is this possible in lilypond??

2004-02-24 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
(flup to list) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear Han Wen: I was asked to help a musicologist (PhD student) with some music typesetting aspects of her research, for which I am considering using lilypond. Because I am as of yet unfamiliar with your package, I'd like, if possible, to ask you

Re: LilyPond 2.1.26 packaged for Cygwin

2004-02-24 Thread Joshua KoOoOoOOoo...
Cool... Something for me to try and use :) btw is importing MusicXML supported here? hmm 1 more thing, how do get on the mailing list? i thought i joined, but i'm not receiving any emails from this group. Joshua --Orginal Message-- Cygwin binary packages of LilyPond 2.1.26 are available from my

Re: Typeset, typEset, tyPeSet...panT,pant,*PANt*!

2004-02-24 Thread Joshua KoOoOoOOoo...
Thanks alot for your help and time ;) though i still not fully understand the syntax and all about the context proporties, i'll try to experiment with them (seems to me there are so many statments and syntax that u can use to do the same thing-for example using \once \override \revert and some

Re: problem with comma-terminated syllabels

2004-02-24 Thread Mats Bengtsson
You don't say what LilyPond version you use, but from your example I guess it's a 2.0.x version. I just tried it (minor modifications necessary) with the latest development version where it seems to work well. So, if nobody comes with a better suggestion, one solution is to upgrade to a recent

Re: problem with comma-terminated syllabels

2004-02-24 Thread Jan Kohnert
Am Dienstag, 24. Februar 2004 13:44 schrieb Guenter Buehrle: 4 all lily-experts, Urgent call for help! I have a tricky problem, when using lyrics with syllables terminated by commas as shown in the appended files. The upper text uses commas while the lower voice doesnt, with the result of a

Re: problem with comma-terminated syllabels

2004-02-24 Thread Jan Kohnert
Am Dienstag, 24. Februar 2004 14:54 schrieb Jan Kohnert: Am Dienstag, 24. Februar 2004 13:44 schrieb Guenter Buehrle: 4 all lily-experts, Urgent call for help! I have a tricky problem, when using lyrics with syllables terminated by commas as shown in the appended files. The upper text

Re: Mac OS X 10.3.2 bugs/compile errors

2004-02-24 Thread Mats Bengtsson
See http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2003-08/msg00191.html /Mats GoochRules! wrote: On Feb 23, 2004, at 3:50 PM, Stan Sanderson wrote: Matthew-- I believe Lilypond is doing exactly what you have told it to. See the example in the documentation for multiple

Re: Getting there with musica ficta

2004-02-24 Thread Nicolas Sceaux
Mon, 23 Feb 2004 23:55:32 +0100 (CET), Reuben a dit : OK, I'm nearly there, my remaining problems are Scheme problems I think (I know a bit of elisp, but no Scheme up to now). I have the following: #(def-markup-command (fictasharp) () Foo (#:musicglyph accidentals-2)) which doesn't

Alternative ending height

2004-02-24 Thread Walter Hofmeister
Hello, I am having problems getting both alternative ending brackets to line up. Here is the problem: harmonies = \chords { \override ChordName #'font-family =#'roman %A section \partial 4 r4 \repeat volta 2 { d2. d d d d d2. g a d d d2. d d d a d2. }

Clef to Key Signature distance

2004-02-24 Thread Walter Hofmeister
Hello, I am trying to change the distance between the clef and the key signature as I like the look if they are closer together. In the past I have used this tweak: \override Staff.Clef #'space-alist = #'( (staff-bar minimum-space . 3.7) (key-signature minimum-space . 3.0)) This no longer

extender lines not showing up

2004-02-24 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I was experimenting with the example file 'lyric-combine-new.ly' and I noticed something strange. If you add extender lines to the lyrics under the melismata, the extender lines do not show up after the lyrics on the stanzas where the \set ignoreMelismata = ##t is

Longa with long stem

2004-02-24 Thread Reuben Thomas
I had a look through the manual, but I can't seem to find a \longa with a longer tail, such as I have often seen. Also, one whose tail follows the usual rules (i.e. on the bottom line, I'd expect the tail to go up; or is that wrong? I'm copying from a handwritten score, so it might be at

Overriding staff properties globally

2004-02-24 Thread Reuben Thomas
How can I make a change such as \override Staff.TimeSignature #'style = #'mensural apply to every staff in a piece without having to repeat it everywhere? I'd like something I can just put once at the top of a file. -- http://www.mupsych.org/~rrt/ partisan, n. an adherent without

Your message to Tcsh-Bugs awaits moderator approval

2004-02-24 Thread tcsh-bugs-bounces
Your mail to 'Tcsh-Bugs' with the subject unknown Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval. The reason it is being held: Post by non-member to a members-only list Either the message will get posted to the list, or you will receive notification of the

Old style time signature for 4/2

2004-02-24 Thread Reuben Thomas
I'm not very strong on this sort of thing, so correct me if I'm wrong (I checked at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Neil_Hawes/theory10.htm), but in old scores, 4/2 time is often marked with a c-with-vertical-bar (same as 2/2). I just tried setting mensural time signatures in 2.1.26, but

Alternative Height and Key sig distance

2004-02-24 Thread Walter Hofmeister
Sorry but I forgot to mention any system information. Mac System 10.3.2 Lilypond 2.1.26 Thanks Walter ___ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: extender lines not showing up

2004-02-24 Thread Blake Garretson
On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 11:27:48PM +0100, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I was experimenting with the example file 'lyric-combine-new.ly' and I this should now be fixed in CVS. I have been lurking on this list for a while now, and I must say that the LilyPond developers

List for non-Lilypond music-typesetting questions?

2004-02-24 Thread Hans Forbrich
Does anyone know of a list where general music typesetting questions are discussed? I have a number of questions that are not Lilypond specific and am not sure whther this would be the right forum. For example, I am working on copying a book that is now PD (copyright 1882). A number of

Why is \skip 1*2 not the same as \skip 1 \skip 1?

2004-02-24 Thread Reuben Thomas
I am inserting gaps in lyrics, and I need to use \skip 1 \skip 1 ... repeatedly. If I enter \skip 1*5, it behaves the same as \skip 1*2. I'm using 2.1.27. -- http://www.mupsych.org/~rrt/ | art, n. romanticized mundanity ___ Lilypond-user

Question on note-spacing

2004-02-24 Thread Doug Asherman
Hello: I have what is probably a very simple question, but I can't seem to work it out. Below you can find the source for one bar from the Concierto De Aranjuez; if you compile it, you'll see that the eight note after the second group of 64th notes is a little close to the last 64th note. I

Problem with spacing of \markup on \skips vs on notes

2004-02-24 Thread Reuben Thomas
If you try the following example on 2.1.27: \score { \notes { s1^\markup Verylongtext\f a'1^\markup Verylongtext\f } } you find that in the first bar, the f and Verylongtext are centred on each other, whereas in the second bar, they are left aligned. This causes me problems when I