Hi Richard, and thank you for your quick reply! On Mon, 12 Aug 2019 at 15:52, Richard Shann <rich...@rshann.plus.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 2019-08-12 at 14:21 +0200, Lib Lists wrote: > > Hello, > > new Denemo user here, coming back to Lilypond through Denemo after > > many years. It is really a pleasure to do note entry in a visual > > editor, thank you for your efforts in developing Denemo! > > > > Few questions, using Denemo 2.2.0 on Mac Os 10.13.6. > > > > 1. Despite my attempts, I cannot find a way to create cross-staff > > beaming in a piano staff. I understand it is possible in Denemo, but > > I cannot find the right command. > > Cross staff beaming is created automatically by LilyPond when you cause > a voice to change staff, so the command you want is: > > Staffs/Voices->Change Staff
Great, works perfectly! > > > > > 2. When I select Export as -> Export selection as PNG, I get a > > message that my file has been created, but I cannot find it in the > > file system. > > You have to set your preference for a Image Viewer program to something > you have in your path to view the png with. The message is misleading - > as the help for the command says > > Command: Export Selection as PNG > Displays a musical excerpt in your image viewer > Location: Main Menu ▶ File ▶ Export As > Internal Name: PrintExcerptPreview > > so you have to have the Image Viewer in Edit->Change Preferences- > >Externals=>Image Viewer > set to some program actually installed on your system. > I forgot to mention that I have already tried with Preview, Mac os default image viewer (/Applications/Preview.app/Contents/MacOS/Preview) without success. > > > > > 3. Is it possible to create feathered beams as > > in http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/beams#feather > > ed-beams? Maybe with a custom command? > > yes, I just tried it. I put in some 1/16th notes and then chose > Directives->Insert LilyPond > and pasted an example from the section you mentioned > > \override Beam.grow-direction = #LEFT > \featherDurations #(ly:make-moment 2/1) > > (well, this is LilyPond 2.18 docs actually) > and it feathered the following beam. > You could then take that Denemo Directive and > 1) create a snippet from it, or > 2) create a palette button that inserts it or > 3) create a command that inserts it. > > for 1) see View->Snippets > for 2) right click on the directive and choose "Create Button for > Clone" > for 3), well having created a palette button you could right click the > palette button and choose "Get Script into Scheme Window" and then at a > suitable point in the Beams menu right click and choose "Save Script as > New Menu Item" and follow the prompts to create a new command that > inserts that Denemo Directive. Great, thanks for the detailed instructions! I'll give it a try. > > > > > > 4. As I'm writing a manual, where each movement is a separate > > exercise, I'd like at some point to batch export all the movements as > > individual files. Is it possible? > > Do you mean separate PDFs? Yes, at the moment separate PDFs, but in the future it might be useful to export as well as PNGs or SVGs. > > > > > > > 5. Last question (for now!), after inserting some text and pressing > > enter, > > inserting it where? For example in the pop-up Note/Rests->Markings->Chord Symbols->Edit Chord Symbols. The same behaviour happens after adding text in other (any?) pop-up dialogs and pressing OK or cancel (for example after inserting a title, adding a chord name, etc.). Cheers, Lib > > HTH > > Richard > _______________________________________________ Denemo-devel mailing list Denemo-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/denemo-devel