custom titles example doesn't work

2008-08-26 Thread Tom Cloyd
[LilyPond-2.11.56 (development-branch), in Kubuntu Linux 8.04.1] Inserting the definition example given in 3.2.1 Creating titles of the Notation Reference (NR) for GNU LilyPond version 2.11.56 into my code file give me the most amazing page of error message. I don't see the problem, and don't

Re: custom titles example doesn't work

2008-08-26 Thread James E. Bailey
looks like something before line 11 of your input file is incorrect, causing line 11 to have errors and something before line 32 as well. Maybe an unclosed bracket? or scheme setting that doesn't habe enough space around it? Am 26.08.2008 um 09:22 schrieb Tom Cloyd: [LilyPond-2.11.56

Re: custom titles example doesn't work

2008-08-26 Thread James E. Bailey
and looking at it more closely, try adding a space after #'header:composer Am 26.08.2008 um 09:22 schrieb Tom Cloyd: [LilyPond-2.11.56 (development-branch), in Kubuntu Linux 8.04.1] Inserting the definition example given in 3.2.1 Creating titles of the Notation Reference (NR) for GNU

wikipedia: GNU Lilypond article

2008-08-26 Thread Tom Cloyd
In the Wikipedia article on GNU Lilypond, some ignorant editor had entered a non-removable advisory which reads - This article or section contains instructions, advice, or how-to content. The purpose of Wikipedia is to present facts, not to teach subject matter. Please help improve this

Re: wikipedia: GNU Lilypond article

2008-08-26 Thread Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool)
Actually I agree with the advisory. The example is way too large for an example. Most programming languages have only Hello, world. So should Lilypond. Bert sdfgsdhdshd wrote: No wonder: the example is 3/4 of the page! Tom Cloyd-2 wrote: In the Wikipedia article on GNU Lilypond, some

Re: wikipedia: GNU Lilypond article

2008-08-26 Thread Tom Cloyd
Well, the alternative is more verbiage about how things work - or excise the example and leave it all rather terse. To me this is a clear case of a picture is worth a thousand words. Only it's an illustration, not a picture, as it were. Too short to teach, but long enough to illustrate. As for

Re: wikipedia: GNU Lilypond article

2008-08-26 Thread George_
Me too, I think it is too long. A musical equivalent of Hello World (maybe Mary had a little lamb or something similar?) would be good. An alternative is to have what is already in the online docs and the LSR, where clicking the image of the output gives you the code. Maybe that isn't actually

Re: LSR status

2008-08-26 Thread Valentin Villenave
2008/8/25 Kieren MacMillan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Kieren, However, if the Lilypond community is depending on *any* resource as heavily as it appears to be (or want to be) relying on the LSR, that resource needs to maintain ~ 99% uptime. If the current LSR hosting situation is unable to

Adding an extra staff

2008-08-26 Thread alistair zaldua
Dear Lilypond community, Please excuse my question, I am new to Lilypond. I work on a Mac 10.3.9 and operate with version 2.11.56-1. I've been looking at the page concerning adding extra staves and although I find the example clear, but it's also insufficient because as soon as I want to write

Re: custom titles example doesn't work

2008-08-26 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 26.08.2008 um 12:04 schrieb Tom Cloyd: That has the effect of putting the desired header on page 1, where it isn't wanted, but not on page 2, where it is. It's late, you should probably get some sleep. Page one is an odd numbered page, so the oddHeaderMarkup will show up on that page.

