Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-29 Thread Philip Bergwerf
Malte Meyn-3 wrote > Am 28.12.18 um 21:22 schrieb Philip Bergwerf: >> When working with Lilypond I want Lilypond to print the empty measures >> from >> every instrument, like how Denemo is doing by default. For example: >> instr. 1 >> has 10 measures of music. I want lilypond to print the empty

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-29 Thread David Kastrup
Kieren MacMillan writes: > Hi David, > >>> That’s only because you haven’t written the code to make Lilypond do >>> it for you [and anyone else who wants such a feature]. Patches are >>> always welcome! >> >> The Completion_rest_engraver will do that in a variety of manners >> (depending on the

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-29 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi David, >> That’s only because you haven’t written the code to make Lilypond do >> it for you [and anyone else who wants such a feature]. Patches are >> always welcome! > > The Completion_rest_engraver will do that in a variety of manners > (depending on the variables it uses to make its

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-29 Thread Karlin High
On 12/29/2018 1:13 PM, Karlin High wrote: Or how about the solution David Kastrup wrote And then combine with Aaron Hill's approach, allowing an autofilled spacer rest staff to simultaneously contain additional music. % BEGIN \version "2.18.2" onepart = \repeat unfold 40 { c'4 } twopart = {

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-29 Thread David Kastrup
Kieren MacMillan writes: > Hi Reggie, > >> I think it's silly that Lily cannot auto fill measures either that way. > > As someone who recently used Lilypond to draw a Riemannian Tonnetz > graph (see > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2018-12/pdfhe5imdug__.pdf), > I must say I

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-29 Thread Karlin High
On 12/29/2018 12:49 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: determine the [Voice?] context with the longest duration, and auto-fill any [Voice?] contexts that are shorter. Or how about the solution David Kastrup wrote in May 2018, with the "Adding a continuous drone to midi output" threads. I forget

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-29 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Reggie, > I think it's silly that Lily cannot auto fill measures either that way. As someone who recently used Lilypond to draw a Riemannian Tonnetz graph (see http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2018-12/pdfhe5imdug__.pdf), I must say I doubt there is much Lilypond can’t do with

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-29 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Aaron, > What is the point of these empty measures? That is, to what degree is seeing > extra staff lines going to help the process of using LilyPond, a text-driven > tool? For anyone who composes directly in Lilypond, this could be a useful feature. Personally, I don’t — I compose using

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-29 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Philip (et al.), > The point is to have a better look over my score without having to edit every > instrument when writing one measure. Not losing the layout of the score. I would think this could be done fairly easily with a Scheme engraver: determine the [Voice?] context with the longest

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-29 Thread Muzhic
How about a nice image showing what the OP is after ? JM Envoyé de mon iPhone > Le 29 déc. 2018 à 19:08, David Kastrup a écrit : > > Karlin High writes: > >>> On 12/29/2018 9:59 AM, Reggie wrote: >>> loll it's literally in the OP title of thread auto print empty just like >>> finale and

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-29 Thread David Kastrup
Karlin High writes: > On 12/29/2018 9:59 AM, Reggie wrote: >> loll it's literally in the OP title of thread auto print empty just like >> finale and sebelius do when you begin engraving a piece of music. :)) you'll >> see what i am meaning when all is done > > I understood the OP the same way

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-29 Thread Philip Bergwerf
The point is to have a better look over my score without having to edit every instrument when writing one measure. Not losing the layout of the score. When writing 10 measures for the piano its helpful if the other instruments auto print empty measures to retain the overview in the second break.

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-29 Thread Malte Meyn
Am 28.12.18 um 21:22 schrieb Philip Bergwerf: When working with Lilypond I want Lilypond to print the empty measures from every instrument, like how Denemo is doing by default. For example: instr. 1 has 10 measures of music. I want lilypond to print the empty measures of all staffs in the

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-29 Thread Karlin High
On 12/29/2018 11:16 AM, Aaron Hill wrote: What is the point of these empty measures?  That is, to what degree is seeing extra staff lines going to help the process of using LilyPond, a text-driven tool? My first guess for usage of the empty measures would be as an aid to further composition

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-29 Thread Karlin High
On 12/29/2018 9:59 AM, Reggie wrote: loll it's literally in the OP title of thread auto print empty just like finale and sebelius do when you begin engraving a piece of music. :)) you'll see what i am meaning when all is done I understood the OP the same way Aaron Hill did. If the OP's request

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-29 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2018-12-29 7:59 am, Reggie wrote: loll it's literally in the OP title of thread auto print empty just like finale and sebelius do when you begin engraving a piece of music. :)) you'll see what i am meaning when all is done Forgive me, but that makes no sense. LilyPond is not a

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-29 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Reggie, If you (or the OP) want 3 staves containing 48 measures of full-measure rests in 4/4, you can always do something like this: blankstuff = \repeat unfold 48 { R1 } << \new Staff \blankstuff \new Staff \blankstuff \new Staff \blankstuff >> If I recall correctly (it’s been

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-29 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Reggie, > auto print empty just like finale and sebelius > do when you begin engraving a piece of music. :)) Don’t you have to tell both Finale and Sibelius how many staves and measures you want, and in what time signature? I don’t recall either program "auto-printing empty" anything.

