Question for Lilypond Windows users

2002-06-07 Thread Carlos Garcia Suarez
I currently use use version 1.4.12 under Windows 2000 with the cygwin.   I am considering upgrading to later 1.5.xxx version through compilation in Windows.   However, I am not a software programmer and I am afraid that even if do as the described in the web page something might fail and the

letter size

2002-06-07 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
Am I the only one who finds that ly2dvi ignores the \paper { papersize = "letter" } directive and produces A4 output in all cases? Unless I use psresize, I get clipping of the tops of the pages. Ghostview shows "Bounding Box" which gives an identical display when changed to A4, but when changed

Re: Lilypond crashes while compiling this (correct) file...

2002-06-07 Thread Rune Zedeler
Mats Bengtsson wrote: > The variables to increase are extra_mem_top, extra_mem_bot > and pool_size. Actually, the ly2dvi script sets these variables > as environment variables which overrides the settings in the > texmf.cnf file, so as long as you use ly2dvi and these settings > are not high enou

Re: Tuplet bracket numbering problem

2002-06-07 Thread Carter Brey
Thanks, that fixed everything. How weird; I know the case was correct when I sent the initial email. Can't figure out how the capital T got changed. Anyway... thanks for your patient assistance. CB (on tour in Cologne) Mats Bengtsson wrote: >>Dear Gentlemen, >> >>Alas, a correction using "num

SHEET MUSIC

2002-06-07 Thread Mariamx27x
HI, If I hooked up a music keyboard to my computer, would lilypond be able to write the notes I play on sheetmusic for me to print out? If so, how does that work? Thanks Alot, Mariam Majd [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Score for Piano and Rhythm?

2002-06-07 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Fri, 07 Jun 2002 18:28:51 Mats Bengtsson wrote: > > Dear LilyPond, > > > > I am typesetting Grieg's Opus 46 and instead of > > traditional Pedals, he used a rhythm bar because of > > the complexity and unusual rhythms. Is there any way > > to have a PianoStaff (treble and bass) with a rhythm

Re: Score for Piano and Rhythm?

2002-06-07 Thread Mats Bengtsson
> Dear LilyPond, > > I am typesetting Grieg's Opus 46 and instead of > traditional Pedals, he used a rhythm bar because of > the complexity and unusual rhythms. Is there any way > to have a PianoStaff (treble and bass) with a rhythm > staff below? How about \score{ < \context PianoStaff <

Re: Tuplet bracket numbering problem

2002-06-07 Thread Mats Bengtsson
> Dear Gentlemen, > > Alas, a correction using "number-visibility" elicits this error message: > > warning: Not a grob name, 'tupletBracket'. > > Has the grob also been renamed? No, but maybe you have done it, it should be called TupletBracket and the name is case sensitive. A complete version

Score for Piano and Rhythm?

2002-06-07 Thread DEBORAH LOWREY
Dear LilyPond, I am typesetting Grieg's Opus 46 and instead of traditional Pedals, he used a rhythm bar because of the complexity and unusual rhythms. Is there any way to have a PianoStaff (treble and bass) with a rhythm staff below? Thanks for your help, Deborah __

Re: Tuplet bracket numbering problem

2002-06-07 Thread Carter Brey
Dear Gentlemen, Alas, a correction using "number-visibility" elicits this error message: warning: Not a grob name, 'tupletBracket'. Has the grob also been renamed? Carter (still swimming in little 3's) Mats Bengtsson wrote: >It seems that some benign developer has renamed the property >to nu

Re: Lilypond crashes while compiling this (correct) file...

2002-06-07 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > > >>Okay, I start using 1.5 again (manually setting the vertical spacing :-( ) > > > > > > (Can you submit a separate bugreport for this vertical spacing thing?, > > or perhaps the score itself (you may send it privately)) > > > http://mai

Re: Lilypond crashes while compiling this (correct) file...

2002-06-07 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > > >>Okay, I start using 1.5 again (manually setting the vertical spacing :-( ) > > > > > > (Can you submit a separate bugreport for this vertical spacing thing?, > > or perhaps the score itself (you may send it privately)) > > > http://mai

Re: Tuplet bracket numbering problem

2002-06-07 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > It seems that some benign developer has renamed the property > to number-visibility without even documenting the change in > the ChangeLog and without including the change in convert-ly > or the example file input/regression/triplets.ly. > Likewise, the tuplet-bracket-

Re: Tuplet bracket numbering problem

2002-06-07 Thread Mats Bengtsson
It seems that some benign developer has renamed the property to number-visibility without even documenting the change in the ChangeLog and without including the change in convert-ly or the example file input/regression/triplets.ly. Likewise, the tuplet-bracket-visibility property has been renamed

Tuplet bracket numbering problem

2002-06-07 Thread Carter Brey
Dear colleagues, I'm running Lily version 1.5.58. I cannot seem to get rid of the little "3's" under each triplet beam in this excerpt: \property Voice.tupletSpannerDuration = #(make-moment 1 8) \property Voice.TupletBracket \set #'tuplet-number-visibility = ##f \times 2/3{[d'( )ci

