Re: lilypond v2.13.54

2011-03-21 Thread Janek Warchoł
Hi, 2011/3/17 Phil Holmes m...@philholmes.net It looks like the LilyPond installation is no longer adding the path to the executable to the Windows PATH.  I have installed .54 and don't have it on my path.  For me that's actually good - my PATH variable overflowed and I lost all the ones I

Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music

2011-03-21 Thread David Kastrup
Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca writes: In the 1940s, a barometer of popular taste was Frank Sinatra (who could sing/croon/perform, but not really write lyrics or music) singing/performing/crooning songs written by others (who *could* write lyrics and/or music, but not

Re: Help with changing notehead glyph

2011-03-21 Thread -Eluze
David Rogers-7 wrote: The exact note-head you were looking for is part of Shape Note notation. If you look for that part of the documentation (I got to it simply by searching for the word shape), it explains how to turn the shape notes on and off for your score, if that was what you

Re: control notelength via variable?

2011-03-21 Thread Dmytro O. Redchuk
On Sat 19 Mar 2011, 12:15 TaoCG wrote: Hi, Hi! I need to control the length of rest and notes with a variable. something like: len = 2 r\len this doesn't work of course but is there a way to do this? I tried overriding duration-log but it only changes the visual appearance. Strange,

Re: control notelength via variable?

2011-03-21 Thread David Kastrup
Dmytro O. Redchuk brownian@gmail.com writes: On Sat 19 Mar 2011, 12:15 TaoCG wrote: Hi, Hi! I need to control the length of rest and notes with a variable. something like: len = 2 r\len this doesn't work of course but is there a way to do this? I tried overriding duration-log but

Re: fighting with lyrics

2011-03-21 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: Benjamin Peterson benja...@python.org To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 1:38 AM Subject: Re: fighting with lyrics mike at apollinemike.com mike at apollinemike.com writes: Hey Ben, Hi Mike, Thanks for the comments. 1)In vocal

Re: Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released

2011-03-21 Thread Francisco Vila
2011/3/20 Frédéric Bron frederic.b...@m4x.org: I noticed that convert-ly does not converts auto beaming settings. Didn't convert-ly give you a message that said you needed to change it manually? I have run conver-ly for many files so that I did not see the message! It would have been nice to

Re: New version of articulate available

2011-03-21 Thread David Kastrup
Peter Chubb lily.u...@chubb.wattle.id.au writes: Graham == Graham Percival gra...@percival-music.ca writes: Graham On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 04:23:12PM +0100, David Kastrup wrote: Graham Percival gra...@percival-music.ca writes: The suggestion that a .ly file would somehow be a derivative

Re: unexpected STRING error with unapparent cause

2011-03-21 Thread Jonathan Kulp
This error is normally the result of a stray or missing curly brace { or }. Check this carefully first. Jon On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:25 AM, tbear2500 tbear2...@gmail.com wrote: I'm writing an a cappella piece in Lilypond (actually transcribing one which is probably copyrighted, hence all

Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music

2011-03-21 Thread Dmytro O. Redchuk
On Sun 20 Mar 2011, 18:27 Graham Percival wrote: I really, honestly, love Vocaloid (that waste of time). ;) That was an attempt to direct myself to better wording; i am not sure i succeeded, sorry .) I appreciate your tastes, of course. On an objective level, it's allowed many people to

Re: control notelength via variable?

2011-03-21 Thread Dmytro O. Redchuk
On Mon 21 Mar 2011, 09:30 David Kastrup wrote: Not particularly. You can intersperse Scheme expressions with music events, and they are evaluated and the value, in general, is ignored. Nothing more, nothing less. With one exception: #(define len (ly:export (ly:make-duration 1 0))) {

Re: fighting with lyrics

2011-03-21 Thread arno . rog
Hi Benjamin, Have a look at the followining message: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.general/60967 Arno Rog ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

RE: lilypond v2.13.54

2011-03-21 Thread James Lowe
Janek, )-Original Message- )From: lilypond-user-bounces+james.lowe=datacore@gnu.org )[mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+james.lowe=datacore@gnu.org] On )Behalf Of Janek Warchol )Sent: 21 March 2011 06:29 )To: Phil Holmes )Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org; MING TSANG; Bugs )Subject: Re:

Re: fighting with lyrics

2011-03-21 Thread Benjamin Peterson
Phil Holmes mail at philholmes.net writes: See http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=680 Thanks. It turns out it looks just fine once the piano part is in. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Spacing between continuo figures and staff/notes

2011-03-21 Thread Brent Annable
Hi everyone, I have a question about figured bass/continuo that's been bugging me for a while now. Lilypond always puts the continuo figures too far from the staff for my taste. When I use an \override BassFigure #'extra-offset command, the figures get closer but of course they start bumping

Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music

2011-03-21 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi James, and so we're back to Graham's point. Anyone can now make 'music' without having to spend years learning a 'real' instrument etc. It's not so much some 'musicians' can no longer play an instrument or read music but that some extra 'musicians' can now create music without having to

Re: fighting with lyrics

2011-03-21 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: Benjamin Peterson benja...@python.org To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 1:55 PM Subject: Re: fighting with lyrics Phil Holmes mail at philholmes.net writes: See http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=680 Thanks. It turns out it looks

Re: control notelength via variable?

