ps and pdf (was Re: Compatibillity lilypond - noteedit and other quetions.)

2007-07-24 Thread Peter Terpstra
Valentin Villenave in [EMAIL PROTECTED] : There was a discussion about that a few months ago; maybe we should talk about it again... Thanks to an emailed answer i have the `-ddelete-intermediate-files' option. This option is now used by default.

Re: vertical brackets

2007-07-24 Thread Werner LEMBERG
is there a better solution to get the vertical brackets displayed in the attached image than the code below? It's a nasty fiddling, and it breaks very easily... These vertical brackets are a special form of arpeggio; see 6.6.7 Arpeggio. I know, however, it didn't work well. ... or

Information on Lilypond

2007-07-24 Thread Skippy G. Mardon
Hello, . I am checking out different types of music notation software. When I am trying to read about Lilypond, the language switches from English to German, and then 2 times it switched from English to French. There must be a way of setting the language so that it doesn't change frequently.

Re: ps and pdf (was Re: Compatibillity lilypond - noteedit and other quetions.)

2007-07-24 Thread Valentin Villenave
2007/7/24, Peter Terpstra [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2007-01/msg00284.html I absoluteley agree with graham, most people never need the .ps files. The .ps file is just a temporary file. I wouldn't put it that way (to me it is an essential fact that

Re: Information on Lilypond

2007-07-24 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Skippy G. Mardon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There must be a way of setting the language so that it doesn't change frequently. Please follow the link about automatic language selection at the bottom of the website. Jan. -- Jan Nieuwenhuizen [EMAIL PROTECTED] | GNU LilyPond - The music

Re: Information on Lilypond

2007-07-24 Thread Valentin Villenave
2007/7/24, Skippy G. Mardon [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello, Welcome on the list :) I am checking out different types of music notation software. When I am trying to read about Lilypond, the language switches from English to German, and then 2 times it switched from English to French. This is

Re: Information on Lilypond

2007-07-24 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. What I like to do best, is play a song on the MIDI keyboard and then have the notes appear on the screen. To do this, you might want to have a look at the Rosegarden 4 software. Best regards, Gilles ___ lilypond-user mailing list

how to override only one of two textscripts?

2007-07-24 Thread Wilbert Berendsen
When I have two textscripts attached to the same note, how do I tweak only one of them? I want the text above at the same level as other texts above the same staff, but I do not want to change the padding for the text below the same note. \once \override TextScript #'staff-padding = #3

Re: how to override only one of two textscripts?

2007-07-24 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Wilbert, When I have two textscripts attached to the same note, how do I tweak only one of them? Use the \tweak command! ;-) c^\markup { untweaked } -\tweak #'padding #15 ^\markup { tweaked } Hope this helps! Kieren. ___

Re: how to override only one of two textscripts?

2007-07-24 Thread Trevor Bača
On 7/24/07, Kieren MacMillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Wilbert, When I have two textscripts attached to the same note, how do I tweak only one of them? Use the \tweak command! ;-) c^\markup { untweaked } -\tweak #'padding #15 ^\markup { tweaked } I like this. This brings my

[solved] Re: how to override only one of two textscripts?

2007-07-24 Thread Wilbert Berendsen
Op dinsdag 24 juli 2007, schreef Trevor Bača: Kieren MacMillan wrote: Use the \tweak command!  ;-)  c^\markup { untweaked } -\tweak #'padding #15 ^\markup { tweaked } I like this. This brings my mental list of \tweak examples to three things: 1. nested tuplet brackets that begin at the

Is it possible to generate guitar tab below the notation staff ?

2007-07-24 Thread Vasil Kadifeli
Hi all, I've just subscribed to the *lilypond-user* list and I'd like to ask a question... I am a very beginner to the classical guitar and also to the music notation... today I struggled a lot and finally I've been able to produce the notation staff of one of the pieces we've learned to play on

RE: Is it possible to generate guitar tab below the notation staff ?

2007-07-24 Thread Ed Ardzinski
Yes, LP can do guitar tab, but it might leave some rock guitarists wanting. For classical pieces it would probably be adequate (there's no support, at least in the version I use - 2.6.5 - for things like bends, hammer-ons/pull-offs, etc). Just guessing, since I've never really done any

grace note leading to chord

2007-07-24 Thread jazzman
Hi all! In a piece I am engraving with lilypond I have an acciaccatura leading to a chord. The acciaccatura should actually lead to a specific note in that chord (the highest one in my case). However, lilypond treats the chord as one unit and doesn't allow to lead the acciaccatura to one of the

Can I have my own custom LilyPond?

2007-07-24 Thread PabloZum
I'm rather dissatisfied with the way LilyPond prints chord names. After trying all the ideas some people here have generously given me to try and use my own chord-name font, I've come to the conclusion that the only practical way to achieve what I want is by changing the sourcecode to fit my

Re: Can I have my own custom LilyPond?

