Re: unhiding a hidden staff at the NEXT line break (instead of previous line break)

2012-12-17 Thread Keith OHara
nothingwavering at gmail.com writes: This dead-is-alive stuff make it sound like any staff Lilypond would normally hide is shown and any staff it would normally show is hidden. Yes. How does that help to defer showing a staff until the next line break? Normally, LilyPond will hide a staff

Re: looking for a style guide

2012-12-17 Thread Xavier Noria
Awesome, thanks! On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 5:35 AM, Shane Brandes sh...@grayskies.net wrote: Xavier, Meter and rhythm will determine the beaming and breaking of beams in a piece. The primary governor of beaming is of course the time signature. So 4/4 determines at the 8th note level 4

font selection

2012-12-17 Thread Gerard McConnell
Hello, A Microsoft security update prevents me from using Lilypond's OpenType Century Schoolbook L. I need to use an alternative for Lyrics and Tab numbers. I replaced the default fonts with the following from section 1.8.3 in the Notation Reference: myStaffSize=#20 #(define fonts

Re: font selection

2012-12-17 Thread David Kastrup
Gerard McConnell gerine...@gmail.com writes: Hello, A Microsoft security update prevents me from using Lilypond's OpenType Century Schoolbook L. I need to use an alternative for Lyrics and Tab numbers. I replaced the default fonts with the following from section 1.8.3 in the Notation

Re: font selection

2012-12-17 Thread Urs Liska
Am 17.12.2012 12:52, schrieb Gerard McConnell: Hello, A Microsoft security update prevents me from using Lilypond's OpenType Century Schoolbook L. What the heck is this about? ... Thanks, Gerard ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: what's the most efficient way of doing this?

2012-12-17 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Frédéric, You can have a look at this score: https://sites.google.com/a/polytechnique.org/bron/home/music/schumann---4th-symphony I see you're running into at least one of the same problems I am: the MetronomeMark is no longer aligning correctly. =( Can anyone tell me how to ensure that

Re: what's the most efficient way of doing this?

2012-12-17 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 17 déc. 2012, at 17:12, Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca wrote: Hi Frédéric, You can have a look at this score: https://sites.google.com/a/polytechnique.org/bron/home/music/schumann---4th-symphony I see you're running into at least one of the same problems I am: the

Re: looking for a style guide

2012-12-17 Thread David Rogers
Xavier Noria f...@hashref.com writes: Is there any style guide for scores online? For example, I don't know if I should break the groups of four eight notes in the sample in pairs... would like to get the picture about these basic things. LilyPond users are lucky. Most of the time, in music

Re: font selection

2012-12-17 Thread Josiah Boothby
On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:52:18 + Gerard McConnell gerine...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, A Microsoft security update prevents me from using Lilypond's OpenType Century Schoolbook L. This baffles me, but as someone who hasn't used Windows much in the last few years, I have no idea how to help you

Re: Moving accidentals above or below notes

2012-12-17 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 17 déc. 2012, at 20:58, Dominique Faure dominique.fa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Using the following code, I'd like to move accidentals above or below notes. --8- - - - - - - - - - \version 2.16 accidentalBelow = { \once \override Score.Accidental #'extra-offset = #'(1.5 .

Re: font selection

2012-12-17 Thread Christopher R. Maden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/17/2012 02:47 PM, Josiah Boothby wrote: On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:52:18 + Gerard McConnell gerine...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, A Microsoft security update prevents me from using Lilypond's OpenType Century Schoolbook L. This baffles me,

Re: Moving accidentals above or below notes

2012-12-17 Thread Paul Morris
On Dec 17, 2012, at 2:58 PM, Dominique Faure dominique.fa...@gmail.com wrote: Using the following code, I'd like to move accidentals above or below notes. --8- - - - - - - - - - \version 2.16 accidentalBelow = { \once \override Score.Accidental #'extra-offset = #'(1.5 . -2.5) }

Re: Moving accidentals above or below notes

2012-12-17 Thread Paul Morris
Hi Dominique, Apparently I cannot resist a challenge. The following is a scheme function that will move accidentals above or below notes, depending on the stem direction. You can adjust the numbers following ly:grob-translate-axis! to fine-tune the positioning. If you want it to

chordnames, fontsize and raise

2012-12-17 Thread Toine Schreurs
The size of ChordNames can be changed with \override ChordName #'font-size = #1.5 In the resulting score, the chordmodifier is raised with respect to the root. The amount of raising is apparantly independent of the font-size. \version 2.14.2 notes = \chordmode { \override ChordName #'font-size

Re: what's the most efficient way of doing this?

