012, at 00:11, Paul Morris wrote: > >> On Oct 31, 2012, at 4:52 PM, Thomas Morley >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Paul, >>> >>> postscript is scaled with global-sta

Re: Changing staff size with custom note head stencils

2012-11-01 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 1 nov. 2012, at 00:11, Paul Morris wrote: > On Oct 31, 2012, at 4:52 PM, Thomas Morley > wrote: > >> Hi Paul, >> >> postscript is scaled with global-staff-size only. >> >> To work around you could use: >> >> TwinNoteNoteHeads = >> #(lambda (grob) >> (let* ((sz (ly:grob-property grob 'fo

Re: Changing staff size with custom note head stencils

2012-10-31 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 31 oct. 2012, at 20:27, Paul Morris wrote: > Hello, I'm trying to increase the overall size of a given staff, as > described in the docs[1] using: > > \new Staff \with { > fontSize = #2 > \override StaffSymbol #'staff-space = #(magstep 2) > > \override NoteHead #'before-line-

Re: dynamics positioning

2012-10-29 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 29 oct. 2012, at 15:13, Daniel Rosen wrote: > Well, first of all, in the future, you can just paste code right into the > body of your email, like I'm about to do--no need for an attachment. :-) And > second, I would dispute that you couldn't get it smaller--like the page I > referenced say

Re: tuplet numbers on kneed beams - David's function stopped working

2012-10-16 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 16 oct. 2012, at 18:49, Janek Warchoł wrote: > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 2:20 PM, David Kastrup wrote: >> commit d8dfa746ead381a80901106b9c9b079dc9b5d004 >> Author: Mike Solomon >> Date: Fri Aug 31 09:27:17 2012 +0200 >> >>Uses a heuristic to determine if chord tremolos collide with acc

Re: short glissandi not being printed

2012-10-14 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 14 oct. 2012, at 15:00, Thomas Morley wrote: > 2012/10/14 TaoCG : >> Thomas Morley wrote > [...] >>> Hi, >>> >>> did you add >>> \override Glissando #'springs-and-rods = #ly:spanner::set-spacing-rods >>> ? >>> >>> -Harm > [...] >> I didn't, it did the trick though, thanks! >> What exactly d

Re: How to get rehearsal mark closer to staff than metronome mark

2012-10-11 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 11 oct. 2012, at 21:54, Henning Plumeyer wrote: > How can I achive that the rehearsal mark is below the metronome mark > "Allegro ma non troppo" (between the numbers for the FullBarRests)? > > This is what I tried: > > \version "2.16.0" > { > \once \override MetronomeMark #'outside-staff-p

Re: Widening excessively tight horizontal spacing

2012-10-02 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 2 oct. 2012, at 12:43, James Harkins wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to manipulate the horizontal spacing settings differently for > different sections of a piece? > > The situation: This score is currently for sheng solo. (Eventually I might > add some graphic representations of the elec

Re: slur collisions

2012-09-26 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 26 sept. 2012, at 13:08, TaoCG wrote: > I'm having slurs collide with tuplet brackets. > I tried \override Score.TupletBracket #'avoid-slur #'around (and other > values) but they don't seem to have any effect. > Slurs in LilyPond do not currently avoid tuplet brackets. Please file a bug re

Re: piano music with lilypond

2012-09-25 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 25 sept. 2012, at 13:25, michael.str...@boehringer-ingelheim.com wrote: > Hi Mike, > Thanks for your feedback. First i have to repeat one thing i already > mentioned in my first mail. I know that some of these things are doable with > lilypond, the problem is more the effort or the requested

Re: piano music with lilypond

2012-09-25 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
Hey Michael, You've managed to list several of what I think are the biggest areas for improvement for LilyPond. LilyPond being an open source project written mostly in C++, we are always looking for help in improving any of these things. As you are a C++ developer, if you wanted to help us wi

Re: LilyPondTool 2.14.9 release (the last for the foreseeable future)

2012-09-24 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 24 sept. 2012, at 14:49, Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool) wrote: > Dear LilyPond users, > > > > after a month of struggling with an official jEdit plugin repository release, > I decided to release the last revision of the LilyPondTool plugin as a zip > file. > > > Download it here, and u

