Spacing bug in 2.8.2?

2006-06-08 Thread Shamus
Hi all, I was wondering if the close spacing at the start of a new system is a bug or a feature (it seems like lily isn't padding the key signature). The key signature at the start of each system may look like accidentals that belong to the notes near them, but this is not the case. The part of

Re: Spacing bug in 2.8.2?

2006-06-08 Thread Mats Bengtsson
The problem and its solution is described in http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2005-11/msg00060.html /Mats Shamus wrote: Hi all, I was wondering if the close spacing at the start of a new system is a bug or a feature (it seems like lily isn't padding the key signature). The

Staff.instr

2006-06-08 Thread Papazian Christophe
I switch to lilypond-user... So here is my problem : %% \header{ title = Staff.instr ? } musique = \relative { c d e f g a b c \break } \relative { \set Staff.instrument = test \set Staff.instr = first \musique \set Staff.instr = second

Re: Lyrics problem ...

2006-06-08 Thread Mats Bengtsson
The problem is that \addlyrics doesn't really work that way, see Sect. 7.3.4 The Lyrics Context. It seems that the following version actually does work: pennsylvania = \new Voice{\override NoteHead #'style = #'cross r2_\markup{ shout } f8. f16 f8. f16 f4 f f8. f16 r4 } \addlyrics {

RE: Lyrics problem ...

2006-06-08 Thread Anthony Youngman
Just tried swapping your version for mine. No improvement :-( And I'm still getting programming error: moving backwards in time in the logs ... Cheers, Wol -Original Message- From: Mats Bengtsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 June 2006 11:34 To: Anthony Youngman Cc:

Re: Lyrics problem ...

2006-06-08 Thread Mats Bengtsson
I got the same programming error but still the output looked right in the simplified example I tried. However, a better solution is to use \lyricsto. For example, you can define a separate Voice context for the music that the lyrics should follow and define a separate identifier for the lyrics:

Re: Lyrics problem ...

2006-06-08 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Mats Bengtsson wrote: \new Lyrics \lyricsto pennsylvania { \pennsylvaniaLyrics \pennsylvaniaLyrics } This repetition of the same lyrics can of course also be obtained using \repeat unfold 2 \pennsylvaniaLyrics /Mats ___

Re: Staff.instr

2006-06-08 Thread Cameron Horsburgh
On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 11:30:29AM +0200, Papazian Christophe wrote: I switch to lilypond-user... So here is my problem : %% \header{ title = Staff.instr ? } musique = \relative { c d e f g a b c \break } \relative { \set Staff.instrument =

Re: Spacing bug in 2.8.2?

2006-06-08 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi, Mats (et al.) -- The problem and its solution is described in http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2005-11/msg00060.html Well, a *related* problem and its solution is described there... ;-) However, in general I have felt that beginning- and end-of-measure spacing has

Re: Staff.instr

2006-06-08 Thread Papazian Christophe
In fact, this is the same staff, but I would like to put some information (this is not the name of instrument) that changes during the music. I use one staff, because bar numbers and all others things are shared among the staffs... I could do such a thing before, and now, I can't. Why ? Is

Re: Celebrity Deathmatch: Padding vs. Staff-Padding

2006-06-08 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi, Graham: You're taking about the example in 4.1, right? 5.1, I believe. ... hmm, that example didn't turn out the way I hoped. In general, it's a fine example. I think the confusion arises by not using the same set of notes when switching between padding and staff- padding: the

midi2ly problem

2006-06-08 Thread Ariel David Moya Sequeira
I wish to know why does midi2ly isn't working. I have Windows XP and it doesn't recognize the program. None of the other converters work, either. Please, help. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: Different staff sizes?

2006-06-08 Thread Rick Hogg
Kieren, For some reason I can't get your link working, but I looked in the documentation again and did find a command staffsize=ht, but that looks like it only applies when using Lilypond-book. Are there any non-lp-book uses for this? Thanks, Rick --- Kieren MacMillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Different staff sizes?

2006-06-08 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi, Rick! For some reason I can't get your link working Looks like server issues... =\ [The older, non-mirrored equivalent http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.8/ input/test/lily-1737238388.ly seems to work okay.] Anyway, the example is \relative c' \new Staff \with { fontSize

Re: Different staff sizes?

2006-06-08 Thread Geoff Horton
p.s. Graham -- shouldn't we try to implement some standards/ conventions within the various examples in different parts of the documentation? e.g., here the Staff is explicitly instantiated *WITHIN* a \relative block, whereas other docs have the other way around, or use variables, or... I imagine

Re: Spacing bug in 2.8.2?

2006-06-08 Thread Shamus
Mats Bengtsson wrote: The problem and its solution is described in http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2005-11/msg00060.html /Mats Thanks for the tip. I'm curious though--why would such an important feature not be turned on by default *and* not be mentioned in the lilypond

Re: Different staff sizes?