2012-12-17 Thread Frédéric Bron
You can have a look at this score: https://sites.google.com/a/polytechnique.org/bron/home/music/schumann---4th-symphony I see you're running into at least one of the same problems I am: the MetronomeMark is no longer aligning correctly. =( I have not noticed that. Could you give a precise

Short stems

2012-12-17 Thread Arle Lommel
I have run into an odd little aesthetic issue. I'm finding that some eighth (or shorter) notes get stems that are too short when they stick out from the staff.For instance, I find the stem here awfully short because it makes the flag on the eighth note run into the note heads:But the measure

Re: Improving alignment of pedal marks

2012-12-17 Thread Noeck
Am 15.12.2012 23:04, schrieb Arle Lommel: The second problem remains. How can I improve the vertical alignment of pedal marks? The piece I am working on has a lot of situations like the following: Why are the pedal symbols on a different vertical level with the mixed and the bracket style but

Re: what's the most efficient way of doing this?

2012-12-17 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Frédéric, I have not noticed that. Could you give a precise measure? What alignment do you refer to? vertical, horizontal? Well, for example the very first tempo indication should be left-aligned with the time signature. Lilypond does this [correctly] when the mark is in the Staff context

Re: Tweaking notehead direction in chords

2012-12-17 Thread Thomas Morley
2012/12/15 Paul Morris p...@paulwmorris.com: [...] Looks like the most recent version of the snippet is now appearing in the LSR: http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?u=1id=861 Hi Paul, I had a closer look at this snippet. Attached you'll find my version of it. Changes: - reads the

Re: what's the most efficient way of doing this?

2012-12-17 Thread Thomas Morley
2012/12/18 Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca: Hi Frédéric, I have not noticed that. Could you give a precise measure? What alignment do you refer to? vertical, horizontal? Well, for example the very first tempo indication should be left-aligned with the time signature.

Re: what's the most efficient way of doing this?

2012-12-17 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Thomas, perhaps my post here is of interest: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2012-12/msg00107.html Absolutely! Not only does it solve this problem nicely (and, might I say, less hackishly then you implied in that post), it introduced me to #point-stencil (about which I was

Measure numbers as rehearsal marks?

2012-12-17 Thread Richard Hogg
Hello! I can't seem to find a way to make random measure numbers. For example, the default is to number the first measure of each line, but the documentation shows how to show bar numbers every 2, 4, etc. bars. I'm transposing a piece where the measure numbers mark the beginning of each

Re: Short stems

2012-12-17 Thread Thomas Morley
2012/12/17 Arle Lommel fene...@gmail.com I have run into an odd little aesthetic issue. I'm finding that some eighth (or shorter) notes get stems that are too short when they stick out from the staff. For instance, I find the stem here awfully short because it makes the flag on the eighth

Re: what's the most efficient way of doing this?

2012-12-17 Thread Frédéric Bron
Well, for example the very first tempo indication should be left-aligned with the time signature. Lilypond does this [correctly] when the mark is in the Staff context containing the time signature, but doesn't when the mark is placed in a separate context. OK, I have never considered that

Re: Measure numbers as rehearsal marks?

2012-12-17 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Richard, I can't seem to find a way to make random measure numbers. For example, the default is to number the first measure of each line, but the documentation shows how to show bar numbers every 2, 4, etc. bars. I'm transposing a piece where the measure numbers mark the beginning of

Re: what's the most efficient way of doing this?

2012-12-17 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Frédéric, I see that one could prefer it being aligned with time signature. It's not so much a preference as standard notational practice — see Gould or any other engraving reference for more specifics. Thanks for pointing this. No problem. I hope you saw the fix that Thomas posted; it

Re: Measure numbers as rehearsal marks?

2012-12-17 Thread Thomas Morley
2012/12/18 Richard Hogg richard.ho...@gmail.com: Hello! I can't seem to find a way to make random measure numbers. For example, the default is to number the first measure of each line, but the documentation shows how to show bar numbers every 2, 4, etc. bars. I'm transposing a piece where

Re: 4-Drum Conga Notation in LilyPond

2012-12-17 Thread Thomas Morley
Hi Eric, sorry to come back to you that late. 2012/12/13 Eric Pancer epan...@gmail.com: On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Thomas Morley thomasmorle...@googlemail.com wrote: 2012/12/12 Eric Pancer epan...@gmail.com: On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Eric Pancer epan...@gmail.com wrote: [..]

