Cheat Sheet

2011-11-08 Thread Tim Roberts
As I do more and more LilyPond data entry, I find the skill set development to be interesting. I've become pretty quick at data entry now, including dynamics and articulation marks. I've become pretty good at tweaking the output to get the effects I want. The skill that is NOT developing, ap

Re: Cheat Sheet

2011-11-08 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 11/8/11 1:32 PM, "Tim Roberts" wrote: > > > >As I do more and more > LilyPond data entry, I find the skill set development to be > interesting. I've become pretty quick at data entry now, >including dynamics and articulation marks. I've become pretty good >at tweaki

Re: Cheat Sheet

2011-11-09 Thread Urs Liska
Am 09.11.2011 00:59, schrieb Carl Sorensen: On 11/8/11 1:32 PM, "Tim Roberts" wrote: As I do more and more LilyPond data entry, I find the skill set development to be interesting. I've become pretty quick at data entry now, including dynamics and articulation marks. I'v

Re: Cheat Sheet

2011-11-09 Thread Michael Ellis
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Urs Liska wrote: > It does _not_ depend on the context the notes live in - it depends only on > the order in which they appear in the input file. > Thanks, that's an easy-to-remember rule. It deserves prominent placement in the documentation.

Re: Cheat Sheet

2011-11-09 Thread David Kastrup
Michael Ellis writes: > On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Urs Liska wrote: > > It does _not_ depend on the context the notes live in - it depends > only on the order in which they appear in the input file. > > > Thanks, that's an easy-to-remember rule.  It deserves prominent > placement in

Re: Cheat Sheet

2011-11-09 Thread Michael Ellis
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 9:38 AM, David Kastrup wrote: > Michael Ellis writes: > > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Urs Liska wrote: > > > > It does _not_ depend on the context the notes live in - it depends > > only on the order in which they appear in the input file. > > > > > > Thanks

Re: Cheat Sheet

2011-11-09 Thread David Kastrup
Michael Ellis writes: > Ah! So the simple rule about simple rules still applies :-)   > Back to my previous approach, then: Use point and click to select the > first note with the wrong octave, change it, and re-run lilypond.  Or write octave checks. In relative mode, it is easy to forget an oc

Re: Cheat Sheet

2011-11-09 Thread Trevor Daniels
David Kastrup wrote Wednesday, November 09, 2011 3:03 PM The octave of notes may also be checked with the `\octaveCheck CONTROLPITCH' command. `CONTROLPITCH' is specified in absolute mode. This checks that the interval between the previous note and the `CONTROLPITCH' is within a fourth (i.

Re: Cheat Sheet

2011-11-09 Thread David Kastrup
"Trevor Daniels" writes: > David Kastrup wrote Wednesday, November 09, 2011 3:03 PM > >> The octave of notes may also be checked with the >> `\octaveCheck CONTROLPITCH' command. `CONTROLPITCH' is specified in >> absolute mode. This checks that the interval between the previous >> note >> and t

Re: Cheat Sheet

2011-11-10 Thread Urs Liska
Am 09.11.2011 17:31, schrieb David Kastrup: "Trevor Daniels" writes: David Kastrup wrote Wednesday, November 09, 2011 3:03 PM The octave of notes may also be checked with the `\octaveCheck CONTROLPITCH' command. `CONTROLPITCH' is specified in absolute mode. This checks that the interval

Re: Cheat Sheet

2011-11-10 Thread Francisco Vila
2011/11/8 Tim Roberts : > Is there a simple mnemonic aid that can help me remember which part of a > given token is the one that carries forward?  Individual notes are easy. > Within a chord is easy.  I believe that the first note of a chord then > carries forward to the next token.  But in polypho

Re: Cheat Sheet

2011-11-10 Thread Francisco Vila
2011/11/10 Francisco Vila : > musicOne = \relative f  { c d e f g a b c d e f g a b c } > musicTwo = \relative f  { e f g a b c d e f g a b c d e } > > \score { >  \relative f { >    << >      \musicOne >      \musicTwo >    >> >  } > > } > > > %%% > > This way you do not mix relative

Re: Cheat Sheet

2011-11-10 Thread Graham Percival
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 10:30:15AM +0100, Urs Liska wrote: > Am 09.11.2011 17:31, schrieb David Kastrup: > >"Trevor Daniels" writes: > > > >>This is a popular misconception, but it is wrong, as > >>you can see by introducing various accidentals. > >I was merely quoting the manual, so if you have s

