horizontal shift of note column - hardly works!

2013-10-27 Thread Tom Cloyd
I need help with this construction: \once \override NoteColumn #'force-hshift = #{doesn't matter what you put here 'cause it rarely works anyway} My ly code problem demo snippet is here: http://pastie.org/8433947 After two hours of futility tonight, and a review of my previous go around with

Re: horizontal shift of note column - hardly works!

2013-10-27 Thread Nick Payne
On 27/10/13 17:47, Tom Cloyd wrote: I need help with this construction: \once \override NoteColumn #'force-hshift = #{doesn't matter what you put here 'cause it rarely works anyway} My ly code problem demo snippet is here: http://pastie.org/8433947 Works if you put put the shift command in

Re: id's for svg elements

2013-10-27 Thread Mike Solomon
On Oct 27, 2013, at 12:57 AM, Bric b...@flight.us wrote: On 10/26/2013 04:15 AM, Mike Solomon wrote: On Oct 26, 2013, at 10:51 AM, Bric b...@flight.us wrote: For example… \version 2.17.30 #(define (note-number grob) (string-concatenate (list NoteHead/

Re: horizontal shift of note column - hardly works!

2013-10-27 Thread Urs Liska
I can't currently look into your examples. But one hint (because horizontal shifting has driven me nuts before): when two notes share the same notecolumn you can't shift them separately. So they must not have the same \voiceXXX. HTH Urs Tom Cloyd tomcloydm...@gmail.com schrieb: I need help

Re: id's for svg elements

2013-10-27 Thread David Kastrup
Mike Solomon m...@mikesolomon.org writes: On Oct 27, 2013, at 12:57 AM, Bric b...@flight.us wrote: Hi! I see it. And I can see that you're doing some sort of awesome magic here, but it remains a total mystery... looking at the code, and looking at the result, alike. (what's a grob

Re: id's for svg elements

2013-10-27 Thread Bric
On 10/27/2013 03:29 AM, David Kastrup wrote: Mike Solomon m...@mikesolomon.org writes: On Oct 27, 2013, at 12:57 AM, Bric b...@flight.us wrote: Hi! I see it. And I can see that you're doing some sort of awesome magic here, but it remains a total mystery... looking at the code, and looking at

latest source (was Re: id's for svg elements)

2013-10-27 Thread Bric
On 10/27/2013 03:07 AM, Mike Solomon wrote: (PS: how is it that you have 2.17.30, when the latest version is 2.17.29 ? http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/source/v2.17/ ) I build LilyPond from source, and the current version in current master is 2.17.30. uuuh... so did /I/, from

Re: latest source (was Re: id's for svg elements)

2013-10-27 Thread Urs Liska
What you're seeing is the latest _released_ source tarball. They are referring to the latest state of the development Git repository at savannah.org Bric b...@flight.us schrieb: On 10/27/2013 03:07 AM, Mike Solomon wrote: (PS: how is it that you have 2.17.30, when the latest version is

Re: id's for svg elements

2013-10-27 Thread David Kastrup
Bric b...@flight.us writes: On 10/27/2013 03:29 AM, David Kastrup wrote: I sometimes have difficulty distinguishing sarcasm from enthusiasm. At any rate, the manuals should by now contain a number of good leads. How far you get with them without additional help really depends on your

Re: latest source (was Re: id's for svg elements)

2013-10-27 Thread David Kastrup
Bric b...@flight.us writes: On 10/27/2013 03:07 AM, Mike Solomon wrote: (PS: how is it that you have 2.17.30, when the latest version is 2.17.29 ? http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/source/v2.17/ ) I build LilyPond from source, and the current version in current master is 2.17.30.

Re: Change page number during score

2013-10-27 Thread EdBeesley
Hwaen Ch'uqi wrote Greetings Ed, I realize this is quite the crude solution, and perhaps you have already considered it, but could you not simply include unneeded measures at that particular area, inserting a \pageBreak between each? At the page with the correct page number, you could

Re: Feedback for Frescobaldi's Preview Mode

2013-10-27 Thread Janek Warchoł
Hi, 2013/10/26 Urs Liska u...@openlilylib.org: now the new Preview Modes in Frescobaldi have been available for a while I would like to have some feedback. I know they aren't 'production quality' yet and I want to improve them. So please report any inconveniences, bugs or additional wishes.