2007-07-24 Thread Dominic Neumann
This is possible, because LilyPond is completely open source. But before trying to do this, please describe what you want to do. Maybe others are interested in that way of printing chordnames, too. Maybe there´s a way to provide a patch for LilyPond that your ideas can become part of the official

Re: Can I have my own custom LilyPond?

2007-07-24 Thread PabloZum
Thank you, Dominic. I'm new here and I hadn't thought of that. I'll make a pdf with my chord-name font and its various combinations. Who should I send it to? (I'm sorry, I don't know how to thread this answer directly under yours at the forum.)

Re: Can I have my own custom LilyPond?

2007-07-24 Thread Dominic Neumann
Send it to the lilypond-user list and also to the devel-list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Maybe we should at first discuss on the users list if this is a special way of setting chordnames and only you need it or if its needed by (maybe many) other users too ... 2007/7/24, PabloZum [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

new dynamic sign

2007-07-24 Thread Siska Ádám
Hello Everyone, I'm trying to create a new dynamic sign for 'attacco impercettibile' (this can be found for example in scores of some spectralist composers, like Gérard Grisey). This sign is supposed to be something like a striked circle, like the character ɵ or ø character, and it means

'Bartok'-pizz.

2007-07-24 Thread Siska Ádám
Hello, What is the code for the articulation mark representing the so-called 'Bartok'-pizzicato? (A circle like for flageolets, but with a short vertical line crossing the circle at the top.) I hadn't found this in the table of articulation signs in the manual. Thank you, Adam

Re: new dynamic sign

2007-07-24 Thread Trevor Bača
On 7/24/07, Siska Ádám [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Everyone, I'm trying to create a new dynamic sign for 'attacco impercettibile' (this can be found for example in scores of some spectralist composers, like Gérard Grisey). This sign is supposed to be something like a striked circle, like

Re: vertical brackets

2007-07-24 Thread Gilles THIBAULT
These vertical brackets are a special form of arpeggio; see 6.6.7 Arpeggio. From that idea, I get this ugly solution %% \version 2.10.25 \score { \new Staff { \override Staff.Arpeggio #'stencil = #ly:arpeggio::brew-chord-bracket \override Staff.Arpeggio

Re: 'Bartok'-pizz.

2007-07-24 Thread Wilbert Berendsen
Op dinsdag 24 juli 2007, schreef Siska Ádám: 'Bartok'-pizzicato You could do something like: #(define-markup-command (bartokpizz layout props) () (interpret-markup layout props (markup #:stencil (ly:stencil-translate-axis (ly:stencil-add (make-circle-stencil 0.7

Re: 'Bartok'-pizz.

2007-07-24 Thread Siska Ádám
Thank you, this works quite nice, and sorry for the duplicated question Bye, Adam Siska Ádám +36 (70) 207-63-85 http://apocalypse.rulez.org/~sadam Wilbert Berendsen wrote: Op dinsdag 24 juli 2007, schreef Siska Ádám: 'Bartok'-pizzicato You could do something

Re: vertical brackets

2007-07-24 Thread Werner LEMBERG
From that idea, I get this ugly solution [...] Thanks! This is better than my solution. Werner ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Horizontal brackets

2007-07-24 Thread Siska Ádám
Hello, I'm trying to set up upper double brackets (the 'con molta pressione' sign for strings), but I have no idea on how to do this. I found that there are analysis brackets, but I can't force them to put themselves on the top of the notes, they don't really have rectangular shape, and they

Re: Can I have my own custom LilyPond?

2007-07-24 Thread Carl Sorensen
PabloZum pabzum at terra.com.br writes: I'm rather dissatisfied with the way LilyPond prints chord names. After trying all the ideas some people here have generously given me to try and use my own chord-name font, I've come to the conclusion that the only practical way to achieve

No \markup in the \layout block?

2007-07-24 Thread Trevor Bača
Hi, This works fine: %%% EX 1 %%% \version 2.11.26 \new Staff { \override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'right #'text = \markup { end } c'4 } %%% EX 1 %%% But this causes explosions: %%% EX 2 %%% \version 2.11.26 \new Staff { c'4 } \layout { \context { \Staff \override

Overly thick results from markup with draw-line

2007-07-24 Thread Trevor Bača
Hi, Is there a reason the nibbed output of draw-line is almost 20 times thicker than usual (rather than just 2 times thicker like the rest of the TextSpanner)? %%% EX 1 %%% \version 2.11.26 \new Staff { c'4 \startTextSpan c'4 \stopTextSpan } \layout { \context { \Staff

Indenting Coda System

2007-07-24 Thread Darren Nelsen
In printed music, I often see the coda system at the end of a piece on its own line and indented. In Lilypond, I can place the coda symbol and break the line, but how do I indent the system? Can't figure it out. Thanks! ___ lilypond-user mailing