2011-03-21 Thread TaoCG
David Kastrup wrote: On Sat 19 Mar 2011, 12:15 TaoCG wrote: Hi, Hi! I need to control the length of rest and notes with a variable. something like: len = 2 r\len this doesn't work of course but is there a way to do this? I tried overriding duration-log but it only changes the

volta bracket too short

2011-03-21 Thread Laura Conrad
I'm trying to write a piece with an alternative ending labeled Final. This bracket is over a whole note for all parts. For two of the five parts, the spacing on the last line of the part is tight enough that there isn't room under the volta bracket for the whole word Final. Does anyone have

Re: volta bracket too short

2011-03-21 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: Laura Conrad lcon...@laymusic.org To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 4:51 PM Subject: volta bracket too short I'm trying to write a piece with an alternative ending labeled Final. This bracket is over a whole note for all parts. For

Re: volta bracket too short

2011-03-21 Thread Laura Conrad
Phil == Phil Holmes m...@philholmes.net writes: I'm trying to write a piece with an alternative ending labeled Final. This bracket is over a whole note for all parts. For two of the five parts, the spacing on the last line of the part is tight enough that

Re: Suppress NoteNames output on ties ?

2011-03-21 Thread Gilles THIBAULT
Could/did you add this to the LSR? Done http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=760 Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

emacs mode in XP?

2011-03-21 Thread David Bobroff
I've got emacs on a Windows XP machine and would like to get the LilyPond emacs mode working with it. Is anyone out there doing this? Thanks, David ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: volta bracket too short

2011-03-21 Thread Nick Payne
On 22/03/11 03:51, Laura Conrad wrote: I'm trying to write a piece with an alternative ending labeled Final. This bracket is over a whole note for all parts. For two of the five parts, the spacing on the last line of the part is tight enough that there isn't room under the volta bracket for

Re: Suppress NoteNames output on ties ?

2011-03-21 Thread Marc Mouries
On 3/21/2011 4:59 PM, Gilles THIBAULT wrote: Could/did you add this to the LSR? Done http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=760 Gilles shouldn't this be the default behavior of context NoteNames and thus changed added to the context NoteNames instead of the LSR?

Verse-chorus-verse with repeat, multiple ending, pick-up, and varying rhythm

2011-03-21 Thread Christopher R. Maden
Finally had an excuse to learn this excellent tool. I set a simple four-verse English folk song, with a concertina arrangement. It looks pretty darn good... but it could look better, and I couldn’t figure out how to bring in those last bits. This seems to be related to many FAQs, but I couldn’t

Re: Suppress NoteNames output on ties ?

2011-03-21 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 3/21/11 3:51 PM, Marc Mouries m...@mouries.net wrote: On 3/21/2011 4:59 PM, Gilles THIBAULT wrote: Could/did you add this to the LSR? Done http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=760 Gilles shouldn't this be the default behavior of context NoteNames and thus changed added to the

Re: Verse-chorus-verse with repeat, multiple ending, pick-up, and varying rhythm

2011-03-21 Thread Peter Chubb
Christopher == Christopher R Maden cr...@maden.org writes: Christopher Finally had an excuse to learn this excellent tool. I Christopher set a simple four-verse English folk song, with a Christopher concertina arrangement. It looks pretty darn good... but Christopher it could look better, and

Re: New version of articulate available

2011-03-21 Thread Colin Campbell
On 11-03-21 04:46 AM, David Kastrup wrote: snippage of licensing issues occureth By one of those delightful synchronicities, the following came up in today's AWAD: usufruct *PRONUNCIATION:* (YOO-zuh-fruhkt, -suh-) http://wordsmith.org/words/usufruct.mp3 *MEANING:* /noun/: The

Re: emacs mode in XP?

2011-03-21 Thread Ben Finney
David Bobroff bobr...@centrum.is writes: I've got emacs on a Windows XP machine and would like to get the LilyPond emacs mode working with it. Is anyone out there doing this? What would be different from getting any other Emacs mode working? -- \“If you continue running Windows,

Re: Verse-chorus-verse with repeat, multiple ending, pick-up, and varying rhythm

2011-03-21 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 3/21/11 6:58 PM, Christopher R. Maden cr...@maden.org wrote: Finally had an excuse to learn this excellent tool. I set a simple four-verse English folk song, with a concertina arrangement. It looks pretty darn good... but it could look better, and I couldn¹t figure out how to bring in

minimum number of measures per system

2011-03-21 Thread Benjamin Peterson
Hi, Is there a way to force a minimum number of measures per system to be layed out? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user