How to become a member of this group

2013-10-27 Thread John Link
How does one become a member of this group? I have a friend who would like to join but I can't remember how to do so. Thanks, John Link http://www.cdbaby.com/all/johnlink http://www.myspace.com/johnlinkproject ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: How to become a member of this group

2013-10-27 Thread Federico Bruni
you can subscribe here: https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user (see the footer of this message) 2013/10/27 John Link johnl...@nyc.rr.com How does one become a member of this group? I have a friend who would like to join but I can't remember how to do so. Thanks, John Link

Re: id's for svg elements

2013-10-27 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2013-10-27 um 16:11 schrieb David Kastrup d...@gnu.org: At any rate, the user lists are rather helpful resources as well. This user list must be in the top 99 percentile in terms of quickness, thoroughness, and effectiveness of response. It's definitely one of LilyPond's assets. Oh

Should this be entered relative or ...

2013-10-27 Thread Kevin Tough
Hi folks, my first try at bass notes. It is a lot of fiddling to keep the proper tab positions or I am doing something the hard way. The notes and their positions I want indicated in the tab are correct for the first four bars. I can carry on in this way but is this the best way? Namaste, Kevin

Re: Feedback for Frescobaldi's Preview Mode

2013-10-27 Thread Urs Liska
Am 27.10.2013 12:57, schrieb Janek Warchoł: Hi, 2013/10/26 Urs Liska u...@openlilylib.org: now the new Preview Modes in Frescobaldi have been available for a while I would like to have some feedback. I know they aren't 'production quality' yet and I want to improve them. So please report any

Re: id's for svg elements

2013-10-27 Thread David Kastrup
Henning Hraban Ramm lilypon...@fiee.net writes: Am 2013-10-27 um 16:11 schrieb David Kastrup d...@gnu.org: At any rate, the user lists are rather helpful resources as well. This user list must be in the top 99 percentile in terms of quickness, thoroughness, and effectiveness of response.

Re: Feedback for Frescobaldi's Preview Mode

2013-10-27 Thread Johan Vromans
Urs Liska u...@openlilylib.org writes: One thing I would like to add myself is a checkbox to disable/enable the Preview Modes as a whole while keeping their settings. I find it inconvenient to manually have to deselect all boxes when I want to compile without any Preview Options but _with_

Re: Feedback for Frescobaldi's Preview Mode

2013-10-27 Thread Urs Liska
Am 27.10.2013 16:07, schrieb Johan Vromans: Urs Liska u...@openlilylib.org writes: One thing I would like to add myself is a checkbox to disable/enable the Preview Modes as a whole while keeping their settings. I find it inconvenient to manually have to deselect all boxes when I want to

Re: Should this be entered relative or ...

2013-10-27 Thread Simon Bailey
On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Kevin Tough ke...@toughlife.org wrote: my first try at bass notes. It is a lot of fiddling to keep the proper tab positions or I am doing something the hard way. The notes and their positions I want indicated in the tab are correct for the first four bars. I

Re: Should this be entered relative or ...

2013-10-27 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 27.10.2013 15:01, schrieb Kevin Tough: Hi folks, my first try at bass notes. It is a lot of fiddling to keep the proper tab positions or I am doing something the hard way. You may use \set minimumFret = #3 to avoid coding the string number explicitly. HTH, Marc

Re: Feedback for Frescobaldi's Preview Mode

2013-10-27 Thread Janek Warchoł
2013/10/27 Urs Liska u...@openlilylib.org: What I mean is: When hitting Ctrl-M (Preview mode compilation) I practically always want point-and-click on. Sometimes I want the Preview Modes too, sometimes not. For example if I'm working on something and use the Preview Modes but want to see the

Work around note head bug.

2013-10-27 Thread Garrett McGilvray
Dear users, There is a bug in the Mac version where the Re half-note in \aikenHeads renders as a quarter note in 2.16, and the problem just swaps for the whole note in 2.17. This has been reported to the bug list, but I'm wondering how to work around it in the mean time. Here is a minimal

How to combine accidental glyphs for new note names?

2013-10-27 Thread pls
Hey all, I'd like to be able to call some rare accidentals by their own note names. For example ceseses should result in a triple flatted note c. I found a very useful snippet: http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Snippet?id=784. I just added three lines to test the new note name and it basically

Re: Feedback for Frescobaldi's Preview Mode

2013-10-27 Thread Urs Liska
Am 27.10.2013 19:24, schrieb Janek Warchoł: 2013/10/27 Urs Liska u...@openlilylib.org: What I mean is: When hitting Ctrl-M (Preview mode compilation) I practically always want point-and-click on. Sometimes I want the Preview Modes too, sometimes not. For example if I'm working on something and

Re: Feedback for Frescobaldi's Preview Mode

2013-10-27 Thread Janek Warchoł
2013/10/27 Urs Liska u...@openlilylib.org: But how would you like the Engrave Custom dialog to behave instead? Maybe have separate toggles for point-and-click and other preview mode settings. (sorry, no time to go into more details now). ___

Re: Lilypond help - arbitrary accidental glyphs

2013-10-27 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[+lilypond-user] You should ask on lilypond-user On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 1:07 AM, Clive So cliv...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Han-Wen, I have been studying 31 equal temperament and wish to implement Adriaan Fokker's notation in Lilypond. I would very much appreciate it if you could give me some

On creating title pages and the like

2013-10-27 Thread Joshua Nichols
I'm not familiar enough to know how well LilyPond works with creating separate title pages... Is there a feasible way of doing this within LilyPond? I'm not talking about using TeX, LaTeX, or invoking lilypond-book, but just through the use of markups, etc Or, perhaps a compromise is

Re: Work around note head bug.

