solved; how to get system separator on both sides

2023-11-28 Thread jh
Yes thank you that works. perhaps could be put in snippet respository? On 2023-11-28 02:09, Jean Abou Samra wrote: I don't think it's in a snippet, but you can do \version "2.24.2" \paper { system-separator-markup = \markup \fill-line { \slashSeparator \slashSeparator } } { c' \break

forgotten how to get system separator on both sides

2023-11-27 Thread jh
Long ago I was an active user but it's gotten so far away that I use an older version 2.22.1 longer ago my conductor (at the time) wanted slash separators on both sides of the system that was for 1.16.x I think. But is this possible again? If so please either direct me to the

Re: clef bass_16

2023-06-22 Thread jh
a step too far. Best wishes, J On 23.06.2023 00.58, jh wrote: Hello- I can't seem to find the forum page to ask this, in fact so much has changed that perhaps I will not understand the answer. for Contrabass I have used \clef "bass_8" I need to go down another octave so I

clef bass_16

2023-06-22 Thread jh
Hello- I can't seem to find the forum page to ask this, in fact so much has changed that perhaps I will not understand the answer. for Contrabass I have used \clef "bass_8" I need to go down another octave so I input \clef "bass_16" but the notation output prints a note one step higher than

Re:Acciaccatura issue (jh) solved (sort of)

2022-07-16 Thread jh
1. Re: Re-using "\with" contexts (Alasdair McAndrew) 2. Code pointer from end-BarLine to previous NoteHead.? (Thomas Morley) 3. Re: Code pointer from end-BarLine to previous NoteHead.? (Jean Abou Samra) 4. Ac

Re: Acciaccatura question/issue

2022-07-15 Thread jh
ancient understanding of the ornament is still current. J On 2022-07-15 17:38, Knute Snortum wrote: On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 3:34 PM jh wrote: using 2.22.2 in fresco, my very old understanding of grace and acciaccatura is that they receive no duration value in a measure. That's correct

Acciaccatura question/issue

2022-07-15 Thread jh
using 2.22.2 in fresco, my very old understanding of grace and acciaccatura is that they receive no duration value in a measure. the following Minimal example using forget for accidentals when compiled allows only 3 quarter notes in a 4/4 bar. I changed the 8ths in the acciaccatura to 16ths

moving sustainoff - I lost the answer and can't remember how to search for it

2022-05-17 Thread jh
Hello all- a while back I asked how to move the sustainoff to after the last note and someone answered and I believed I saved it and now cannot find where I put that answer. Please send it again.. AND- I think there's a way to search for something like this but I so seldom ever need to do

inconsistent \RemoveEmptyStaves action

2022-02-12 Thread jh
From one project to the next sometimes 'Frenching' a score works and sometimes it doesn't This is the shortest example I could figure out how to make the second system should be just two staves (and using the same context etc 5 days ago worked as expected on a different score so this was copy

disregard I found the problem

2022-02-03 Thread jh
I finally saw that I'd deleted brackets on the center staff triplet. The log didn't say anything even fresco didn't help so sorry if you answered already -- Thank you Sound & Silence Beginning May 1, 2021 a new address; 1814 Lake Washington Blvd. So., Seattle, Wa. 98144 _206-328-7694 or

notes after triplet not aligning

2022-02-03 Thread jh
I hope I'm sending this properly. This is as small as I could get and there are at least three things I must be doing wrongCenter staff the 3 is in a weird place but after the triplets notes aren't lining up. If this is a dumb mistake on my part please point it out, if it's a matter of

Re: top/bottom margins?

2021-12-29 Thread jh
yep that helped a lot. Thanks. j On 2021-12-29 15:34, Carl Sorensen wrote: On 12/29/21, 3:25 PM, "jh" wrote: very curious. So your example printed better than mine the footnote is very close to the edge and the top is very far down. So I opened librewriter cut t

Re: top/bottom margins?

2021-12-29 Thread jh
rgins in lilypond?" J btw I do appreciate the help, and attention to my issue. j On 2021-12-29 12:12, Carl Sorensen wrote: On 12/29/21, 12:09 PM, "jh" wrote: thanks- not sure what to do next the printer settings are as expected. will have to think some more abo

Re: top/bottom margins?

