Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-11 Thread Graham Percival
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 03:57:03PM +0200, Christ van Willegen wrote: Graham, list, On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Graham Percival gra...@percival-music.ca wrote: Are you?  The best way to get this started is to join the Frogs, our team of bugfixers.  After fixing a few bugs, you'll be

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-11 Thread Neil Puttock
2009/4/11 Graham Percival gra...@percival-music.ca: On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 03:57:03PM +0200, Christ van Willegen wrote: It seems that (parts of) Lily is in C++, which I've been using since 1995. So, I can read and (probably) bugfix in it. I guess I'll have to learn other languages on the way

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-11 Thread Valentin Villenave
2009/4/11 Graham Percival gra...@percival-music.ca: Yes, there's a Frog mailist, but I can't remember the address offhand.  If Valentin had his website up, I could find the address there. Actually, the website /is/ up, but it's not official yet (and the webdesign hasn't been uploaded):

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-10 Thread Christ van Willegen
Graham, list, On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Graham Percival gra...@percival-music.ca wrote: On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 11:56:16AM +0200, Christ van Willegen wrote: Are there any people out there that would be willing to help make this possible? Are you?  The best way to get this started is to

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-09 Thread Wei-Wei Guo
Tim McNamara 写道: PS. Why doesn's Lilypond provide a easy-to-use mechanism for inputing music elements, like E major key signature or quaver. It will make Lilypond not only a powerful tool for engraving music script, but also a tool for textbook. Many of these things are very easy to input

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-09 Thread M Watts
Sorry Tim, I don't understand what you said. Could you point me to a link explaining those systems? Thanks! I'm not Tim, but try starting here for LilyPond syntax; also read the see also pages linked from the bottom:

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-09 Thread Graham Percival
On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 11:56:16AM +0200, Christ van Willegen wrote: I was wondering if perhaps 'we' were able to help him, by: - Engraving songs for publishing, making them 'as good as possible'; - Extending Lilypond to (more easily?) accomodate engraving of church music. Two examples that I

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-09 Thread Morten Borchorst
You might want to contact Wilco van den Tol. As far as I remember he worked out a project like this a few years ago. Greetings Morten Christ van Willegen skrev: ...although we all are in 'the real world' (or at least think we are :-) ) Recently, I was attending a speech by one of the

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-09 Thread Wei-Wei Guo
M Watts 写道: Sorry Tim, I don't understand what you said. Could you point me to a link explaining those systems? Thanks! I'm not Tim, but try starting here for LilyPond syntax; also read the see also pages linked from the bottom:

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-09 Thread wilco van den tol
Hi there, I indeed worked on a book containing a lot of church songs in several different kinds of notation. Varying from a full score with choir and organ, which wasn't an issue at all, to a setting with long notes on each of which a long sentence had to be sung, which seemed impossible until I

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-09 Thread Tim McNamara
On Apr 9, 2009, at 1:38 AM, Wei-Wei Guo wrote: I don't know there are many different systems. I'm working on a songbook for our family church, but I have little knowledge of music. So I started learning music script about a month ago. Since it's difficult for me to remember and

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-09 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message 49dd97f8.20...@gmail.com, Wei-Wei Guo wwgu...@gmail.com writes I don't know there are many different systems. I'm working on a songbook for our family church, but I have little knowledge of music. So I started learning music script about a month ago. Since it's difficult for me to

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-08 Thread Wei-Wei Guo
Hi Andrew, Thanks! It's good to know it. But it is a pity that the fonts still have limited symbols. Wei-Wei Andrew Hawryluk 写道: Do you mean including musical symbols in the body text? You may be interested in http://www.mu.qub.ac.uk/tomita/bachfont/ Andrew

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-08 Thread Wei-Wei Guo
Hi Kieren, I think that might be the method, combining basic symbols, that I'm looking for. I actually don't understand those #Y or #DOWN. I guess those represent some basic symbols. Could you point me to any material explaining this? I'm searching like a blind touching everything but getting

