Re: Parenthesis/bracket/brace questions

2018-05-24 Thread Thomas Morley
2018-05-21 17:09 GMT+02:00 Thomas Morley : > 2018-05-21 15:03 GMT+02:00 Brent Annable : >> On a side note, in my searches I noticed it's now possible to define >> different barline types, and the bracket type looks like it would also do >> the job

Re: Parenthesis/bracket/brace questions

2018-05-21 Thread Thomas Morley
2018-05-21 17:09 GMT+02:00 Thomas Morley : > 2018-05-21 15:03 GMT+02:00 Brent Annable : >> Hey Andrew, >> >> Wow, this looks like exactly like my score! Thank you very much, I managed >> to tweak the values of this code to get exactly the shape I

Re: Parenthesis/bracket/brace questions

2018-05-21 Thread Thomas Morley
2018-05-21 15:03 GMT+02:00 Brent Annable : > Hey Andrew, > > Wow, this looks like exactly like my score! Thank you very much, I managed > to tweak the values of this code to get exactly the shape I needed. > > On a side note, in my searches I noticed it's now possible to

Re: Parenthesis/bracket/brace questions

2018-05-21 Thread Brent Annable
Hey Andrew, Wow, this looks like exactly like my score! Thank you very much, I managed to tweak the values of this code to get exactly the shape I needed. On a side note, in my searches I noticed it's now possible to define different barline types, and the bracket type looks like it would also

Re: Parenthesis/bracket/brace questions

2018-05-21 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Brent, Unless I am totally missing the point, this was discussed on the list a couple of years ago, and a simple solution provided oin LSR 957. Is the following not what you want? Andrew % LSR 957 #(define-markup-command (openBracket layout props heitgh) (number?)

Re: Parenthesis/bracket/brace questions

2018-05-20 Thread Brent Annable
Hey Robin! Thank you, this works just fine in this case. What would be really neat now would be the ability to parenthesize entire chordal passages, so with the left half around one chord and the right half around some other chord later on in the music. So like a combination of this function:

Re: Parenthesis/bracket/brace questions

2018-05-20 Thread Brent Annable
Hey Mark, Thank you for your response. Yes I considered the arpeggio bracket option, but the problem is I'm using that extensively throughout the edition to indicate right-hand chords, so I wanted something that looks a little different to avoid confusion. A staff brace would seem ideal, but I'm

Re: Parenthesis/bracket/brace questions

2018-05-20 Thread Robin Bannister
Brent Annable wrote: 2. I would like to parenthesize a couple of two-note chords in the tenor part. Has anybody come up with a decent way to put parentheses around entire chords yet? I've rummaged around the old threads but can't really find anything that fits the bill. Maybe you can make do

RE: Parenthesis/bracket/brace questions

2018-05-20 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
Brent, As to No. 1, perhaps a cross staff arpeggio/bracket? http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/expressive-marks-as-lines#arpeggio Mark From: lilypond-user [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Brent Annable Sent: Sunday, May 20,