Re: eps file

2021-09-04 Thread David Wright
On Thu 02 Sep 2021 at 08:58:21 (+0200), Valentin Petzel wrote: > > For the relative problem: Note that if you do not save the file Frescobaldi > will save the file to a temporary location. This will change the working > directory to that temporary location. > > So unless you have the directory

Re: eps file

2021-09-04 Thread David Wright
On Fri 03 Sep 2021 at 21:00:40 (+0200), Valentin Petzel wrote: > If analyzed your eps-file and have found that it has some very weird bytes in > the beginning (also containing some null-chars). This makes rendering the > file > a bit of a gamble, and it also means that Lilypond does not find

Re: Midi Instrument: change?

2021-09-04 Thread Guy Stalnaker
Understood and thanks for the clarification. Guy On 9/4/21 5:09 PM, David Kastrup wrote: Guy Stalnaker writes: David and Jerry, I've been using the "method" shown on that Lilypond doc page for years. I confirm that it does work for me. I can put \set midiInstrument = #"" anywhere in a

Re: Midi Instrument: change?

2021-09-04 Thread David Kastrup
Guy Stalnaker writes: > David and Jerry, > > I've been using the "method" shown on that Lilypond doc page for > years. I confirm that it does work for me. I can put > > \set midiInstrument = #"" > > anywhere in a voice and LP will change the midi instrument. Which is > why I suggested it to

Re: Midi Instrument: change?

2021-09-04 Thread JxStarks
Thanks, David. This works a lot easier. Jerry On Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 4:51 PM David Kastrup wrote: > Guy Stalnaker writes: > > > See > > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/midi-channel-mapping > > > > Where the method is shown. Basically, you put the instrument into the > >

Re: Midi Instrument: change?

2021-09-04 Thread Guy Stalnaker
David and Jerry, I've been using the "method" shown on that Lilypond doc page for years. I confirm that it does work for me. I can put \set midiInstrument = #"" anywhere in a voice and LP will change the midi instrument. Which is why I suggested it to Jerry. But there is no denying that

Re: Midi Instrument: change?

2021-09-04 Thread David Kastrup
Guy Stalnaker writes: >> On Sat, Sep 4, 2021, 3:51 PM David Kastrup wrote: >> >>> Guy Stalnaker writes: >>> >>> > See >>> > >>> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/midi-channel-mapping >>> > >>> > Where the method is shown. Basically, you put the instrument into the >>> >

Re: Midi Instrument: change?

2021-09-04 Thread Guy Stalnaker
Just following the docs (per the link provided). Should the docs be updated? Guy On Sat, Sep 4, 2021, 3:51 PM David Kastrup wrote: > Guy Stalnaker writes: > > > See > > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/midi-channel-mapping > > > > Where the method is shown. Basically,

Re: Midi Instrument: change?

2021-09-04 Thread David Kastrup
Guy Stalnaker writes: > See > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/midi-channel-mapping > > Where the method is shown. Basically, you put the instrument into the > Voice context: > > %%% Code > >   \midi { >     \context { >   \Staff >   \remove "Staff_performer" >     }

Re: Using Scheme inside Lilypond

2021-09-04 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le 04/09/2021 à 20:39, Richard Shann a écrit : (I'm trying to write code that will draw a box round A4 or letter paper with just a change of some scaling factors - I can work around it but it's distressing not to understand what is going on). Is this the kind of thing you're looking for?

Re: Midi Instrument: change?

2021-09-04 Thread jh
1. Midi Instrument: change? (JxStarks) 2. Re: Midi Instrument: change? (Guy Stalnaker) GuyS I too wanted to know how to do this. Since I have limited experience with the latest versions of lilypond due to total confusion of the new syntax's. I did find this example you linked to and

Re: Using Scheme inside Lilypond

2021-09-04 Thread Richard Shann
On Sat, 2021-09-04 at 20:44 +0200, David Kastrup wrote: > Richard Shann writes: > > > Can someone educate me as to why this works: > > > > \markup \path #0.4 #'((moveto 0 0) (lineto -30 50) (lineto -20 80) > > (closepath)) > > > > but this does not: > > > > \markup \path #0.4 #'((moveto 0 0)

