Re: When to Use Pound Signs

> On 27 Mar 2016, at 01:30, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: > > On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 20:42:39 +0100 > David Kastrup wrote: > >> Jason Silver writes: >> >>> Anyone have thoughts on how to notate a A minor add 9? >>> >>> I've tried this: >>> >>> chExceptionMusic = { >>> 1-\markup { \super "add9

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

2016-03-27 1:30 GMT+01:00 David Raleigh Arnold : > On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 20:42:39 +0100 > David Kastrup wrote: > >> Jason Silver writes: >> >> > Anyone have thoughts on how to notate a A minor add 9? >> > >> > I've tried this: >> > >> > chExceptionMusic = { >> > 1-\markup { \super "add9" } % 1.3.

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

OK- I was trying to make it easier for you to see the section by editing the content. Below is the whole piece. Jason \language "english" > \version "2.16.2" > \header { > title = "The General Confession" > composer = "Jason Silver" > copyright = "Silver Ink. 2016" > tagline = "Permissio

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 20:42:39 +0100 David Kastrup wrote: > Jason Silver writes: > > > Anyone have thoughts on how to notate a A minor add 9? > > > > I've tried this: > > > > chExceptionMusic = { > > 1-\markup { \super "add9" } % 1.3.5.9 > > 1-\markup { "m" \super "add9" } % 1.3.5.9 > > } > >

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

Jason Silver writes: > Anyone have thoughts on how to notate a A minor add 9? > > I've tried this: > > chExceptionMusic = { > 1-\markup { \super "add9" } % 1.3.5.9 > 1-\markup { "m" \super "add9" } % 1.3.5.9 > } > > with this: > > chordNames = \chordmode { > \set chordNameExceptions = #chEx

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

Anyone have thoughts on how to notate a A minor add 9? I've tried this: chExceptionMusic = { 1-\markup { \super "add9" } % 1.3.5.9 1-\markup { "m" \super "add9" } % 1.3.5.9 } with this: chordNames = \chordmode { \set chordNameExceptions = #chExceptions | a:1.3.5.9 | a:1.3f.5.9 | } I ge

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

On 06.01.2016 19:55, Tim Reeves wrote: > > Message: 6 > > Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 21:55:42 -0700 > > From: Colin Campbell > > To: lilypond-user@gnu.org > > Subject: Re: When to Use Pound Signs > > Message-ID: <568c9e4e.6060...@shaw.ca> > >

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

> > Message: 6 > > Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 21:55:42 -0700 > > From: Colin Campbell > > To: lilypond-user@gnu.org > > Subject: Re: When to Use Pound Signs > > Message-ID: <568c9e4e.6060...@shaw.ca> > > > > On 16-01-05 09:47 PM, Andrew Bernard w

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

Andrew Bernard writes: > Other sources suggest that Mr Kerr’s story is fabricated or > unreliable, and etymologists regard such stories with caution. > > http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-oct1.htm > > Amusingly, myself, apart from enjoying the word octothorpe, I also > call it ‘sharp’ (

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

Other sources suggest that Mr Kerr’s story is fabricated or unreliable, and etymologists regard such stories with caution. http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-oct1.htm Amusingly, myself, apart from enjoying the word octothorpe, I also call it ‘sharp’ (incorrectly), which brings us back

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

Well, something I never knew: >From the Oxford English Dictionary II Online: octothorp, n. The hash sign (#), as it appears on the buttons of touch-tone telephones and some other keypads. 1996 New Scientist 30 Mar. 54/3 The term ‘octothorp(e)’ (which MWCD10 dates 1971) was invented for ‘

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

Nathan Ho writes: > A lot of young people today call the symbol a "hashtag." Some might > scoff at this since a hashtag is an application of a hash and not the > symbol itself, but hey, metonymy is metonymy. Pars pro toto, like "Regulus' feet were neither last nor least among the hussars of Oran

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

On 2016-01-05 20:55, Colin Campbell wrote: On 16-01-05 09:47 PM, Andrew Bernard wrote: According to the Unicode Standard 6.2, this is u0023, which is designated Number Sign, and also known equivalently as: pound sign, hash, crosshatch, octothorpe I have always called it octothorpe, mostly bec

RE: When to Use Pound Signs

Behalf Of Cynthia Karl Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 9:09 PM To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: When to Use Pound Signs > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 21:55:42 -0700 > From: Colin Campbell > To: lilypond-user@gnu.org > Subject: Re: When to Use Pound Signs > Message-I

