Re: Best support programs for Lilypond

On Sun 06 Mar 2016 at 00:58:55 (+), Stan Mulder wrote: > Just wondering how to achieve the best output with supporting programs when > working with Lilypond. I find Frescobaldi a huge leap forward in using > Lilypond. Frescobaldi increases productivity many times. > > Are there any other

Best support programs for Lilypond

Just wondering how to achieve the best output with supporting programs when working with Lilypond. I find Frescobaldi a huge leap forward in using Lilypond. Frescobaldi increases productivity many times. Are there any other programs I should be using to speed the notation process?

Re: Position title

Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hope that helps! > Kieren. Thank you Kieren. Does this also work in version version "2.18.2"? Where do i place the " \new Devnull s1" in this score?: \score { \new Staff \with { midiInstrument = "acoustic guitar (nylon)" } { \clef "treble_8" <<

Re: Whiteout box function by Thomas Morley / need help

There is an issue with DynamicText placed at the end of hairpin.   If DynamicText is placed after the end of hairpin and some extraWhiteout is added to the left of DynamicText then the whole DynamicText is shifted to the right.   I want DynamicText to stay centered below note. Any suggestions are

Re: Put text spanner below the staff?

Hi David, The following use of ‘_’ to place the text spanner down has no effect. What is incorrect here? You are saying using ‘_’ and ‘^’ affect text spanners, are you not? Andrew — snip \version "2.19.37" { \override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = "left" \override

Re: Use jazz fonts in LilyPond?

> Where do one get hold of these alternative fonts for Lilypond? Try here: https://github.com/noteflakes/lyp-lilyjazz/ Sharon -- View this message in context:

Re: Decreasing horizontal spacing when setting a chant

Hi all, > One thought which occurs to me is that you are forcing a specific line length > with the \bar "" \break construct. Lilypond will fill the line to that point, > rather than compressing into minimum space. +1 Put ragged-right = ##t in the paper block to see the actual compression.

Re: Decreasing horizontal spacing when setting a chant

On 16-03-05 11:30 AM, Joseph N. Srednicki wrote: Hello: I am setting a chant using modern notation. What technique would I use to decrease the horizontal spacing in the example below? I looked in the snippets. I also trying adjusting the common shortest duration property, but to no avail.

Re: MinGW Runtime Assertion error

2016-03-05 19:48 GMT+01:00 Karol Majewski : > Hi. The following code gives error. What am I doing wrong? > > BEGIN== > > \version "2.19.37" > > PS = > #(ly:make-stencil > (list 'embedded-ps > "gsave > currentpoint

MinGW Runtime Assertion error

Hi. The following code gives error. What am I doing wrong? BEGIN== \version "2.19.37" PS = #(ly:make-stencil (list 'embedded-ps "gsave currentpoint translate newpath 0.125 setlinewidth 0.0625 -0.5 moveto 0.0625

Decreasing horizontal spacing when setting a chant

Hello: I am setting a chant using modern notation. What technique would I use to decrease the horizontal spacing in the example below? I looked in the snippets. I also trying adjusting the common shortest duration property, but to no avail. Thanks for any suggestions. Joe

Re: Problems with midi2ly

Am 05.03.2016 um 18:37 schrieb mark damerell: 1. Where is the manual? The man page says it is a texinfo document, but I cannot find it. There is a section about midi2ly in the ‘Usage’ documentation: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/usage-big-page.html#invoking-midi2ly

Problems with midi2ly

Please: 1. Where is the manual? The man page says it is a texinfo document, but I cannot find it. 2. Trying to convert a Midi file, nearly all notes have weird durations. I assume that I should add a -d or -s but the manpage gives no hint of the units of duratioon . 3. Lyrics get

Re: Use jazz fonts in LilyPond?

Where do one get hold of these alternative fonts for Lilypond? Carl-Henrik ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Put text spanner below the staff?

