On Mon, 12 Aug 2019 at 18:13, Richard Shann <rich...@rshann.plus.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 2019-08-12 at 16:18 +0200, Lib Lists wrote: > > 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. > > Hmm, I don't have access to any Mac to test that. I just tested giving > the full path to the executable (ie what you get when you do > > which Preview > > at a terminal, and that worked (this is Debian - I don't know what Mac > O/S 10.13.6, but I presume it has a Linux kernel and Unix tools?) > If you execute > > Preview somefile.png > > in a terminal does it work? That is, does it take a filename on the > command line?
Hi, writing in a terminal '/PATH/TO/Preview somefile.png' doesn't work. However, 'open -a /PATH/TO/Preview somefile.png' works as well as 'open somefile.png'. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 3. Is it possible to create feathered beams as > > > > in http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/beams#fea > > > > ther > > > > 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. > > The following script does what you want > > 8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8>< > (let loop ((count (d-GetMovementsInScore))) > (if (> count 0) > (begin > (d-GoToPosition count 1 1 1) > (d-PrintMovement) > (d-ExportPDF (string-append (d-GetFilename) "-Movement-" > (number->string count) ".pdf")) > (loop (1- count))))) > 8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8><8>< > > but if you put it in the Scheme Window and execute it what happens is > that it keeps asking if you want to interrupt the typesetting of one > movement to go on to the typesetting of the next, as well as telling > you that your PDF has been created for each movement. > So you need to run it non-interactively - put the script into a file > say /home/rshann/Desktop/MovementPrint.scm and then run > > denemo -n -i "/home/rshann/Desktop/MovementPrint.scm" > /home/rshann/musicScores/Molter/SonataAMaj.denemo.gz > > which loads my file > > /home/rshann/musicScores/Molter/SonataAMaj.denemo.gz > > and executes the Scheme in the script on it. (My file is compressed, > hence the .gz but it doesn't need to be, any .denemo file will do.) > > There should be a way to directly access the generation of PDF for a > movement from a script, but it seems I didn't ever write it :( Wow, thank you so much! I'll test it tomorrow. > > > > > > > > > 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.). > > Hmm, that's what I thought you might mean - it doesn't happen for me on > Denemo 2.3 and I just tried Denemo 2.2 on Windows and it doesn't happen > there. I guess a workaround would be to dismiss the Print View > altogether and only bring it back when you have finished? Unfortunately it doesn't work. If I close the Print View (I also switched to Manual Updates, just in case), it returns after interacting with a pop-up dialog. Moreover, I'm able to close the Print View window only a single time, after that the windows doesn't close anymore. I can close it again (for a single time only) after restarting Denemo. Thanks! Lib > > HTH > > Richard _______________________________________________ Denemo-devel mailing list Denemo-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/denemo-devel
