[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> - Adding a name to a staff using Staff_margin_engraver will have the
> right half of the name collide into the indented staff. (The name I
> tested was "Flute")
Have you tried adding spaces ? eg. "Flute " (it's a kludge,
but it might work)
> - My piece has only one staff. The barline left to the clef is always
> missing. Is it the right behaviour?
Yes, this is standard typesetting. If you want to change this, change
the definition of break-barline in scm/lily.scm
> - I tried putting my dynamics and slurs into one voice using space
> notes, and the notes and articulations in the other. I merge them
> together in \score using \context Staff < >. Things collide badly, so I
> put everything in space notes into the melody (so there is only one
> voice). Things still collide, but the positions of the ornaments are a
> bit different (less jammed). Is it supposed to be different?
Yes, you should have been putting the two together in the same Voice
(not staff).
> - Having a slur between a grace note and a regular note generates the
> warning "warning: Can't find both ends of slur...[snip]...programming
> error: Must set minimum distance between differing columns. (Continuing;
> cross thumbs)" The slur looks very large, and the grace notes are large
> too.
These are separate problems. The warning is harmless, BTW.
> - Since I consider the default typesetting too packed, I manually break
> the systems into two measures per system using \break. Would it be
> possible to have a property that allows me to group a fixed number of
> measures into a system? E.g. \property Staff.measurePerSystem = #4
No, but there are other numerous parameters to tune spacing. Have a
look at ly/params.ly
> Despite of the problems and suggestions, I am still very impressed by
> the concept and quality of lilypond. I brought a hardcopy of my music
> to my class (with some kludges of my own to remove collision). My
> classmates' first impression was "Hey, that's professional. What
> software do you use?" They never heard of Linux or Lilypond, and I
> introduced them the entry method as well as the website. They seemed
> interested -- there exists something other than point-and-click.
That's good to hear.
> If you need to see the lilypond input for my piece, I will post them on
> request. Thank you very much.
If its applicable, you could put it on mutopia
(sca.uwaterloo.ca/Mutopia)
Thanks for the comments. I'll look into to them when I get back from
my holiday.
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