Re: Spacing Cheat Sheet

2015-02-21 Thread Colin Campbell
On 2015-02-21 06:04 AM, Noeck wrote: Hi Kaj, hi Lilypond users, I also would like to say that again that spacing is a bit daunting. But I hope with the help you got here, it is possible to adjust the spacing you need. The deeper understanding will come with time and it is difficult if one wants

Re: Spacing Cheat Sheet

2015-02-21 Thread Noeck
Hi, I've seen it once – didn't realize it is so similar. It doesn't contain the spacing within a score, though, which was the issue of the original thread. >> http://joramberger.de/files/LilypondSpacing.pdf > Here's another visual guide that Abraham Lee created that's similar: > http://lilypond.1

Re: Spacing Cheat Sheet

2015-02-21 Thread Kaj
Hi Kieren! Thanks for the info. You might be correct in what you suggest. However so far I have not seen any complete description of stretchability. There are some words in the paragraphs about "Structure of flexible vertical spacing alists" (the link I gave in my previous note), but those ar

Re: Spacing Cheat Sheet

2015-02-21 Thread Kaj
Thanks Trevor! So this with stretching demands to be the next thing to put your teeth into. /Kaj Den 2015-02-21 23:15, skrev Trevor Daniels: Kaj wrote Saturday, February 21, 2015 9:10 PM One thing (among others) I still do not understand: why are there three keys describing the distance betwee

Re: Spacing Cheat Sheet

2015-02-22 Thread Noeck
Hi, I would also be interested in how the stretchability value is used. I assumed it would be someting like \vfill in LaTeX, in this case only the relative value with respect to other spacings would be significant – i.e. the available extra space would be shared in proportions of the stretchabilit

Re: Spacing Cheat Sheet

2015-02-22 Thread Trevor Daniels
Noeck wrote Sunday, February 22, 2015 9:05 PM > I would also be interested in how the stretchability value is used. > I assumed it would be someting like \vfill in LaTeX, in this case only the > relative value with respect to other spacings would be significant – i.e. the > available extra space

Re: Spacing Cheat Sheet

2015-02-23 Thread Noeck
Hi Trevor, thanks I missed that paragraph. > See > http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/flexible-vertical-spacing-paper-variables Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/li

Re: Spacing Cheat Sheet

2015-03-11 Thread Kaj
isual summary of the spacing settings and an example (on the left) how to change them. If you know that there are different settings in the paper and in the layout block and that there are fixed distances (in mm, cm, in) and flexible spacings (minimum-distance, basic-distance, padding, strechabili

Re: Spacing Cheat Sheet

2015-03-11 Thread Noeck
Dear Kaj, you are brave to really dig through all this! That's a good thing. I think I can help you here, too: It is correct (and it works like expected) if you do \override StaffGroup.StaffGrouper.staff-staff-spacing.padding = 30 like I wrote. But only (!) if your grouping context is a StaffGrou

Re: Spacing Cheat Sheet

2015-03-12 Thread Kaj
Hi Joram, Yes, of course, I can say now after your replay and explanation. Why didn't I see this myself? For what you point out, of course I have seen this with hierarchy and different kinds of staff grouping a lot of times when reading the documentation. But I did not realize the consequence

Basic LilyPond Cheat Sheet

2011-09-12 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
Dear all, Sometimes it can be very useful -- in particular for new and not so experienced users -- to have the basic LilyPond syntax available compressed on one single sheet. I have created such a cheat sheet that displays the basic lilypond syntax and usage (without any tweaks and overrides

Re: Lilypond cheat sheet

2012-11-11 Thread Noeck
Thank you for all your comments on my cheat sheet[1]! I included them and spotted some more. Here are the updated versions of the English and the German cheat sheet (in svg and pdf format)[2]: http://joramberger.de/files/lilypond_sheet_en.svg http://joramberger.de/files/lilypond_sheet_en.pdf

Re: Lilypond cheat sheet

2012-11-11 Thread Olivier Biot
Hi Joram, Thank you for the updates cheat sheet. As a matter of fact I just printed both cheat sheets on one sheet of paper and laminated it. Two sides of invaluable LilyPond information :-) Hint 1: use heavier stock paper when printing double sided. Hint 2: print borderless for printing the

Lilypond Cheat Sheet 2.18

2014-01-01 Thread Noeck
Hi all, as promised after the release of 2.16, I update my Lilypond cheat sheets for each stable version. After 2.18 came out recently, here is the corresponding version of my cheat sheet in three languages: English: http://joramberger.de/files/lilypond_sheet_2.18_en.pdf German: http