Re: custom titles example doesn't work

2008-08-26 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Dienstag, 26. August 2008 schrieb Tom Cloyd: That has the effect of putting the desired header on page 1, where it isn't wanted, but not on page 2, where it is. In my code file I have things in this order (is that the problem?): You are

possible engraving error involving harmonics

2008-08-26 Thread Tom Cloyd
I don't know enough to know if something's really wrong here, but in the following code snippet - \relative c'{ { e' fis g 4 ^arm. 12 - - r2. } \\ { b4 s2.} \\ { s4 e,,\harmonic b''\harmonic e\harmonic2. \fermata } }| all 3 voices are supposed to have

Re: custom titles example doesn't work

2008-08-26 Thread Tom Cloyd
James, and Reinhold, Thanks for your response. Yes it is late, but that's not the problem (really!). THIS is the problem - the Notation Reference (NR) for GNU LilyPond version 2.11.56, section 3.2.2 on creating custom titles, says this about evenHeaderMarkup: This is the page header for

Re: custom titles example doesn't work

2008-08-26 Thread Risto Vääräniemi
Hi Tom, 2008/8/26 Tom Cloyd: So by specifying odd... but NOT even... I was trying to be clever and specify both in one statement. The documentation, to me, indicates that this is possible, and even a designed in feature. That would be perfect, since what I'm wanting is a title on each page,

Re: wikipedia: GNU Lilypond article

2008-08-26 Thread sdfgsdhdshd
Tom Cloyd-2 wrote: Well, the alternative is more verbiage about how things work - or excise the example and leave it all rather terse. To me this is a clear case of a picture is worth a thousand words. Only it's an illustration, not a picture, as it were. Too short to teach, but long

Re: wikipedia: GNU Lilypond article

2008-08-26 Thread sdfgsdhdshd
sdfgsdhdshd wrote: The french page is nicely written, with no example. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/LilyPond http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/LilyPond Sorry, with one little... -- View this message in context:

Re: custom titles example doesn't work

2008-08-26 Thread Tom Cloyd
So, next I try it with even... It prints title and composer on page 2, but wipes out the page number. That's not exactly what I had in mind. Man, I gotta figure this out before I score my next symphony (heh heh). t. Tom Cloyd wrote: James, and Reinhold, Thanks for your response. Yes it is

Re: custom titles example doesn't work

2008-08-26 Thread Risto Vääräniemi
2008/8/26 Tom Cloyd: You're asking ME? Like I'd know? Thanks so much for the code. I'll have to study up on it a bit, as it's not exactly something I can readily understand at this point. It'll be good for me to dig into this, no doubt. I'm sorry for messing you up. You don't need to add the

Re: Changing alignment of lyrics at the beginning of a new system

2008-08-26 Thread Dmytro O. Redchuk
2008/8/23 Eduardo Vieira da Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Anyone takes the challenge? Sorry but I have no Scheme knowledge. I'm trying to get a grasp of Python first... Noone took, so i'll try post my thouths. After reading 6.7.2 Difficult tweaks in NR i have tried the following: %

Re: Adding an extra staff

2008-08-26 Thread Orm Finnendahl
Hi Alistair, Am Dienstag, den 26. August 2008 um 11:47:07 Uhr (+0200) schrieb alistair zaldua: and that didn't work. Where should I type the notes for the middle bar ? what you're trying to do seems to be creating a staff system on the fly, but the code shows a staff system which is

GDP: indexing

2008-08-26 Thread Ralph Palmer
Hi, all - Simultaneous has been indexed. I don't think I've heard of anything else being ready. Is that correct? Ralph -- Ralph Palmer Greenfield, MA USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

leopard in the pond

2008-08-26 Thread Lewis Overton
It appears that 2.11 for Leopard (Mac OS 10.5.x) is on hold. Is there intent to produce a binary for Leopard? If so, is there any time frame as in soon, some day, long time, whatever? Lewy ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: Adding an extra staff

2008-08-26 Thread alistair zaldua
Hi Orm, thanks a lot for your help. what you're trying to do seems to be creating a staff system on the fly, -Yes, that's exactly what I was trying to do, only I had copied out the example provided by the LSR archive:

Re: [Bulk] Re: Adding an extra staff

2008-08-26 Thread Vivian Barty-Taylor
Hi Alistair, hi list, I debugged this code in 2.10.33, but it should work in 2.11 I've never started Staff contexts on the fly - didn't even know it was possible, but as you see it leads to unforeseen problems. In Lilypond the brackets mean interpret these contexts simultaneously.

