[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Gripe #2: Slurring across staves. In documentation it states that a
> PianoStaff context is used for slurring across staves, though I can't figure
> out how other than the mess that you see in the \PianoStaff block. (An
You can use identifiers to hide the mess, eg
upstaff = \translator Staf = up
> aside: why doesn't PianoStaff or GrandStaff create two staves instead of
> one? I don't think I've ever seen a grand staff or a piano staff
> with only
It creates no staffs itself for technical reasons. I know about it
(although it's not in the TODO).
> Gripe #5: Staff labeling. Is it possible to label each staff at the
> beginning of a piece (i.e., text to the left of the beginning of each
> stave)? This would be especially nice to have for scores where it is not
> necessarily obvious what the instrumentation is.
see input/test/staff-margin.ly
> Gripe #6: Fonts. Is it possible to change the face and size of the various
> font elements such as the title, composer line, lyrics, etc? Will it ever
> be possible in future for me to typeset the title in say Humanist Light?
ly2dvi generates a Latex file, that can be tweaked. I'm sure it is
possible, but I can't give specifics (I never use ly2dvi)
> Gripe #7: Stem sizes. If your look at the piano line you'll see that the
> second stem of the eighth note groups is quite short--it looks funny. The
> reverse looks OK--having a short stem followed by a long one--but it would
> look better if the second stem was either longer or had an even steeper
> cross beam.
Have you tried fiddling with slope damping?
> Gripe #8: Text collisions. Look at page 2, staff #7. For some reason,
> lily is not allowing enough room for the text as it does elsewhere
> throughout the piece. A bug perhaps?
That's an interesting error. I'll have a look at it when I get back
from my trip to Milan.
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