2021-12-29 Thread jh
thanks- not sure what to do next the printer settings are as expected. will have to think some more about it I guess. j On 2021-12-29 12:02, Carl Sorensen wrote: I added a score to your file to make it pring something. It generates a perfect PDF on my system. No extra space at the top or

Re: top/bottom margins?

2021-12-29 Thread jh
, I'd like to think there's a printer setting but since it prints normally for everything except lily/fresco-pdfs that doesn't make sense to me. If you can explain it then I'll look further. thanks J On 2021-12-29 11:34, Carl Sorensen wrote: On 12/29/21, 9:22 AM, "lilypond-user on behalf

top/bottom margins?

2021-12-29 Thread jh
hello using 2.22 and current version of Frescobaldi. using 'letter' and a new printer Canon lately the top margin above the header has gotten wider and the footnote (2 lines smaller font) on the first page of scores is getting cut off or the bottom line is cut in half. Is the easy solution

Re: slur crossing bar and time signature change; solved thanks

2021-12-24 Thread jh
thanks to all for the quick responses and solution. I tend to find where to put ties and slurs confusing (more confusing than my first mistyping) so thank you to the addressed and to Brian On 2021-12-24 13:40, Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote: Hi, Am 24.12.21 um 21:24 schrieb jh:     \time 5

Re: slur crossing bar and time signature change

2021-12-24 Thread jh
yes that did it thank you. On 2021-12-24 13:38, Brian Barker wrote: At 13:24 24/12/2021 -0700, you wrote: \time 5/8 \tempo 4 = 86 d8 e fis4 e8 d e4 d8 c\time 6/8 (b4) d8 b a4 \bar "|." The slur parentheses are postfixed to the appropriate elements. Instead

Re: slur crossing bar and time signature change

2021-12-24 Thread jh
/doc/v2.22/Documentation/learning/ties-and-slurs If not, could you pleas post a minimal example for us to see what could be the issue? Slurs across barlines and time signatures are not normally a problem, so I suppose there is something strange in the code. Best! /Leo 24 dec. 2021 kl. 19:14 skrev j

slur crossing bar and time signature change

2021-12-24 Thread jh
using 2.22 when I try to have a slur ~ across a barline and a time signature change using fresco nothing happens. please direct me to a place in the manual that explains how to have this work. thanks j -- Thank you Sound & Silence Beginning May 1, 2021 a new address; 1814 Lake Washington

Re: Windows Media Player alternatives for midi playing?

2021-10-30 Thread jh
Hello- I use Synthfont- choose a default font and then after typesetting (if that's the word) my music click the .ly file for the latest update to the music and it does compile the midi and on I go. All of this is more complicated than it used to be in 2.18 but still works and is very very

Re: I would like to move the sustainOff

2021-09-19 Thread jh
Knute, thank you it's a short piece so this is doable would the bracket be a better option for this problem when it's a larger/longer piece? wondering. Jay On 2021-09-19 13:31, Knute Snortum wrote: On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 10:46 AM jh wrote: 2nd time to ask; SustainOff after a chord comes

I would like to move the sustainOff

2021-09-19 Thread jh
2nd time to ask; SustainOff after a chord comes before the chord, as it shows in the manual I'm used to and would like it to be after the chord. Is there a way to do that? jay -- Thank you Sound & Silence Beginning May 1, 2021 a new address; 1814 Lake Washington Blvd. So., Seattle, Wa.

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: simple question 1 where's the pdf for all the manuals for 2.22?

2021-08-04 Thread jh
Thank you David etal, I've often been unable to find a tool to open/access tarballs? But I used a linux laptop and got in. I did find the quantity of material to be overwhelming and it took me a couple of days to find a way to just find the pdfs in that file but find them I did. Thank you for

Re: simple question 1 where's the pdf for all the manuals for 2.22? a better response I hope more polite

2021-08-02 Thread jh
ehalf of jh" wrote: I can easily find the manual html page but the machine I use lily on is not online and so I depend on the PDf or have depended on it for 2.18 but there seems to be no link for the pdf on the manuals page? thank you As mentioned in the text on the bottom of t

simple question 1 where's the pdf for all the manuals for 2.22?