Re: Basic LilyPond Cheat Sheet

2011-09-12 Thread Christ van Willegen
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 14:39, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote: > Attached you can find the PDF version of this cheat sheet: >     > http://www.fam.tuwien.ac.at/~reinhold/temp/2011-08-24_LilyPond_CheatSheet_Basic.pdf Looks very nice! Christ van Willegen -- 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5

Re: Basic LilyPond Cheat Sheet

2011-09-12 Thread David Kastrup
Reinhold Kainhofer writes: > Dear all, Sometimes it can be very useful -- in particular for new and > not so experienced users -- to have the basic LilyPond syntax > available compressed on one single sheet. I have created such a cheat > sheet that displays the basic lilypond synt

Re: Basic LilyPond Cheat Sheet

2011-09-12 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
sheet. I have created such a cheat > > sheet that displays the basic lilypond syntax and usage (without any > > tweaks and overrides) on one single page, while also being visually > > appealing. > > How does it relate/compare to appendix B in the notation manual? > Anyt

Re: Basic LilyPond Cheat Sheet

2011-09-12 Thread Helge Kruse
Am 12.09.2011 14:39, schrieb Reinhold Kainhofer: Dear all, Sometimes it can be very useful -- in particular for new and not so experienced users -- to have the basic LilyPond syntax available compressed on one single sheet. I have created such a cheat sheet that displays the basic lilypond

Re: Basic LilyPond Cheat Sheet

2011-09-12 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "Helge Kruse" To: Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 6:21 PM Subject: Re: Basic LilyPond Cheat Sheet Am 12.09.2011 14:39, schrieb Reinhold Kainhofer: Dear all, Sometimes it can be very useful -- in particular for new and not so experienced users

Re: Basic LilyPond Cheat Sheet

2011-09-12 Thread Michael Ellis
to have the basic LilyPond syntax available >>> compressed on >>> one single sheet. I have created such a cheat sheet that displays the >>> basic >>> lilypond syntax and usage (without any tweaks and overrides) on one >>> single >>> page, while also bei

Re: Basic LilyPond Cheat Sheet

2011-09-12 Thread Stan Sanderson
On Sep 12, 2011, at 12:42 PM, "Phil Holmes" wrote: > - Original Message - From: "Helge Kruse" > To: > Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 6:21 PM > Subject: Re: Basic LilyPond Cheat Sheet > > >> Am 12.09.2011 14:39, schrieb Reinhold Kainhofer

Re: Basic LilyPond Cheat Sheet

2011-09-12 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
Am Montag, 12. September 2011, 19:21:02 schrieb Helge Kruse: > But when I try to > send the PDF to my printer I get the messages > >Das Dokument konnte nicht gedruckt werden. >(The document could be printed.) > >Keine zum Drucken ausgewählte Seiten vorhanden. >(There are no pages

Re: Basic LilyPond Cheat Sheet

2011-09-12 Thread Nick Payne
On 13/09/11 04:55, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote: Am Montag, 12. September 2011, 19:21:02 schrieb Helge Kruse: But when I try to send the PDF to my printer I get the messages Das Dokument konnte nicht gedruckt werden. (The document could be printed.) Keine zum Drucken ausgewählte Seiten

Re: Basic LilyPond Cheat Sheet

2011-09-12 Thread Helge Kruse
Am 12.09.2011 20:55, schrieb Reinhold Kainhofer: No, printing is not disallowed. It is probably some incompatibility with Acrobat Reader. I can print it just fine from okular. Do you consider to make it Adobe compatible? Regards, Helge ___ lilypon

Re: Basic LilyPond Cheat Sheet

2011-09-13 Thread Damian leGassick
On 13 Sep 2011, at 00:19, Nick Payne wrote: > On 13/09/11 04:55, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote: >> Am Montag, 12. September 2011, 19:21:02 schrieb Helge Kruse: >>> But when I try to >>> send the PDF to my printer I get the messages >>> >>>Das Dokument konnte nicht gedruckt werden. >>>(The do

Re: Basic LilyPond Cheat Sheet

2011-09-13 Thread Robert Schmaus
If nothing else works, there is this (for command-line buffs possibly dissatisfactory) option of online conversion at, e.g., http://docupub.com/pdfconvert/ This worked for me, anyway. Nice work, Reinhold, and thanks for sharing! On Tuesday, September 13, 2011 10:34 AM, "Damian leGassick" wrot

Re: Basic LilyPond Cheat Sheet

2011-09-13 Thread Alberto Simões
basic LilyPond syntax available compressed on one single sheet. I have created such a cheat sheet that displays the basic lilypond syntax and usage (without any tweaks and overrides) on one single page, while also being visually appealing. The cheat sheet is meant to be a quick summary of the things