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-08 Thread Kieren MacMillan
HI Wei-Wei, Could you point me to any material explaining this? It's all in the Text markup docs, in particular the Music section: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Music#Music Hope this helps! Kieren. ___ lilypond-user

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-08 Thread Wei-Wei Guo
Hi Kieren, Thanks. I think maybe I know how to do now. I've been looking into the link several times, but never gotten any sense. My problem might be too unfamiliar with Lilypond. PS. Why doesn's Lilypond provide a easy-to-use mechanism for inputing music elements, like E major key signature or

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-08 Thread Tim McNamara
On Apr 8, 2009, at 9:27 PM, Wei-Wei Guo wrote: Hi Kieren, Thanks. I think maybe I know how to do now. I've been looking into the link several times, but never gotten any sense. My problem might be too unfamiliar with Lilypond. PS. Why doesn's Lilypond provide a easy-to-use mechanism for

Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-07 Thread Christ van Willegen
...although we all are in 'the real world' (or at least think we are :-) ) Recently, I was attending a speech by one of the leading people being busy with compiling a new book of church songs for The Netherlands (or at least the Calvinist/Lutheran part of it). When the speech was finished I asked

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-07 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
Am Dienstag, 7. April 2009 schrieb Christ van Willegen: [...] at least it can be shown that Lilypond is ready for world usage. I doubt that anyone who has seen e.g. Michael Käpplers score of Telemann's Meine Schafe hören meine Stimme, available at

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-07 Thread Wilbert Berendsen
Op dinsdag 07 april 2009, schreef Christ van Willegen: (...) told me that they were already looking into using Lilypond... So, here's a serious example of the usage of Lilypond in the real world. I was wondering if perhaps 'we' were able to help him, by: - Engraving songs for publishing,

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-07 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Op dinsdag 07-04-2009 om 11:56 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Christ van Willegen: [cc list] - Extending Lilypond to (more easily?) accomodate engraving of church music. Two examples that I can think of are: Setting rests at the end of a system, and making music centered and not left aligned;

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-07 Thread Wei-Wei Guo
Christ van Willegen 写道: - Any other advice/techniques/additions/modifications we can think of. Does Lilypond has any application on music textbook? Is is possible? I find it difficult to input single/standalone music symbols, such as crotchet or quaver. Best wishes, Wei-Wei

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-07 Thread Christ van Willegen
Jan, list, On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Jan Nieuwenhuizen jann...@gnu.org wrote: Op dinsdag 07-04-2009 om 11:56 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Christ van Willegen: - Extending Lilypond to (more easily?) accomodate engraving of church music. Two examples that I can think of are: Setting

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-07 Thread M Watts
Wei-Wei Guo wrote: Christ van Willegen 写道: - Any other advice/techniques/additions/modifications we can think of. Does Lilypond has any application on music textbook? Is is possible? I find it difficult to input single/standalone music symbols, such as crotchet or quaver. Have you seen

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-07 Thread Wei-Wei Guo
M Watts 写道: Wei-Wei Guo wrote: Christ van Willegen 写道: - Any other advice/techniques/additions/modifications we can think of. Does Lilypond has any application on music textbook? Is is possible? I find it difficult to input single/standalone music symbols, such as crotchet or quaver.

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-07 Thread Andrew Hawryluk
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Wei-Wei Guo wwgu...@gmail.com wrote: M Watts 写道: Wei-Wei Guo wrote: Christ van Willegen 写道: - Any other advice/techniques/additions/modifications we can think of. Does Lilypond has any application on music textbook? Is is possible? I find it difficult to

Re: Real-world usage of Lilypond

2009-04-07 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Wei-Wei Guo, explaining what a quaver is in text line. \markup { A quaver looks like \fontsize #-2 \general-align #Y #DOWN \note #8 #1 } Hope this helps! Kieren. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org