Re: notes regex expression

2017-09-12 Thread Jim Tisdall
Sorry for all the ? replacing the tabs in my last post - not sure which step made that transformation - I try again after removing all the tabs Jim I have been using a perl regular expression to parse lilypond notes for my own application, which handles guitar notes with possible right hand,

Re: notes regex expression

2017-09-12 Thread Jim Tisdall
I have been using a perl regular expression to parse lilypond notes for my own application, which handles guitar notes with possible right hand, left hand, plectrum, string, glissando markings. Thus it only includes some of the features of lilypond notes.  It assumes english note names (easily

function to end melody with rests to end of measure

2016-07-18 Thread Jim Tisdall
I need to fill in the end of a score (a melody) with rests to the end of the final measure, if needed. Any ideas for how to do that, like writing a new function or ...? Thanks, Jim ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

keyboard graphic

2016-06-01 Thread Jim Tisdall
I need to display small graphics of a piano keyboard with selected notes indicated by color. It will be used similarly as the guitar fret diagrams and actually in conjunction with them (and with standard and tablature notation, and explanatory comments) as guitarists examine chord voicings. I've

make many icons

2016-04-24 Thread Jim Tisdall
I want to create about a hundred icons that contain short (2- 5-note) rhythms or melodic shapes, without staff lines. They will have no staff (which I see how to do). Ideally I could write them all in one file and invoke lilypond to create the hundred or so svg files. (My current solution is

new lilypond guitar site

2016-03-11 Thread Jim Tisdall
Hi, Although it's still early days... http://GuitarAvatar.net creates scores for student/teacher use. Scales, arpeggios, rhythms, melodic patterns, audio, lots of fingering alternatives. Chords/harmony in active development but not live yet. Examples of fingering approaches from the

fill last measure with rests?

2016-03-09 Thread Jim Tisdall
Does there exist a directive that will automatically fill the last measure of a voice with rests? If not, any pointers for programming such would be welcome. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

fill last measure with rests

2016-03-03 Thread Jim Tisdall
Is there a directive that will automatically fill the last measure with rests? For instance, if the music ends on a quarter note on the first beat of a 4/4 measure, the directive would fill that measure with 3 beats of rests so that the measure is filled to the bar line? (I'm generating scores

Completion_heads_engraver and repeated marks

2016-03-03 Thread Jim Tisdall
cially with the right-hand markup syntax as "\RH #2 " (space at the end required) ) Thanks all, Jim Tisdall \version "2.18.2" \language "english" \score { \new StaffGroup << \new Staff { \language "english" \clef "treble_8" #(

Re: mac web fontconfig slowdown

2016-02-04 Thread Jim Tisdall
I seem to have found a fix ... Message: 5 Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 19:06:21 -0500 From: Jim Tisdall <tisd...@tisdall.net> To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: mac web fontconfig slowdown Message-ID: <56b295fd.5040...@tisdall.net> on mac os x 10.11.2, lilypond 2.18.2, plenty nice mac pr

mac web fontconfig slowdown

2016-02-03 Thread Jim Tisdall
on mac os x 10.11.2, lilypond 2.18.2, plenty nice mac pro plenty ram Serious slowdown due to font configuration - 30 seconds delay while "FontConfig" is called - happens when you do a lilypond -V for instance. Fixed from command line using /opt/local/bin/fc-cache for each user (root, me,

lilypond ram disk

2014-05-16 Thread Jim Tisdall
Has anyone had good - or bad or indifferent- results by installing the lilypond software onto a ram disk? I find that my fairly spiffy server, typesetting a very small score, takes about 12-15 seconds ... unless I've just typeset another one, and the program is still mostly loaded in memory, in

Re:Two possible bugs when dealing with Automatic note splitting

2013-10-03 Thread Jim Tisdall
I posted some details about this a week ago, No, you didn't. Not wanting a repetition of fingerings and string numbers would be a feature request: I don't think that would ever have worked differently. -- David Kastrup Ah, true. I reported fingerings and string numbers being repeated

