[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hi there,
>
> I am slowly beginning to get the hang of LilyPond (version 1.2.17),
> and making the migration from PMX/MusixTeX. However, there are still
> a few (well, actually many) things I'm unsure of:
>
> - How do I adjust the position of the music on the printed page? I
> have a piece which should fit well on to a single A4 sheet, except
> for about a 5cm blank space at the top. I have increased the
> textheight in the \paper settings:
>
> \paper {
> textheight = 27.0 \cm;
> }
>
> which puts all the music onto the single page, but too close to the
> bottom.
>
> So how do I decrease the space at the top?
I don't know, you might try fumbling with TeX parameters (by editing
lilyponddefs.tex)
>
> - I want to put eight 32nd notes together, with a single beam between
> the fourth and fifth note. Is there an easy shorthand for this?
No. You can use the stem{Left,Right}BeamCount propreties
>
> - My attempts to use \textscript "text" "style" results in the
> following note not being printed until the end of "text".
>
> In particular, I have:
>
> [ g'8.^\textscript "Tune the bottom string down to C" "roman" a32 b c8 ]
> g4 e8 |
>
> but this gives me a huge space between the g8 and the following
> a32.
>
> How can I get round this?
try issuing \emptyText, eg .
c4 \emptyText c8
> - I still have troubles with the documentation (and I have read the
> FAQ!). Where can I find documentation for the global section, and
> for \header?
> And how do I produce all documentation in info form?
goto Doccumentation/user and do
make out/lilypond.info
> - Finally (for today), is there a PMX/MusixTeX -> LilyPond
> translator? That would save me a lot of fresh typing...
Nope, but one would always be appreciated.
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Han-Wen Nienhuys, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** GNU LilyPond - The Music Typesetter
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