2021-08-02 Thread jh
I can easily find the manual html page but the machine I use lily on is not online and so I depend on the PDf or have depended on it for 2.18 but there seems to be no link for the pdf on the manuals page? thank you -- Thank you Sound & Silence Beginning May 1, 2021 a new address; 1814 Lake

Re: oldie/newbie convert/fresco question

2021-08-02 Thread jh
! Le 01/08/2021 à 18:10, jh a écrit : A while back David K kept on trying to get me to update beyond 2.18.2 even though I said I'd failed a number of times and that many of the changes between these versions seem opaque to me. Well, what changes between 2.18 and 2.22 seem opaque to you

oldie/newbie convert/fresco question

2021-08-01 Thread jh
A while back David K kept on trying to get me to update beyond 2.18.2 even though I said I'd failed a number of times and that many of the changes between these versions seem opaque to me. My main text editor has developed a major crash where it freezes everything and the creator is unable to

Re: would someone send me the link to

2021-02-01 Thread jh
Thank you both, I didn't mention that it was a win10 machine now but mingw did the trick. On 2021-02-01 17:00, Thomas Morley wrote: Am Di., 2. Feb. 2021 um 00:53 Uhr schrieb jh : Hello- I'm afraid I'm going to get keelhauled for this. But is there a link/site where I can download 2.18.2

would someone send me the link to

2021-02-01 Thread jh
Hello- I'm afraid I'm going to get keelhauled for this. But is there a link/site where I can download 2.18.2 for win10. I've never understood after getting really comfortable with this version all the changes that make it to me incomprehensible and with a new computer (today) need to get lily

I hope this is on topic, pdf indications

2020-12-21 Thread jh
Hello- I'm still using 2.18.2 And my PDF 'reader' is Sumatra. Until I did an upgrade of Sumatra when my cursor was hovering over a note there was information about where in the .ly file this note was. After the upgrade this no longer happens. What could be the disconnect between the two? I

Re: piece starting with acciaccatura problem

2020-11-02 Thread jh
Thanks you, I thought I remembered that this had come up before but didn't remember a solution. THis is easy enough to execute. Thank you for the timely response. Jay On 2020-11-02 09:32, Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote: Hi, Am 02.11.20 um 17:18 schrieb jh: here's my small example of the problem

piece starting with acciaccatura problem

2020-11-02 Thread jh
here's my small example of the problem I think it's been addressed before but have no idea how to find the solution. Please give me a link or clue to find how to defeat this. Jay \version "2.18.2" \header { title = "31 Oct Hallows" composer = "Jay Hamilton" copyright = \markup { \tiny

Re: about the html links

2020-10-03 Thread jh
wrote: On Sat 03 Oct 2020 at 07:06:55 (-0600), jh wrote: On 2020-10-02 21:20, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 02 Oct 2020 at 16:51:07 (-0600), jh wrote: > > > In general Lilypond has gotten so technical that I can't even follow > > the questions.however I use it (older version

Re: about the html links

2020-10-03 Thread jh
that this is the answer to the suggestion/question you raise. Perhaps it is not possible to access those links from the email? Jay On 2020-10-02 21:20, David Wright wrote: On Fri 02 Oct 2020 at 16:51:07 (-0600), jh wrote: In general Lilypond has gotten so technical that I can't even follow

about the html links

2020-10-02 Thread jh
Hello- In general Lilypond has gotten so technical that I can't even follow the questions.however I use it (older version) and am generally pleased with what I can understand. However Often there are attachments that are 'scrubbed' and links at the bottom of questions and responses, and

Lead sheet with variables

2018-01-23 Thread JH Austin
I tried to modify the Lead Sheet example by using a variable:---\version "2.19.40"\music =   \relative c'' {    a4 e c8 e r4    b2 c4( d)  }\score {<<  \chords { c2 g:sus4 f e }  \music  \addlyrics { One day this shall be free __ } \layout { }}=and I got the following