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

> Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 21:55:42 -0700 > From: Colin Campbell > To: lilypond-user@gnu.org > Subject: Re: When to Use Pound Signs > Message-ID: <568c9e4e.6060...@shaw.ca> > > On 16-01-05 09:47 PM, Andrew Bernard wrote: > > I wonder if the space

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

On 16-01-05 09:55 PM, Colin Campbell wrote: I wonder if the spaces delimited by the lines are thorpes? I' also carpent for a living, though. I also wonder how I thought there were eight spaces, not nine, but that's probably why I'm an apprentice carpenter! Colin -- I've learned that you

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

On 16-01-05 09:47 PM, Andrew Bernard wrote: According to the Unicode Standard 6.2, this is u0023, which is designated Number Sign, and also known equivalently as: pound sign, hash, crosshatch, octothorpe I have always called it octothorpe, mostly because it is just such a great word! I w

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

According to the Unicode Standard 6.2, this is u0023, which is designated Number Sign, and also known equivalently as: pound sign, hash, crosshatch, octothorpe I have always called it octothorpe, mostly because it is just such a great word! Andrew On 6/01/2016, 10:17, "J Martin Rushton" wro

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/01/16 23:42, David Bellows wrote: > According to the Wikipedia article > (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign) in North America > referring to # as "pound sign" dates back to at least 1932 in > published material which predates ASCII by

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

s which sought to invoke the Roman Empire's authority. > -Original Message- From: > lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr@gnu.org > [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr@gnu.org] On > Behalf Of J Martin Rushton Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 3:17 PM > To

RE: When to Use Pound Signs

When to Use Pound Signs -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Just for the record: "£" is a pound sign, "#" is a hash. Calling the hash sign a pound sign goes way back to the days of ASCII-7 and national ASCII variants. The UK national variant had a pound sign whe

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

According to the Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign) in North America referring to # as "pound sign" dates back to at least 1932 in published material which predates ASCII by almost 30 years. The Wikipedia article provides a citation for this but I am unable to verify it.

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

Hi, > Just for the record: "£" is a pound sign, "#" is a hash > Calling the hash sign a pound sign goes way back to the days > of ASCII-7 and national ASCII variants. Actually, the use of # as a “pound sign” goes back at least to 1850: . I prefer octo

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Just for the record: "£" is a pound sign, "#" is a hash. Calling the hash sign a pound sign goes way back to the days of ASCII-7 and national ASCII variants. The UK national variant had a pound sign where plain ASCII had a hash. If anyone is _really

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

Hi all, > Just listed some examples which require #. While I realise that many situations don’t require # — and I greatly appreciate the developer(s)’(s) effort behind that feature/benefit — I still use # before every parameter, because I still prefer the way it distinguishes those values in t

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

2016-01-05 18:33 GMT+01:00 David Kastrup : > Thomas Morley writes: > >> { >> \override Staff.Clef.font-size = .5 >> R1 >> } >> >> still returns an error, > > I don't think writing 0.5 is too much to demand. 4. is a duration. Agreed and I didn't meant to propose something else. Just listed so

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

Thomas Morley writes: > { > \override Staff.Clef.font-size = .5 > R1 > } > > still returns an error, I don't think writing 0.5 is too much to demand. 4. is a duration. > as well as > > \markup \fontsize 5 "xy" > > So there are still limitations. Markup commands don't do contextual interpr

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

Abraham Lee writes: > Jason, > > On Tuesday, January 5, 2016, Jason Silver > wrote: > >> I wonder if someone would explain the purpose of the pound signs when >> indicating measurements? >> >> For example, this seems to work: >> >> system-system-spacing #'padding = .8 >> >> >> But I often see

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

2016-01-05 17:15 GMT+01:00 Abraham Lee : > Jason, > > On Tuesday, January 5, 2016, Jason Silver > wrote: >> >> I wonder if someone would explain the purpose of the pound signs when >> indicating measurements? >> >> For example, this seems to work: >> >> system-system-spacing #'padding = .8 >> >>

Re: When to Use Pound Signs

Jason, On Tuesday, January 5, 2016, Jason Silver wrote: > I wonder if someone would explain the purpose of the pound signs when > indicating measurements? > > For example, this seems to work: > > system-system-spacing #'padding = .8 > > > But I often see examples with # marks like: > > syste