Sorry for that last post! I found version 2.11 precompiled for 64bit and it works!!!! as advertized!
This is one great program! I'm overcome with joy! What needs to be done on the development side? Cheers & thanks for all! GF On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 10:06 PM, Grateful Frog <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks Carl! > > Alas, that document is for version 2.11 and I am on Ubuntu 64bit and only > have > \version "2.10.33" ... > > I guess that's why the code you sent me, which looks like exactly what I > need, failed, like this: > > $ lilypond -b eps ex-04.ly > GNU LilyPond 2.10.33 > Processing `ex-04.ly' > Parsing... > ex-04.ly:24:0: error: unknown escaped string: `\storePredefinedDiagram' > > \storePredefinedDiagram \chordmode { c1:7sus4 } > > Is there a solution in version 2.10 or can I get 2.11 and build it for my > 64bit Ubuntu platform? > > I really appreciate all this help, just the pointer to the learning manual > was a big help. I never would have found it on the Lilypond.org site, > strangley... > > Thanks for taking such good care of us noobies. > > By the way, I've laready started on a lisp front end to make it easier to > automate the construction of the ly files! > Ciao, > GF > > On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 9:11 PM, Carl D. Sorensen <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> >> On 12/21/08 12:26 PM, "Grateful Frog" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Thanks for that bit! >> > >> > I'm sorry if I'm asking so many noobie questions, but my question is not >> so >> > much about the chords, but about the notes. >> > >> > In the example below, you see that I have to type the same notes in both >> > staves, i.e. c2 c2 g'4 g4 g4 g4 d1. >> > I'm trying to find a way of replacing that by a single definition of the >> > notes. Any ideas? >> >> It's easy. You want to use the FretBoards context for your FretBoards. >> >> \storePredefinedDiagram \chordmode { c1:7sus4 } >> #guitar-tuning >> "x;5;5;5;x;x;" >> \storePredefinedDiagram \chordmode {d} >> #guitar-tuning >> "3;5;5;4;3;3;" >> >> mynotes = { >> c2 c2 g'4 g4 g4 g4 d1 >> } >> >> mychords = \chordmode { c1:7sus4 r1 d1 } >> >> << >> \new ChordNames { \mychords } >> \new FretBoards { \mychords } >> \new Staff \relative c' { \mynotes } >> \new TabStaff \relative c'{ >> \mynotes >> } >> >> >> >> >> If you haven't read the Learning Manual for 2.11, please do so -- it'll >> help >> you. >> >> If you have, you can learn more about the guitar functions in the Notation >> Reference, under the section on Fretted Strings. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Carl >> >> > >> > In all events, THANKS for all the help! >> > GF >> >> > > > -- > 50°48'39.85"N 4°25'20.29"E > -- 50°48'39.85"N 4°25'20.29"E
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