2006-06-08 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi, Geoff: I'm of two minds about this. Consistency does have strong advantages, but when there are various ways to do the same thing, it can help to see examples of all so that I can choose the one most appropriate for what I want to do. Agreed! However, the particular example in question

Re: Staff.instr

2006-06-08 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi, Papazian: Is there some (even complex) workaround ? Try the attached -- it's a hack, but it does what you want (I think). Best, Kieren. __ %%% CODE SNIPPET BEGINS \version 2.9.7 \paper { indent = 0 left-margin = 2\in line-width =

Angle of (de)crescendo

2006-06-08 Thread Rick Hogg
Hello, I'm just wondering if there's a way to adjust the angle of a crescendo or decrescendo. I'm copying a piece into Lilypond, and some of the shorter cres. follow the direction of the line (e.g. angling up with an ascending line, down with a descending line). I really like the look of it and

Re: Angle of (de)crescendo

2006-06-08 Thread Mats Bengtsson
See the NEWS for version 2.9. /Mats Rick Hogg wrote: Hello, I'm just wondering if there's a way to adjust the angle of a crescendo or decrescendo. I'm copying a piece into Lilypond, and some of the shorter cres. follow the direction of the line (e.g. angling up with an ascending line, down

Re: Spacing bug in 2.8.2?

2006-06-08 Thread Mats Bengtsson
This was discussed in http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2005-12/msg00043.html /Mats Shamus wrote: Mats Bengtsson wrote: The problem and its solution is described in http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2005-11/msg00060.html /Mats Thanks for the tip. I'm

Re: Different staff sizes?

2006-06-08 Thread Mats Bengtsson
The option staffsize=... in lilypond-book documents is equivalent to #(set-global-staff-size ...) which is described in the section on Setting Global Staff Size. The question here was about getting different size of different staves in the same score. The link in question was to the example

Re: midi2ly problem

2006-06-08 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Which version of LilyPond do you have installed? /Mats Ariel David Moya Sequeira wrote: I wish to know why does midi2ly isn't working. I have Windows XP and it doesn't recognize the program. None of the other converters work, either. Please, help.

Re: Angle of (de)crescendo

2006-06-08 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi, Rick: I'm just wondering if there's a way to adjust the angle of a crescendo or decrescendo. In v2.9, there is! ;-) In the NEWS section of the documentation for v2.9, there is the following example -- it demonstrates rotation of Hairpin and markup (which require two different

Re: Spacing bug in 2.8.2?

2006-06-08 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Kieren MacMillan wrote: ... However, in general I have felt that beginning- and end-of-measure spacing has altered dramatically (not for the better) in the past version or so -- you may remember several postings (by me and others) on this issue. For example, I now find that: 1.

Re: Angle of (de)crescendo

2006-06-08 Thread Daniel Johnson
Kieren MacMillan wrote: In v2.9, there is! ;-) In the NEWS section of the documentation for v2.9, there is the following example -- it demonstrates rotation of Hairpin and markup (which require two different methods): { \override Hairpin #'rotation = #'(20 -1 0) g4\^\markup {

Re: Spacing bug in 2.8.2?

2006-06-08 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi, Mats: The simple answer is probably that the changes you have noticed are side-effects of several changes to the algorithms, that presumably have improved lots of other aspects of the layout. True -- and so much of what's happening is ab fab! =) Best, Kieren.

Re: Different staff sizes?

2006-06-08 Thread Graham Percival
On 8-Jun-06, at 7:52 AM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: Also for the record, I'm quite happy (once I'm finished composing this opera I'm working on) to assume the role of Example-Code Janitor, to ensure that all doc samples adhere to whatever standard(s) we agree upon. Ah, good. I was about to

Re: Celebrity Deathmatch: Padding vs. Staff-Padding

2006-06-08 Thread Graham Percival
On 8-Jun-06, at 6:04 AM, Kieren MacMillan wrote: I'd rather that the example was three systems or less, though. I can easily make the *basic* example three systems or less. However, I think (i.e., have recently been thinking) that there should be, if possible, examples in (much) more depth

Re: Celebrity Deathmatch: Padding vs. Staff-Padding

2006-06-08 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi, Graham: We need to reduce this number, not increase it! I have some ideas for combining tricks, regressions, and LSR. In the perfect world, there would be only one, and links (or drill- downs) would allow the user to see a given subject in more or less detail. With today's technology,

Re: Spacing bug in 2.8.2?

2006-06-08 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Mats Bengtsson schreef: This was discussed in http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2005-12/msg00043.html Thanks for the tip. I'm curious though--why would such an important feature not be turned on by default *and* not be mentioned in the lilypond manual? Or is having notes/rests

Re: Staff.instr [how to switch instruments for doublers?]

2006-06-08 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi, all -- Wow: I just realised the implication of the issue Papazian brought up... If you can't use \set Staff.instr = whatever mid-stream to change the instrument name listed at the left-hand side of the system, how do you keep track of the instrument being played by