Re: convert-ly on Mac?

2013-09-25 Thread David Kastrup
Steve Noland st...@thenolands.us writes: Is the convert-ly utility available with the MacIntosh installation? I don't know why it wouldn't. The installation of LilyPond probably does not meddle with the search PATH so you'll probably add LilyPond's executable directory yourself. Once

Re: convert-ly on Mac?

2013-09-25 Thread Jan-Peter Voigt
Hi Steve, if LilyPond.app is installed (copied) into /Applications/, you can call convert-ly directly from the console: /Applications/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin/convert-ly or you add /Applications/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin/ to your search PATH. HTH Cheers, Jan-Peter Am

font size for instrument names in a PianoStaff

2013-09-25 Thread Marc Hohl
Hello list, I tried to enhance the definition found in http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2013-09/msg00416.html which works pretty well for staves, but not for PianoStaff contexts. The size of the second PianoStaff.instrumentName is unchanged, but it should be much smaller. Can

Re: font size for instrument names in a PianoStaff

2013-09-25 Thread David Kastrup
Marc Hohl m...@hohlart.de writes: Hello list, I tried to enhance the definition found in http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2013-09/msg00416.html which works pretty well for staves, but not for PianoStaff contexts. The size of the second PianoStaff.instrumentName is

Re: Accordion symbols

2013-09-25 Thread Urs Liska
Followup question: Is the list of discant-dot combinatons in the NR complete or more like a set of examples? TIA Urs Urs Liska u...@openlilylib.org schrieb: Hi list, could someone be so kind as to give me some _very_ short descriptions of the eight accordion glyphs that can be seen in the

Re: font size for instrument names in a PianoStaff

2013-09-25 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 25.09.2013 11:03, schrieb David Kastrup: Marc Hohl m...@hohlart.de writes: Hello list, I tried to enhance the definition found in http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2013-09/msg00416.html which works pretty well for staves, but not for PianoStaff contexts. The size of the

Re: Accordion symbols

2013-09-25 Thread David Kastrup
Urs Liska u...@openlilylib.org writes: Followup question: Is the list of discant-dot combinatons in the NR complete or more like a set of examples? It's a set of examples. The text describes how to specify all available combinations. The normal combinations are those without and signs,

Re: Vaticana episema in general music script

2013-09-25 Thread David Kastrup
Ben Hillen b.a.g.hil...@planet.nl writes: I am relatively new in Lilypond and am looking for a way to give a group of three notes one episema above the beam as in Vaticana script. Beneath some code a tried. In general script no episema appears. Is there a way for creating such? Wo can help

Re:aleatoric box / frameEngraver

2013-09-25 Thread Mazzafrustu
Hi all, is it possible to use the frame Engraver in a cross-staff situation, like piano or (like in my situation) marimba? I wrote the marimba part using the \change Staff lines. Thank You so much. Giuseppe Silvi On 29/lug/2013, at 20:53, lilypond-user-requ...@gnu.org wrote: Send lilypond-user

Re: aleatoric box / frameEngraver

2013-09-25 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi, On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Mazzafrustu mazzafru...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, is it possible to use the frame Engraver in a cross-staff situation, like piano or (like in my situation) marimba? I wrote the marimba part using the \change Staff lines. No, unfortunately not at this

Re: convert-ly on Mac?

2013-09-25 Thread Hans Aberg
On 25 Sep 2013, at 02:58, Steve Noland st...@thenolands.us wrote: Is the convert-ly utility available with the MacIntosh installation? If not, how would I install it on a Mac? I have a script 'convert-ly' in the search PATH containing the line exec

repeating bar numbers and rehearsal marks in frenched score

2013-09-25 Thread Mark Knoop
I'm creating a full orchestra score and want to have the bar numbers and rehearsal figures display three times vertically. I'm doing this using a Dynamics context like this: \context { \Dynamics \consists Mark_engraver \consists Bar_number_engraver \consists Text_engraver }

Re: repeating bar numbers and rehearsal marks in frenched score

2013-09-25 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Mark, Is it possible to get the Dynamics contexts to be aware of when the intervening staffs have been removed? Yes, there are various methods… but none are simple or intuitive or a good example of Do The Right Thing™. any thoughts appreciated. I've always thought that you should be