Re: Basic LilyPond Cheat Sheet

2011-09-15 Thread Ralph Palmer
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote: > > Attached you can find the PDF version of this cheat sheet: > > http://www.fam.tuwien.ac.at/~reinhold/temp/2011-08-24_LilyPond_CheatSheet_Basic.pdf > > Thanks, Reinhold! I, also, was unable to print the cheat shee

Re: Basic LilyPond Cheat Sheet

2011-09-16 Thread Patrick Horgan
On 09/12/2011 04:19 PM, Nick Payne wrote: > ... elision by patrick... > I can't print it from Adobe Reader on Ubuntu either. I also opened it > in the default PDF document viewer that comes with Ubuntu (Evince), > and in that, most of the text just displays as blocks of various sizes > and shades -

Re: Lilypond Cheat Sheet 2.18

2014-01-01 Thread Federico Bruni
2014/1/1 Noeck > as promised after the release of 2.16, I update my Lilypond cheat sheets > for each stable version. After 2.18 came out recently, here is the > corresponding version of my cheat sheet in three languages: > > English: http://joramberger.de/files/lilypond_sh

Re: Lilypond Cheat Sheet 2.18

2014-01-01 Thread Noeck
> if you send the .ly file I may translate it to italian That would be nice. The editable source is an Inkscape svg file, you can download it by changing the file extension in the link from pdf to svg: http://joramberger.de/files/lilypond_sheet_2.18_en.svg Cheers, Joram

Re: Lilypond Cheat Sheet 2.18

2014-01-01 Thread Jean-Charles Malahieude
Le 01/01/2014 18:50, Noeck disait : Hi all, * The French translation is probably rather poorly done by me. Corrections and other comments to all language versions are welcome! Good job! Thanks (I'll give the links on the French list when updated). - Commentaire % … und %{ … %} + Commentaire

Re: Lilypond Cheat Sheet 2.18

2014-01-01 Thread Thomas Morley
2014/1/1 Noeck : > Hi all, > > as promised after the release of 2.16, I update my Lilypond cheat sheets > for each stable version. After 2.18 came out recently, here is the > corresponding version of my cheat sheet in three languages: Hi Joram, I forwarded it to the ger

Re: Lilypond Cheat Sheet 2.18

2014-01-01 Thread Noeck
Hi Jean-Charles, thanks for your comments! I have a few questions left: > - pause invisible > + silence invisible in general pause -> silence, too? > - erhöht > + élève élève and not élevé? > - erniedrigt > + abaisse and not abaissé? I have updated it: http://joramberger.de/files/lilypond_sh

Re: Lilypond Cheat Sheet 2.18

2014-01-01 Thread Ralph Palmer
On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Noeck wrote: > Hi all, > > as promised after the release of 2.16, I update my Lilypond cheat sheets > for each stable version. After 2.18 came out recently, here is the > corresponding version of my cheat sheet in three languages: &g

Re: Lilypond Cheat Sheet 2.18

2014-01-01 Thread PMA
Thank you, Joram! P Noeck wrote: Hi all, as promised after the release of 2.16, I update my Lilypond cheat sheets for each stable version. After 2.18 came out recently, here is the corresponding version of my cheat sheet in three languages: English: http://joramberger.de/files

Re: Lilypond Cheat Sheet 2.18

2014-01-01 Thread Federico Bruni
2014/1/1 Noeck > > if you send the .ly file I may translate it to italian > > That would be nice. The editable source is an Inkscape svg file, you can > download it by changing the file extension in the link from pdf to svg: > > http://joramberger.de/files/lilypond_sheet_2.18_en.svg > oh, too mu

Re: Lilypond Cheat Sheet 2.18

2014-01-01 Thread Noeck
> That would be nice. The editable source is an Inkscape svg file, you can > download it by changing the file extension in the link from pdf to svg: > > http://joramberger.de/files/lilypond_sheet_2.18_en.svg > > > oh, too much trouble, I give up :( Oh, that’s a pity. I don’t want to

Re: Lilypond Cheat Sheet 2.18

2014-01-01 Thread Noeck
> True, but I have a different problem: if the translated text is longer, > objects should be re-aligned. See attached file. > Before using Inkscape I did a quick search to see if there's a better > way to handle localization of SVG files and I found this: > http://www.svgopen.org/2008/papers/53-T