Re: Adding an extra staff

2008-08-26 Thread Trevor Daniels
Alistair The problem with your code is the notes entered between That construct means execute simultaneously, so LilyPond tries to execute all those notes at the same time, hence the bunching together. To fix it, place those notes in braces, which mean execute sequentially. So,

Quick Listen when making score

2008-08-26 Thread Grammostola Rosea
Hi, Is there a way to listen to the entered score in Lilypond quickly? For example, listen to the rhythm of the entered drum score? Would be nice! Thanks in advance, ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: Quick Listen when making score

2008-08-26 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi, Is there a way to listen to the entered score in Lilypond quickly? For example, listen to the rhythm of the entered drum score? Sure: just generate a MIDI file and listen to it. Hope this helps! Kieren. ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: Quick Listen when making score

2008-08-26 Thread Grammostola Rosea
Kieren MacMillan wrote: Sure: just generate a MIDI file and listen to it. This is the fastest option? There is no embedded midi player tool in LilypondTool or Lilykde or something? ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: Quick Listen when making score

2008-08-26 Thread Kieren MacMillan
There is no embedded midi player tool in LilypondTool or Lilykde or something? Maybe… I don't use either of those (or MIDI, for that matter). Kieren. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: indexing

2008-08-26 Thread Trevor Daniels
Hi Ralph I'd be pleased if you could check through the Learning Manual for indexing. I added some indexes to some of the sections, but I'm sure there is plenty of scope to add more. The sources are in Documentation/user/ and the files are fundamental.itely introduction.itely

Re: Quick Listen when making score

2008-08-26 Thread Carl Sorensen
Grammostola Rosea rosea.grammostola at gmail.com writes: Kieren MacMillan wrote: Sure: just generate a MIDI file and listen to it. This is the fastest option? There is no embedded midi player tool in LilypondTool or Lilykde or something? LilyPondTool has a listen tool; it just

Re: Quick Listen when making score

2008-08-26 Thread S�bastien Gross
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 10:39:32PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kieren MacMillan wrote: Sure: just generate a MIDI file and listen to it. This is the fastest option? There is no embedded midi player tool in LilypondTool or Lilykde or something? Keep in mind that Lilypond is a language

Re: leopard in the pond

2008-08-26 Thread Carl Sorensen
Lewis Overton lewy at chena.fastmail.us writes: It appears that 2.11 for Leopard (Mac OS 10.5.x) is on hold. Is there intent to produce a binary for Leopard? If so, is there any time frame as in soon, some day, long time, whatever?Lewy Lewy, It appears that some of the development

Re: Quick Listen when making score

2008-08-26 Thread Johan Vromans
Grammostola Rosea [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there a way to listen to the entered score in Lilypond quickly? For example, listen to the rhythm of the entered drum score? As explained in one of the other replies, lilypond is a language, not a tool. However, it may be interesting to use

Re: Quick Listen when making score

2008-08-26 Thread Bertalan Fodor
If I remember well, Rumor is capable of something like that. Grammostola Rosea írta: Hi, Is there a way to listen to the entered score in Lilypond quickly? For example, listen to the rhythm of the entered drum score? Would be nice! Thanks in advance,

Re: leopard in the pond

2008-08-26 Thread Jonathan Kulp
I couldn't find the instructions there. Nicolas, did you remove them or am I just missing them? I was very impressed with the opera projects, though. Wow! :) Jonathan Carl Sorensen wrote: 2. Build your own binary. Ordinarily this is considered to be so difficult that it's not

Re: leopard in the pond

2008-08-26 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
Scroll down the page about 1/3. Or search for Git on that page. Carl On 8/26/08 6:08 PM, Jonathan Kulp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I couldn't find the instructions there. Nicolas, did you remove them or am I just missing them? I was very impressed with the opera projects, though. Wow! :)

Re: leopard in the pond

2008-08-26 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Found it. Thanks. I'm going to try to follow these instructions tomorrow. I've had trouble getting all the dependencies installed via MacPorts but maybe following his instructions will help. In the end it doesn't matter so much b/c I'm not running Leopard anyway. I just want to try to