2013-10-27 Thread Carl Peterson
\ah = \set shapeNoteStyles = #'#(doThin reThin miThin faThin sol laThin tiThin) Use \ah wherever you would use \aikenHeads. In my documents, since I *only* use Aiken heads, I do this: \layout { \context { \Voice shapeNoteStyles = #'#(doThin reThin miThin faThin sol laThin tiThin) } }

Re: On creating title pages and the like

2013-10-27 Thread James
On Oct 27, 2013, at 19:03 , Joshua Nichols wrote: I'm not familiar enough to know how well LilyPond works with creating separate title pages... Is there a feasible way of doing this within LilyPond? I'm not talking about using TeX, LaTeX, or invoking lilypond-book, but just through

Re: On creating title pages and the like

2013-10-27 Thread SoundsFromSound
That's a great snippet James! I've based my title and instrument list pages off that one as well. Josh, you should check that out and see if you can make your own custom template. Ben James Worlton wrote On Oct 27, 2013, at 19:03 , Joshua Nichols wrote: I'm not familiar enough to know how

Citing Lilypond in a paper?

2013-10-27 Thread ryanmichaelmcclure
Hi all! I'm writing a paper for my Music History class and I used Lilypond to generate a few examples. I cited the original music in my paper, and I would like to cite Lilypond as well. How would I go about citing Lilypond in MLA style for a paper like this? Thanks all! - Ryan McClure

Re: On creating title pages and the like

2013-10-27 Thread Nick Payne
On 28/10/13 11:03, Joshua Nichols wrote: I'm not familiar enough to know how well LilyPond works with creating separate title pages... Is there a feasible way of doing this within LilyPond? Here's my template for this. It allows for multiple pieces within the document - just delete the

RE: Citing Lilypond in a paper?

2013-10-27 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
Mr. McClure, https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/ states: Computer Software/Downloaded Software Software that is downloaded from a Web site should provide the software's version and year when available. Hayes, B., Tesar, B., Zuraw, K. (2003). OTSoft: Optimality Theory Software

RE: Citing Lilypond in a paper?

2013-10-27 Thread ryanmichaelmcclure
Hi Mark, Thank you for your response. I have a few quick questions about this quickly: Who should I put as the creator of the software at the beginning? Would this be the way I should do it, in your opinion? CREATOR INFORMATION (2013). Lilypond (Version 2.17.29) [Software]. Available from

Re: On creating title pages and the like

2013-10-27 Thread Kevin Tough
My lilypond install of 2.16.2 cannot parse the input file. It hangs at fatal error: failed files: SnippetForBookWithTitleAndTOC (4 of 29): error: unknown escaped string: *\markuplines' I am guessing now that a snippet then is a separate file that should be located somewhere where Lilypond can

RE: Citing Lilypond in a paper?

2013-10-27 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
Mr. McClure, My understanding is that Lilypond is the result of the collaboration of many programmers. I suggest that you contact Mr. David Kastrup for how to ascribe authorship. Mark -Original Message- From: lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr@gnu.org

Re: id's for svg elements

2013-10-27 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2013-10-27 um 19:46 schrieb David Kastrup d...@gnu.org: Henning Hraban Ramm lilypon...@fiee.net writes: Am 2013-10-27 um 16:11 schrieb David Kastrup d...@gnu.org: At any rate, the user lists are rather helpful resources as well. This user list must be in the top 99 percentile in terms

Re: On creating title pages and the like

2013-10-27 Thread Joshua Nichols
Only respond to this mail if you have had a problem with the file. Thanks, I had the fatal error too. What should be the next step? I apologize in advance for the lack of mobility with programming. I'm hoping that I can get better at this soon. IC, Josh On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 11:22 PM,

Re: Citing Lilypond in a paper?

2013-10-27 Thread David Kastrup
ryanmichaelmcclure ryanmichaelmccl...@gmail.com writes: Hi Mark, Thank you for your response. I have a few quick questions about this quickly: Who should I put as the creator of the software at the beginning? Would this be the way I should do it, in your opinion? CREATOR INFORMATION