Andrew Bernard gmail.com> writes: > \override TextSpanner.direction = #DOWN > > and > > \override TextSpanner.direction = #UP Thanks. Multiple ways of doing it. I need to dig into the internals/options for lily commands. I did try the "_" and "-" method of markup, but that didn't work. It

Re: Changing color when using \draw-line

Am 05.03.2016 um 16:23 schrieb Joseph N. Srednicki: Can anyone tell me how to change the color when using \draw-line? \with-color #blue \draw-line #'(0 . 3) ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Changing color when using \draw-line

Hello: Can anyone tell me how to change the color when using \draw-line? For example, I want to change the color of the following: rH = \rightHandFinger \markup \concat { \override #'(thickness . 3) \draw-line #'(0 . 3) \hspace #-.2 \override #'(thickness .

Re: Use jazz fonts in LilyPond?

Hi Eric, > that's a great help! Glad to know (and Abraham will be, too… after all, he did all of the work!). > I hadn't thought it was possible to emulate the "title on bar lines" look. There are numerous ways of doing that; Abraham’s is (IMO) the most elegant. > I can see LilyPond is

Re: Use jazz fonts in LilyPond?

Hi Kieren, Wow, that's a great help! I hadn't thought it was possible to emulate the "title on bar lines" look. I can see LilyPond is *extremely* customizable. -- Eric >Hi Eric, > >You might want to look at > > >Hope this

Re: Use "#f" instead of "false" in manuals

First place I would recommend to help the user with information "in place" how to use that particular variable, let it be print-page-number or any other one. Actually a beginner or the "simple minded user" is left in the desert. If the syntax needs ##f or #f or something else is another

Re: OT: pagenumber

Thomas Morley writes: > 2016-03-05 9:55 GMT+01:00 David Kastrup : >> Blöchl Bernhard writes: >> >>> I would recommend to add the options a user has to any item in the >>> chapter (maybe in other chapters as well) >>> 4.1.6

Re: OT: pagenumber

2016-03-05 9:55 GMT+01:00 David Kastrup : > Blöchl Bernhard writes: > >> I would recommend to add the options a user has to any item in the >> chapter (maybe in other chapters as well) >> 4.1.6 Other \paper variables >> in the actual example that

Re: Put text spanner below the staff?

Andrew Bernard writes: > Hi Stan, > > Good question. You can’t just use ‘_’ like for markup. Why not? -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: OT: pagenumber

Blöchl Bernhard writes: > I would recommend to add the options a user has to any item in the > chapter (maybe in other chapters as well) > 4.1.6 Other \paper variables > in the actual example that would mean > print-page-number > default is ##true. If set to

Use "#f" instead of "false" in manuals (was: OT: pagenumber)

Am 05.03.2016 um 09:51 schrieb Blöchl Bernhard: > Setting myself into the situation of a maybe user wanting to switch > off the pagenumber I would google "lilypond pagenumber". Google is > correcting me to page number (in correct English written separately). > > The first hit is > LilyPond

Re: Put text spanner below the staff?

Hi Stan, There’s more than one way to do it! Andrew On 5/03/2016, 17:32, "Stan Mulder" wrote: I think I found it: \textSpannerDown ___ lilypond-user

Re: OT: pagenumber

Hi Andrew, Am 05.03.2016 um 01:11 schrieb Andrew Bernard: > Hello Joram, > > Just for the record, I was not proposing this as your reply indicates. I know. I was quoting from the wrong mail, sorry. Joram ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: Put text spanner below the staff?

Hi Stan, Good question. You can’t just use ‘_’ like for markup. \override TextSpanner.direction = #DOWN and \override TextSpanner.direction = #UP Andrew On 5/03/2016, 17:19, "Stan Mulder" wrote:

Re: OT: pagenumber

Hi Blöchl, Although I am a programmer, I found the initial learning to have to use ##f and ##t for booleans, as a user wanting to get on and engrave music, obscure, difficult to remember, and easy to get wrong, what with the has escaped hash, even if you do read the manual carefully. Using

Re: OT: pagenumber

Setting myself into the situation of a maybe user wanting to switch off the pagenumber I would google "lilypond pagenumber". Google is correcting me to page number (in correct English written separately). The first hit is LilyPond Notation Reference: 4.1.6 Other \paper variables