Re: parenthesize chord

2012-09-22 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 22 sept. 2012, at 20:11, TaoCG wrote: > Is it possible to put put single parentheses around a chord? > If I parenthesize a chord each note gets a pair of parentheses on its own. > > One of many possible hacks... #(define (parenthesize-elements grob . rest) (let* ((refp (if (null? rest)

Re: Glissando from e-flat to e

2012-09-22 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 22 sept. 2012, at 12:33, TaoCG wrote: > I need to typeset a glissando from e-flat to e and I'd like it to look as if > it'd go upward, right now the line is straight and not actually visible > because it collides with the staff line. > I suppose the property to edit is normalized-endpoints bu

Re: chords as markups?

2012-09-06 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 6 sept. 2012, at 09:49, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > >> After reading the CG stuff, If you feel any info should be brought >> over to the users manual, post a patch and we can discuss it. And, >> of course, if after reading the CG stuff is still unclear on how >> they work, lemme know. > > OK, I

Re: chords as markups?

2012-09-06 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 6 sept. 2012, at 08:49, Werner LEMBERG wrote: >> unpure-pure stuff is: >> >> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/unpure_002dpure-containers > > Looking more closely at this page, I don't fully understand how it > works. It is stated that the unpure-pure stuff affects y-axi

Re: chords as markups?

2012-09-05 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 6 sept. 2012, at 08:06, Werner LEMBERG wrote: >>> The reason we can't just override the text property is because it >>> is junked and reset internally in LilyPond. The >>> unpure-pure-container makes sure that the chord is taken into >>> account in horizontal spacing calculations. Anytime y

Re: chords as markups?

2012-09-05 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 6 sept. 2012, at 00:11, luis jure wrote: > > i've been asked to typeset in lilypond a couple of chords with some > non-standard notation (please see the attached image). > > i wouldn't know how to tweak the chord mode in lilypond to achieve > this, so i was thinking of using \markup's. but

Re: Footnote to lyrics

2012-09-03 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 4 sept. 2012, at 01:36, Mogens Lemvig Hansen wrote: > Dear List, > > How do I add a footnote to lyrics printed with the music? > The code below does, of course, not work, but I hope it explains what I want. > > \version "2.16.0" > > \score { << > { a' b' c'' d'' } > \addlyrics { One two th

Re: fonts on Mac 10.7.4

2012-09-02 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 2 sept. 2012, at 08:58, Curt wrote: > Hi, I'm using Lilypond.app 2.16 on Mac 10.7.4. (The change log says 10.7 is > supported now.) > > lilypond -dshow-available-fonts x > > shows that I have Gloucester MT Extra Condensed available as a font for me. > Font Book shows it as being in True

Re: Help asked - lyrics & chords

2012-08-30 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 30 août 2012, at 13:45, Christ van Willegen wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to make a score consisting of only chords and lyrics. > Perhaps someone would advise me to use a different program, but I > would like to be able to scale the score to another font height > easily. Not sure if that ca

Re: [for Italian users] how to translate "spanner"?

2012-08-24 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 24 août 2012, at 16:52, Mogens Lemvig Hansen wrote: > I am not a native English speaker, but aren't the segments of a bridge > between the vertical supports called spans? If that's right, one could find > the Italian word for such segments and lift the lilypond word from there. > > Regards

Re: [for Italian users] how to translate "spanner"?

2012-08-24 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 24 août 2012, at 16:29, martinwguy wrote: > On 23 August 2012 21:36, m...@mikesolomon.org wrote: >> >> On 23 août 2012, at 21:28, Tiresia GIUNO wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:07:34 +0200 >>> "m...@mikesolomon.org" wrote:

\revert Glissando #'bound-details #'left #'padding not working

2012-08-23 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
Hey all, I got this warning from current master: defs-devel.ly:210:36: Avertissement : Ignoring non-music expression \revert Glissando #'bound-details #'left #'padding This syntax used to work. I couldn't find anything about it's being changed in changes.tely

Re: [for Italian users] how to translate "spanner"?