Re: Using Scheme inside Lilypond

2021-09-04 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2021-09-04 11:39 am, Richard Shann wrote: Can someone educate me as to why this works: \markup \path #0.4 #'((moveto 0 0) (lineto -30 50) (lineto -20 80) (closepath)) but this does not: \markup \path #0.4 #'((moveto 0 0) (lineto -30 (* 2 25)) (lineto -20 80) (closepath)) The difference

Re: Using Scheme inside Lilypond

2021-09-04 Thread David Kastrup
Richard Shann writes: > Can someone educate me as to why this works: > > \markup \path #0.4 #'((moveto 0 0) (lineto -30 50) (lineto -20 80) > (closepath)) > > but this does not: > > \markup \path #0.4 #'((moveto 0 0) (lineto -30 (* 2 25)) (lineto -20 80) > (closepath)) > > The difference being

Using Scheme inside Lilypond

2021-09-04 Thread Richard Shann
Can someone educate me as to why this works: \markup \path #0.4 #'((moveto 0 0) (lineto -30 50) (lineto -20 80) (closepath)) but this does not: \markup \path #0.4 #'((moveto 0 0) (lineto -30 (* 2 25)) (lineto -20 80) (closepath)) The difference being I replace 50 with (* 2 25) (I'm trying to

Re: Positioning new staff

2021-09-04 Thread Knute Snortum
On Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 11:25 AM Hwaen Ch'uqi wrote: > On 9/4/21, Paul Hodges wrote: > > I can't find anything bearing on this, I'm afraid. > > > > I am writing out a piece for two pianos; so there is a grand score > > containing two piano scores. I need to add a third staff to the first > >

Re: Positioning new staff

2021-09-04 Thread Hwaen Ch'uqi
Greetings Paul, It would be best to see a code example. However, I have done this several times. You need to give the lower staff of the first piano a name, and then tell that temporary staff to be placed under that named context. Here is a template for just one piano, where staves are added

Re: Positioning new staff

2021-09-04 Thread Timothy Lanfear
On 04/09/2021 18:33, Paul Hodges wrote: I can't find anything bearing on this, I'm afraid. I am writing out a piece for two pianos; so there is a grand score containing two piano scores. I need to add a third staff to the first piano part for just two bars. It will be under the two staves

Positioning new staff

2021-09-04 Thread Paul Hodges
I can't find anything bearing on this, I'm afraid. I am writing out a piece for two pianos; so there is a grand score containing two piano scores. I need to add a third staff to the first piano part for just two bars. It will be under the two staves already existing. I can add the necessary

Re: How to align text vertically and change font document-wise

2021-09-04 Thread Ivanov Dmitry
Ok, I tried \addlyrics, and it worked, but there are more questions. Now I'll have to present a more complex file. 1. How can I move the text above the soprano notes below the group line? 2. Is it possible to mark the group as it is done with voltas? I attached excert from the book I am studying

Re: Midi Instrument: change?

2021-09-04 Thread JxStarks
This is great! Thanks for your help. Jerry On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 8:46 PM Guy Stalnaker wrote: > See > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/midi-channel-mapping > > Where the method is shown. Basically, you put the instrument into the > Voice context: > > %%% Code > > \midi {

Re: eps file

2021-09-04 Thread Knute Snortum
On Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 6:17 AM WaiMing Tsang wrote: > > Hi Silvain, > > Sorry it take me so long to response. Thank you for the info. At this moment > I am avoiding using spaces in folders that only involves with frecobaldi. > Kntue Snortum help created issue with frecobaldi. Just for the

Re: eps file

2021-09-04 Thread WaiMing Tsang
Hi Silvain,Sorry it take me so long to response.  Thank you for the info. At this moment I am avoiding using spaces in folders that only involves with frecobaldi. Kntue  Snortum help created issue with frecobaldi.Thank again.Shalom,Ming  Sent from Mail for Windows 

Re: I'd like to set fingeringOrientations once for the whole \book.

2021-09-04 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le 04/09/2021 à 07:15, list_lilyp...@infopower.nl a écrit : In a book with guitar music I'd like to position the fingering numbers at the left sides of the notes. I already found out that notes have to be written as chords, i.e. , and tried to put \set fingeringOrientations = #('left') in the