Re: Help on Free Software Song

2002-06-07 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Hi, Here comes a set of files which I hope can be useful. Note that I have updated the lilypond source code slightly to correspond to the current version and look better. Since I almost never use texinfo myself, I didn't really manage to process your example file and verify the result. Feel fre

Help on Free Software Song

2002-06-07 Thread Josh Gay
Hi, I need help formatting the Free Software Song (http://http://www.gnu.org/music/free-software-song.ly lilypond source code) to fit into Texinfo @smallbook format. Below is a sample texinfo page you could use. If you think that you could just format it so it looks good, the ps file can be found

Re: Lilypond crashes while compiling this (correct) file...

2002-06-07 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The final exam is on tuesday (11th of june) and we actually have a small > problem because the examinator needs a copy of the score. > I would really like to hand him a A3-printout of the score before that time. You have an A3 printer ?? Cool! Anyways, I'll have a l

parser problem

2002-06-07 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi all > > Here I am again with a question. A while ago I gave up on trying to build > lilypond and used an RPM for 1.4.2, > > But since lilypond is improving so rapidly I decided to try to compile > again, so, on my Mandrake 8.2 box, I tried to built lilypond-1.5.9.

Re: parser problem

2002-06-07 Thread Maurizio Tomasi
> Hi all > > Here I am again with a question. A while ago I gave up on trying to build > lilypond and used an RPM for 1.4.2, > > But since lilypond is improving so rapidly I decided to try to compile > again, so, on my Mandrake 8.2 box, I tried to built lilypond-1.5.9. This > time I got past the

Re: Lilypond crashes while compiling this (correct) file...

2002-06-07 Thread Rune Zedeler
Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: >>Okay, I start using 1.5 again (manually setting the vertical spacing :-( ) > > > (Can you submit a separate bugreport for this vertical spacing thing?, > or perhaps the score itself (you may send it privately)) http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/lilypond-devel/2002-May/00

INSTALL.txt

2002-06-07 Thread Greg Guest
Hi again! Just a note to say that in the INSTALL.txt for 1.5.9 it says that RPMs are available for Mandrake at: rmpfind.net/linux/Mandrake/cooker/contrib/RPMS/ This is not true. There is no cooker directory in Mandrake and I looked around a bit and couldn't find Lilypond in the other directorie

Re: Lilypond crashes while compiling this (correct) file...

2002-06-07 Thread Rune Zedeler
Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: >>Btw: The problem occured when trying to typeset the first 85 measures of >>the first 20 staves on A4-paper. >>I need to typeset 385 measures of 48 staves on A3-paper - so there is >>still a LONG way to go! > > > whoah! What's this piece ?! Okay, I'll tell you the sto

parser problem

2002-06-07 Thread Greg Guest
Hi all Here I am again with a question. A while ago I gave up on trying to build lilypond and used an RPM for 1.4.2, But since lilypond is improving so rapidly I decided to try to compile again, so, on my Mandrake 8.2 box, I tried to built lilypond-1.5.9. This time I got past the guile and gcc

Re: Lilypond crashes while compiling this (correct) file...

2002-06-07 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Okay, I start using 1.5 again (manually setting the vertical spacing :-( ) (Can you submit a separate bugreport for this vertical spacing thing?, or perhaps the score itself (you may send it privately)) > Btw: The problem occured when trying to typeset the first 85 me

Re: Lilypond crashes while compiling this (correct) file...

2002-06-07 Thread Rune Zedeler
Rune Zedeler wrote: > Where comes the [main memory size=8350001] from? the number doesn't > change even when I alter the settings in ly2dvi... Well, sorry, it depends on the setting for extra-mem-top, but none of the other settings. -Rune ___ Lily

Re: Lilypond crashes while compiling this (correct) file...

2002-06-07 Thread Rune Zedeler
Mats Bengtsson wrote: > The variables to increase are extra_mem_top, extra_mem_bot > and pool_size. Actually, the ly2dvi script sets these variables > as environment variables which overrides the settings in the > texmf.cnf file, so as long as you use ly2dvi and these settings > are not high enou

Re: Justified staffs

2002-06-07 Thread Mats Bengtsson
> Hello all, > > I needed two things that I didnt find in the manual > > 1) how can I control breaks (I didnt get it with \bar ""... it just does > not break when there is space... and I couldnt user \penalty ... I tried > #0 value and #9) As explained in an earlier answer, you should use

Re: Lilypond crashes while compiling this (correct) file...

2002-06-07 Thread Mats Bengtsson
To find out which texmf.cnf file is actually used, run >>kpsewhich texmf.cnf The variables to increase are extra_mem_top, extra_mem_bot and pool_size. Actually, the ly2dvi script sets these variables as environment variables which overrides the settings in the texmf.cnf file, so as long as you use