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-29 Thread Reggie
Aaron Hill wrote > On 2018-12-28 3:45 pm, Reggie wrote: >> Again you don't understand the first post. He wants a finale sibelius >> pre >> engraving blank bar layout. I am aware of all your code aaron but >> thanks >> though :)) not neccsarry > > I am very aware of what OP is talking about, and

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-28 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2018-12-28 3:45 pm, Reggie wrote: Again you don't understand the first post. He wants a finale sibelius pre engraving blank bar layout. I am aware of all your code aaron but thanks though :)) not neccsarry I am very aware of what OP is talking about, and what you describe is not it. OP

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-28 Thread Thomas Morley
Am Sa., 29. Dez. 2018 um 00:58 Uhr schrieb Thomas Morley : > > Am Fr., 28. Dez. 2018 um 22:28 Uhr schrieb Philip Bergwerf > : > > > > When working with Lilypond I want Lilypond to print the empty measures from > > every instrument, like how Denemo is doing by default. For example: instr. 1 > > has

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-28 Thread Michael Gerdau
> Again you don't understand the first post. He wants a finale sibelius pre > engraving blank bar layout. I am aware of all your code aaron but thanks > though :)) not neccsarry Well, THAT is so trivial to achieve that I, like many others, apparently did not understand the OPs request. For

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-28 Thread Reggie
Aaron Hill wrote > On 2018-12-28 2:01 pm, Reggie wrote: >> Kieren and David I think you don't understand I believe the poster >> wanted to >> see blank music ahead of engraving like the other program software >> does. Not >> simple to just hide and unfold that's not quite the same thing. > >

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-28 Thread Thomas Morley
Am Fr., 28. Dez. 2018 um 22:28 Uhr schrieb Philip Bergwerf : > > When working with Lilypond I want Lilypond to print the empty measures from > every instrument, like how Denemo is doing by default. For example: instr. 1 > has 10 measures of music. I want lilypond to print the empty measures of all

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-28 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2018-12-28 2:01 pm, Reggie wrote: Kieren and David I think you don't understand I believe the poster wanted to see blank music ahead of engraving like the other program software does. Not simple to just hide and unfold that's not quite the same thing. LilyPond prints precisely as much

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-28 Thread Karlin High
On 12/28/2018 2:22 PM, Philip Bergwerf wrote: When working with Lilypond I want Lilypond to print the empty measures from every instrument, like how Denemo is doing by default. For example: instr. 1 has 10 measures of music. I want lilypond to print the empty measures of all staffs in the

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-28 Thread Reggie
Kieren MacMillan wrote > Hi Philip, > >> When working with Lilypond I want Lilypond to print the empty measures >> from >> every instrument, like how Denemo is doing by default. For example: >> instr. 1 >> has 10 measures of music. I want lilypond to print the empty measures of >> all >> staffs

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-28 Thread Reggie
Philip Bergwerf wrote > When working with Lilypond I want Lilypond to print the empty measures > from > every instrument, like how Denemo is doing by default. For example: instr. > 1 > has 10 measures of music. I want lilypond to print the empty measures of > all > staffs in the project. Is there

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-28 Thread David Kastrup
Philip Bergwerf writes: > When working with Lilypond I want Lilypond to print the empty measures > from every instrument, like how Denemo is doing by default. For > example: instr. 1 has 10 measures of music. I want lilypond to print > the empty measures of all staffs in the project. Is there a

Re: How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-28 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Philip, > When working with Lilypond I want Lilypond to print the empty measures from > every instrument, like how Denemo is doing by default. For example: instr. 1 > has 10 measures of music. I want lilypond to print the empty measures of all > staffs in the project. Is there a way to reach

How to auto print empty measures?

2018-12-28 Thread Philip Bergwerf
When working with Lilypond I want Lilypond to print the empty measures from every instrument, like how Denemo is doing by default. For example: instr. 1 has 10 measures of music. I want lilypond to print the empty measures of all staffs in the project. Is there a way to reach this? How? Cheers,