Re: Lilypond Cheat Sheet 2.18

2014-01-01 Thread Johan Vromans
Noeck writes: > 3. Inkscape is a very nice free software for vector graphics running > on different operating systems. Using it and changing the text is > really easy. When I try it it runs into all kinds of fonts issues. Apparently you used nonstandard fonts (except for Emmentaler). -- Johan

Re: Lilypond Cheat Sheet 2.18

2014-01-01 Thread Noeck
> When I try it it runs into all kinds of fonts issues. Apparently you > used nonstandard fonts (except for Emmentaler). Yes, I chose some non-standard fonts ;) Century Schoolbook L (the text font Lilypond uses) Ubuntu Mono (Ubuntus monospace font) Joram

Re: Lilypond Cheat Sheet 2.18

2014-01-04 Thread Noeck
ttached > thanks Thanks to Federico there is now also an Italian version of this cheat sheet: http://joramberger.de/files/lilypond_sheet_2.18_it.pdf Cheers, Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Lilypond Cheat Sheet 2.18

2014-01-04 Thread Gilles
Good job! Thanks (I'll give the links on the French list when updated). - Commentaire % … und %{ … %} + Commentaire % … et %{ … %} [ ... ] Perhaps too late, but alterations doesn't fit to \language "français" is -> d ish -> sd isis -> dd isih -> dsd es -> b eh -> sb eses -> bb

Re: Lilypond Cheat Sheet 2.18

2014-01-04 Thread Noeck
Hi Gilles, > Perhaps too late, but > > alterations doesn't fit to \language "français" Ah, thanks, I missed that. And no, it is not too late, I will update it within some days. This also concerns the other languages. Thanks again, Joram ___ lily

Re: Lilypond Cheat Sheet 2.18

2014-01-05 Thread Janek Warchoł
2014/1/1 Noeck : > Hi all, > > as promised after the release of 2.16, I update my Lilypond cheat sheets > for each stable version. After 2.18 came out recently, here is the > corresponding version of my cheat sheet in three languages: > > English: http:/

Re: Lilypond Cheat Sheet 2.18

2014-01-06 Thread Noeck
>> alterations doesn't fit to \language "français" > > … I will update it within some days. … Done. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Spacing Cheat Sheet (was: How to increase the distance between systems?)

2015-02-21 Thread Noeck
) how to change them. If you know that there are different settings in the paper and in the layout block and that there are fixed distances (in mm, cm, in) and flexible spacings (minimum-distance, basic-distance, padding, strechability), then this cheat sheet should make it easier to adjust all these

Re: Spacing Cheat Sheet (was: How to increase the distance betweensystems?)

2015-02-21 Thread Trevor Daniels
Kaj wrote Saturday, February 21, 2015 9:10 PM > One thing (among others) I still do not understand: why are there three > keys describing the distance between staves and systems? In the Notation > Reference > (http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/flexible-vertical-spacing-p

Re: Spacing Cheat Sheet (was: How to increase the distance between systems?)

2015-02-21 Thread Peter Danemo
w to change them. If you know that there are different settings in the > paper and in the layout block and that there are fixed distances (in mm, cm, > in) > and flexible spacings (minimum-distance, basic-distance, padding, > strechability), then this cheat sheet should make it easier to

Re: Spacing Cheat Sheet (was: How to increase the distance between systems?)

2015-02-21 Thread Ralph Palmer
cm, in) > and flexible spacings (minimum-distance, basic-distance, padding, > strechability), then this cheat sheet should make it easier to adjust all > these > to your liking. > > Cheers, > Joram > > PS: Lyrics and other nonstaff spacings are to be done. Thank you f

Re: Spacing Cheat Sheet (was: How to increase the distance between systems?)

2015-02-21 Thread Paul Morris
Noeck wrote > To make the use of spacing settings easier, I put the most relevant > settings on > this page: > http://joramberger.de/files/LilypondSpacing.pdf Thanks Joram, this is very helpful! Here's another visual guide that Abraham Lee created that's similar: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabbl

Re: Spacing Cheat Sheet (was: How to increase the distance between systems?)

2015-02-21 Thread Kaj
-distance, basic-distance, padding, strechability), then this cheat sheet should make it easier to adjust all these to your liking. Cheers, Joram PS: Lyrics and other nonstaff spacings are to be done. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: Spacing Cheat Sheet (was: How to increase the distance between systems?)

2015-02-21 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Kaj (et al.), > if I understand it correct, the effective (resulting) distance will always be > the biggest of the three, hence >effective_distance = max(minimum-distance; basic-distance; padding). > Is there any reason to use three, one should be sufficient. If I understand correctly, th