Re: repeating bar numbers and rehearsal marks in frenched score

2013-09-25 Thread David Kastrup
Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca writes: Hi Mark, Is it possible to get the Dynamics contexts to be aware of when the intervening staffs have been removed? Yes, there are various methods… but none are simple or intuitive or a good example of Do The Right Thing™. You could

Re: repeating bar numbers and rehearsal marks in frenched score

2013-09-25 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi David, You could group the Dynamics context in a StaffGroup with its above context, make it suicidal (empty KeepAliveInterfaces and set remove-empty), and slap a Keep_alive_together_engraver on the containing StaffGroup. It's not really the same as counting all intervening staves, but

Re: repeating bar numbers and rehearsal marks in frenched score

2013-09-25 Thread David Kastrup
Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca writes: Hi David, You could group the Dynamics context in a StaffGroup with its above context, make it suicidal (empty KeepAliveInterfaces and set remove-empty), and slap a Keep_alive_together_engraver on the containing StaffGroup. It's not

How to connect Midi keyboard to Lilypond?

2013-09-25 Thread searchfgold6789
Hello, I was looking for a way to create Lilypond files at a better speed than just typing them by hand. Someone suggested I use my computer keyboard as a MIDI keyboard. I didn't know Lilypond could do this, and looking online, I found vmpk, rumor, and lyqi and compiled the latest versions of

programming error

2013-09-25 Thread MING TSANG
Lilyponders: I encounter the following error and warning.  1.  programming error: Impossible or ambiguous (de)crescendo in MIDI.       continuing, cross fingers 2.    warning: LyricText has empty extent and non-empty stencil. I have desk check and weren't able to resolve them.  Any info pertain

Re: programming error

2013-09-25 Thread Eluze
hi Ming Tsang please provide a minimal + compiling example showing the problem. thanks Eluze Am 26.09.2013 00:02, schrieb MING TSANG: Lilyponders: I encounter the following error and warning. 1. programming error: Impossible or ambiguous (de)crescendo in MIDI. continuing, cross

Re: programming error

2013-09-25 Thread Thomas Morley
2013/9/26 Eluze elu...@gmail.com: hi Ming Tsang please provide a minimal + compiling example showing the problem. thanks Eluze +1 -Harm ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: How to connect Midi keyboard to Lilypond?

2013-09-25 Thread Shane Brandes
Lilypond is a purely a typesetting program. There is no native way to input midi to Lilypond. You will need a secondary program like Rumor or Denemo to record your midi and then convert to xml and then to lilypond. Rosegarden or Musescore also might assist in the process. Most of Lilyponders seem

Re: How to connect Midi keyboard to Lilypond?

2013-09-25 Thread Hans Aberg
On 25 Sep 2013, at 20:20, searchfgold6789 searchfgold67...@live.com wrote: I was looking for a way to create Lilypond files at a better speed than just typing them by hand. Someone suggested I use my computer keyboard as a MIDI keyboard. An article about using a plugin for jEdit.

Re: How to connect Midi keyboard to Lilypond?

2013-09-25 Thread searchfgold6789
Thanks for the link. I am still having trouble getting vmpk and the jedit plugin to connect. I open vmpk, open jedit to a blank document, and set the jedit plugin's language to English. However, I am not sure how to proceed from there... pressing keys in vmpk doesn't do anything. The only MIDI

Re: programming error

2013-09-25 Thread MING TSANG
Sorry, I attached a .ly file with \include private files.  I remove those and the following can compile.   From: MING TSANG tsan...@rogers.com To: lilypond-user@gnu.org lilypond-user@gnu.org Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 6:02:13 PM Subject: programming

Re:How to connect Midi keyboard to Lilypond?

2013-09-25 Thread Cesar Penagos
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Re: How to connect Midi keyboard to Lilypond?

2013-09-25 Thread Richard Shann
You may need to know about Denemo and Frescobaldi which both allow MIDI input and generate LilyPond output. Richard On Wed, 2013-09-25 at 11:20 -0700, searchfgold6789 wrote: Hello, I was looking for a way to create Lilypond files at a better speed than just typing them by hand. Someone

Re: How to connect Midi keyboard to Lilypond?

2013-09-25 Thread David Kastrup
searchfgold6789 searchfgold67...@live.com writes: Hello, I was looking for a way to create Lilypond files at a better speed than just typing them by hand. Someone suggested I use my computer keyboard as a MIDI keyboard. I didn't know Lilypond could do this, and looking online, I found vmpk,