2012-08-23 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 23 août 2012, at 21:28, Tiresia GIUNO wrote: > On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:07:34 +0200 > "m...@mikesolomon.org" wrote: > >> Chipping in as this issue came up in a talk I gave in France a few >> years ago. >> >> It seems that it'd be good to sta

Re: [for Italian users] how to translate "spanner"?

2012-08-23 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 23 août 2012, at 19:05, Federico Bruni wrote: > Dear italian users, > > do you have any good idea about how to translate "spanner"? > I had this doubt in the past, see end of this page: > http://lists.linux.it/pipermail/tp/2011-February/021547.html > > and I decided not to translate it. > Wh

Re: Waltrop meeting outline

2012-08-22 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 22 août 2012, at 20:24, Marc Hohl wrote: > Am 19.08.2012 22:29, schrieb Janek Warchoł: >> On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 3:02 PM, David Kastrup wrote: >>> Details are still somewhat fuzzy since I don't have all that much >>> feedback concerning who will arrive when and leave, but there are some >>>

Re: LilyPond hangs on os x

2012-08-18 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 24 juil. 2012, at 03:51, m...@apollinemike.com wrote: > On 6 juil. 2012, at 08:51, David Kastrup wrote: > >> "m...@mikesolomon.org" writes: >> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> I'm running LilyPond on the command line from Mac OS X and it is

Re: \override Hairpin #'minimum-length

2012-08-17 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 17 août 2012, at 13:06, mkuus...@siba.fi wrote: > > On 16.8.2012, at 23:00, Tiresia GIUNO wrote: > >> On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:05:12 -0700 >> mkuus...@siba.fi wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Can any of you Lilypond people tell me why the "\override Hairpin >>> #'minimum-length …" does not actually se

Re: Ledger line visibility issue

2012-08-13 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 13 août 2012, at 05:35, Keith OHara wrote: > Peter Gentry sunscales.co.uk> writes: > >> I have a score with many >> repeated beamed quavers and semi-quavers on ledger lines. The default >> layout is difficult to read as ledger lines and the staff produce an almost >> hypnotic effect whic

Re: Paralellizing Lilypond [was: Re: Sibelius Software UK office shutsdown]

2012-08-11 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 11 août 2012, at 15:16, Graham Percival wrote: > On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 01:21:27PM +0100, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote: >> ... but I think it emphasizes my real point: this puts the onus on >> the user to split up a project into independently-compilable units. >> I think that it's worth havi

Re: Sibelius Software UK office shuts down

2012-08-05 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 5 août 2012, at 12:37, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote: > On 02/08/12 17:51, Graham Percival wrote: >> In short: if there is a concerted effort to create a "quick >> render" output, I would be absolutely shocked if it wasn't at >> least 10 times faster than the current output. > > (1) How para

LilyPond hangs on os x

2012-07-05 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
Hey all, I'm running LilyPond on the command line from Mac OS X and it is hanging right after printing the version. I downloaded several versions (stable, unstable, previous unstable) and it happens with all of them. This is a recent-ish development (about 5 days ago or so). Is there a tool

Re: turning off partcombine

2012-06-19 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 19 juin 2012, at 13:09, Janek Warchoł wrote: > Mike, > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:24 AM, m...@mikesolomon.org > wrote: >> Is there a way to turn off partcombine so that I can change staves and then >> turn it back on when the voice comes back to its original sta

turning off partcombine

2012-06-19 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
Hey users, Is there a way to turn off partcombine so that I can change staves and then turn it back on when the voice comes back to its original staff? Cheers, MS ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listin

turning off partcombine

2012-06-19 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
Hey users, Is there a way to turn off partcombine so that I can change staves and then turn it back on when the voice comes back to its original staff? Cheers, MS ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listin

Long melisma

2012-06-16 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
Hey all, I have a long melisma that lasts around 200-ish notes in a score I'm working on - is there any way to get the lyric extender to last for a long duration without inundating the score with a deluge of underscores? Cheers, MS ___ lilypond-user m

Pondings

2012-04-30 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
Hey LilyPond users, On the LilyPond website's upper righthand corner, we'll be starting in a few days a "Pondings" column. This column will house a rotating cast of tweet-sized messages about LilyPond-related projects. Anyone can submit a Ponding, and I encourage you to do so! Three ground r

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