Re: which language for programming

2006-11-28 Thread Jean-marc LEGRAND
well, well, well. Statistically, I'll try Python and Scheme : these are the two most pointed out in your numerous replies ! And I have noticed that it is a good way to acquire programming good habits. So Santa Claus will have to find a good book on that ! Thanks for all your replies : lily

Re: automatic invisible unmetred linebreaks

2006-11-28 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Monk Panteleimon escreveu: Hello. I am setting unmetred chant, using \set Score.timing = ##f. Previously I have always inserted \bar \break wherever I wanted a linebreak without a barline. Now I have discovered that I can use barAlways and defaultBarType = to insert invisible barlines

Re: # or not before a value

2006-11-28 Thread Mats Bengtsson
In most situations, the hash sign is optional but can be added without chaning anythin. Unfortunately, the manual is a bit inconsequent, for historical reasons. The hash sign indicates that the value should be interpreted as within the Scheme language, but as I said, this is normally done anyway.

Re: # or not before a value

2006-11-28 Thread Valentin Villenave
so unfortunately there is no simple rule, except that if it doesn't work without the hash sign you should always try to add one, and vice versa. /Mats This is AWESOME !!! Mats : just let us know when you write a programming-related book, I'm definitely looking forward to reading you :)

Re: Numbering exercises; overriding defaults; points for clefs.

2006-11-28 Thread Mats Bengtsson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good morning. Numbering: I am reading through the user pdf and writing a didactical work made of ca. 300 8-bar pieces in one stave. I want to put a serial number to each one, at its beginning, left from the clef. How should I do this? Of course, I would prefer

Re: which language for programming

2006-11-28 Thread Orm Finnendahl
Am 28. November 2006, 08:56 Uhr (+0100) schrieb Jean-marc LEGRAND: So Santa Claus will have to find a good book on that ! Regarding scheme I would recommend the following two books. You can actually get them electronically in full text (no need to wait for Santa Claus ;-):

Re: # or not before a value

2006-11-28 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Mats Bengtsson escreveu: In most situations, the hash sign is optional but can be added without chaning anythin. Unfortunately, the manual is a bit inconsequent, for historical reasons. The hash sign indicates that the value should be interpreted as within the Scheme language, but as I said,

Re: Numbering exercises; overriding defaults; points for clefs.

2006-11-28 Thread Manuel
Am 28/11/2006 um 10:40 schrieb Mats Bengtsson: Also, I notice that only the F-clef has its two points; but I say that every clef should have them, like the Soprano and French Soprano clefs do in the big Bachausgabe. How do I put this necessary points to my clefs? Are you saying that

Re: Treble Clef wraps around middle line instead of line 2

2006-11-28 Thread Bertalan Fodor
It's a bug in JPedal that is fixed in the current development release of LilyPondTool. I'll make a release soon. Bert ian_hulin írta: I think this is one for Bert. If I use the Lilypond Tool Viewer to look at/print pdf files produced by Lilypond V2.10-1 the treble clef is wrapped around the

(sponsored) feature request: Kievan Quadratic font for Lilypond

2006-11-28 Thread Monk Panteleimon
I have been considering how nice it would be if lilypond had appropriate grobs for setting music in the style of the Synodal Chant Books of the Russian Orthodox Church. Its looks like this: http://www.holycrosskliros.org/public_html/dload/toporki.png This adaption of western staff-notation was

Scheme question on strict substitution

2006-11-28 Thread Trevor Bača
Hi, I frequently write \tweak #'text #tuplet-number::calc-fraction-text before tuplets, like this: \tweak #'text #tuplet-number::calc-fraction-text \times 2/3 { c'8 c'8 c'8 } What's the best way to abbreviate to something like this? \fraction

PhrasingSlur-Slur conflict

2006-11-28 Thread Sean Reed
Hi, Using lilypond 2.11.0, MacOS 10.4.8, PB G4: I'm getting extremely huge phrasing slurs now and again when the first note of the phrase is also a short normal slur within the phrasing slur. In this context I have also discovered that changing the #'height- limit of the PhrasingSlur has

Re: Music for the Martians?

2006-11-28 Thread Arjan Bos
Please find included the untested patch for more fingers. diff --git a/scm/output-lib.scm b/scm/output-lib.scm index 2978f3b..d92f30c 100644 --- a/scm/output-lib.scm +++ b/scm/output-lib.scm @@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ centered, X==1 is at the right, X == -1 (if ( digit 5)

Re: Music for the Martians?

2006-11-28 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Arjan Bos [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mmph, Software hate alert! (Oh and please, do not answer this part as I won't react to it) Too late. So after 9 hours of swearing and hunting and waiting I was able to start looking at the patch. This is not why I switched to Mac OS X! Maybe you should

Re: Music for the Martians?

2006-11-28 Thread Manuel
So after 9 hours of swearing and hunting and waiting I was able to start looking at the patch. This is not why I switched to Mac OS X! I'll bet... look here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OCWnXNj42Umode=relatedsearch= and here:

Re: Scheme question on strict substitution

2006-11-28 Thread Werner LEMBERG
Does it work just to define this macro at the top level fraction = \tweak #'text #tuplet-number::calc-fraction-text [...] Are you sure that you want to overwrite LilyPond's `\fraction' function? Werner ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: Scheme question on strict substitution

2006-11-28 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Werner LEMBERG wrote: Does it work just to define this macro at the top level fraction = \tweak #'text #tuplet-number::calc-fraction-text [...] Are you sure that you want to overwrite LilyPond's `\fraction' function? ??? Are you thinking of the \fraction markup command? In

Re: Scheme question on strict substitution

2006-11-28 Thread Mats Bengtsson
No, this doesn't work. What does work is \version 2.10.0 fraction = #(define-music-function (parser location music) (ly:music?) #{ \tweak #'text #tuplet-number::calc-fraction-text $music #}) \relative c'{ \fraction \times 2/3 { c'8 c'8 c'8 } }

Re: Scheme question on strict substitution

2006-11-28 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Mats Bengtsson wrote: However, what is the reason to use \tweak at all? Why not simply do an ordinary \once \override: \version 2.10.0 fraction = \override TupletNumber #'text = #tuplet-number::calc-fraction-text Sorry, this should of course be fraction = \once \override TupletNumber

Re: Numbering exercises; overriding defaults; points for clefs.

2006-11-28 Thread Manuel
Am 28/11/2006 um 22:42 schrieb Nick Bailey: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 My understanding was that the f dots are the vestiges of the two lines in the letter F... is that not the case? Hence the C clef and G clef wouldn't have them (being stylised Cs and Gs

Re: glissando across bar lines

2006-11-28 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Please read in section Explicitly instantiating voices to learn exactly what the {...} \\ {...} feature does. Since the start and end of the glissando has to happen in the same voice, i.e. in the same Voice context, you have to use the \\ feature also in the next measure: \version 2.10.0

Getting ridd of annoying changelation key sign

2006-11-28 Thread anders stenberg
Hi! Have bee'n working on some edits on renaisance music lately and did run in to trouble. I do use the modell in documentation on transcription of mensural music. I'm getting i to trouble when incipit and piece are in different keys. When transposing from f major (one flat) to g major