Re: Two possible bugs when dealing with Automatic note splitting

2013-10-02 Thread Jim Tisdall
I posted some details about this a week ago, here's a repeat of that post, it contains some version info. Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:35:33 -0400 From: Jim Tisdall supp...@jimtisdall.com To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: fingering problem with Note_heads_engraver Message-ID: 524213b5.5080

fingering problem with Note_heads_engraver

2013-09-24 Thread Jim Tisdall
I've come across the following problem using Note_heads_engraver (and the Completion_rests_engraver) on a guitar score that includes fingering. The following score rewrites notes that span a quarter-note beat as two notes with a tie. That's what I want ... but it also duplicates the fingering

Re: lilypond slowdown in CGI web program

2013-09-24 Thread Jim Tisdall
. On 9/18/13 8:55 PM, Jim Tisdall wrote: Hi, I'm going to briefly sketch this problem, just to see if anyone else has come across it ... and because being specific would be a real bear, given the interacting systems involved ... When I call lilypond to compile a score by means of a web page

click track lead-in invisible bar

2013-09-18 Thread Jim Tisdall
a measure early, without displaying an empty measure in the score. Thanks for considering my problem, any pointers or suggestions will be most appreciated. -- Jim Tisdall ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman

lilypond slowdown in CGI web program

2013-09-18 Thread Jim Tisdall
/bin/lilypond -dmidi-extension=mid -fps -fpng -dbackend=eps -deps-box-padding=3.00 --output=basename lilyfile Thanks for listening ;) -- Jim Tisdall ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond

Re:completion_heads_engraver within a bar

2013-06-05 Thread Jim Tisdall
Many thanks for the help with completion_heads_engraver. I've got a related question about completion_rest_engraver In this example, I'm trying to split the rhythms in bars of 4/4 time, so that note values that span the beginning of the third beat, are rewritten with ties. (The idea is that

completion_heads_engraver within a bar

2013-06-03 Thread Jim Tisdall
Relative newbie alert. I'd like to have the action of the completion_heads(rests)_engraver *within* a bar --- so that, for example, rhythms that cross over the start of the 3rd beat in a measure of 4/4 rewrite as two groups of two-beat rhythms with a tie between them. (Also, between bars as

lilypond on webserver

2013-06-01 Thread Jim Tisdall
I'm making interactive typesetting to provide material to users of a music book. First pass, I'm using mac pro system and perl CGI and apache 2.2 server. (I've programmed in scheme in the past, but perl is likely the best - quickest - tool for what I'm doing.) 1) I don't see a way to have the

publish music book

2013-04-22 Thread Jim Tisdall
I'm preparing a book for publication. My book incorporates many short examples and a fair amount of text. I am developing a web site so that readers can be presented with customized exercises and hear midi playback. The complete exercises will be only available on the web. I've got a couple

sudo frescobaldi for music view

2013-04-17 Thread Jim Tisdall
Hi everybody. I finally got frescobaldi running on my mac pro os x 10.7.5, by backing out of previous installs and using macports instead -- and by lots of trial and error. The Music View pane now opens and works ... but only if I start up frescobaldi with sudo frescobaldi. Otherwise, with

sudo frescobaldi for music view

2013-04-17 Thread Jim Tisdall
All, By reinstalling the sudo is no longer necessary for Music View. Not sure what happened previously, some conflicting permissions between macport and non-macport installations, is my guess. Thanks, Jim ___ lilypond-user mailing list

frescobaldi on mac

2013-01-12 Thread Jim Tisdall
In trying to compile frescobaldi on my mac pro osx10.7.5, I have the program running but I've run into the following problem with trying to get the python-poppler-qt4-0.16.3 extension to work: $ python setup.py build running build running build_ext building 'popplerqt4' extension llvm-gcc-4.2

newbie guitar fingering layout question

2012-10-07 Thread Jim Tisdall
, although it is a nice WYSIWYG and has many excellent features.) Thanks and I'm glad I found this software and this community! Peace, Jim Tisdall ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user