Re: Tweaking notehead direction in chords

2012-12-17 Thread Paul Morris
On Dec 17, 2012, at 6:13 PM, Thomas Morley thomasmorle...@googlemail.com wrote: 2012/12/15 Paul Morris p...@paulwmorris.com: [...] Looks like the most recent version of the snippet is now appearing in the LSR: http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?u=1id=861 Hi Paul, I had a closer look at

Re: Short stems

2012-12-17 Thread Nick Payne
On 18/12/12 09:35, Arle Lommel wrote: I have run into an odd little aesthetic issue. I'm finding that some eighth (or shorter) notes get stems that are too short when they stick out from the staff. You can change the default multiplier for stem lengths with \override Stem.length-fraction =

Re: Short stems

2012-12-17 Thread Keith OHara
Arle Lommel fenevad at gmail.com writes: I have run into an odd little aesthetic issue. I'm finding that some eighth (or shorter) notes get stems that are too short when they stick out from the staff. I see you have plenty of answers already, but if you use the list of values that LilyPond

please direct to removing page numbers

2012-12-17 Thread info
I'm sure it's possible to remove page numbers from a score but I can't find it in the snippets or manual I've been assuming that it's something like remove page number in context in Score but I can't find it Thanks jay ___ lilypond-user

Re: Measure numbers as rehearsal marks?

2012-12-17 Thread Keith OHara
Richard Hogg richard.hogg3 at gmail.com writes: I'm transposing a piece where the measure numbers mark the beginning of each (irregular length) section, so I need to notate measure numbers 11, 19, 27, 31, 51, 59, 67, etc.  Is there a way to do this?   I read this differently than the other

Re: please direct to removing page numbers

2012-12-17 Thread Paul Morris
On Dec 17, 2012, at 9:12 PM, i...@soundand.com wrote: I'm sure it's possible to remove page numbers from a score but I can't find it in the snippets or manual I've been assuming that it's something like \remove page number in \context in \Score but I can't find it Thanks jay Hi

shortInstrumentName padding

2012-12-17 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hello all! Why does shortInstrumentName not behave as instrumentName does, with respect to #'padding? Is there something I can do OTHER than add \hspace to my shortInstrumentName (which is decidedly anti-separation-of-content-and-presentation)? Thanks! Kieren.

Re: please direct to removing page numbers

2012-12-17 Thread jay hamilton
Thanks it's interesting because I tried to find the index page in the manual and couldn't and typing in 'page number ' in the search box didn't return what I needed.So thanks for both linksJaySent from my BlackBerry® PlayBook™www.blackberry.comFrom: "Paul Morris" p...@paulwmorris.comTo:

Re: 4-Drum Conga Notation in LilyPond

2012-12-17 Thread Eric Pancer
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 7:09 PM, Thomas Morley thomasmorle...@googlemail.com wrote: Is C6 considered 0? Well, here I'm the one who is confused. I never heard C6 and the others you mention below. Apologies. C5 is known as middle C. C6 is the C in the third space of treble clef. etc.. Thank

A question of list etiquette and images. (Was Re: Short stems)

2012-12-17 Thread Arle Lommel
First off, thanks very much, Harm, for taking the time to review my issue and provide a detailed response, despite the complaint about images. I will work with it and see how it works out. Now please forgive me for diverting from Lilypond-related matters to issues of the list etiquette. My

Re: A question of list etiquette and images. (Was Re: Short stems)

2012-12-17 Thread Paul Morris
On Dec 18, 2012, at 1:03 AM, Arle Lommel fene...@gmail.com wrote: Given that, does anyone have any suggestions to how behave nicely for list members like Harm when images are involved? Hi Arle, Hmmm... one possible solution is to post your images in flickr, dropbox, or your online

Re: Short stems

2012-12-17 Thread Arle Lommel
then you might comment on the recommendation for improvement here http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2724 which will probably prompt some action. I will look at that. See my note below: I think the default values are a problem. LilyPond's default is the list I typed above :

Re: Short stems

2012-12-17 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Arle Lommel writes: I have run into an odd little aesthetic issue. I'm finding that some eighth (or shorter) notes get stems that are too short when they stick out from the staff. LilyPond tries to mimick traditional engraving. There are bugs, however, saying I find xx is too short is not

Re: Short stems

2012-12-17 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Thomas Morley writes: please: DON'T POST INLINE-IMAGES! Can you please don't shout, esp. not to our users? Attach them! I'm surely not alone with filtering them out. Why would anyone do that? People will inline pictures and I find that very useful. Werner has sent many many clear bug

PDF-filename and place

2012-12-17 Thread Kai Lautenschläger
Dear List, is it possible to define the name and directory of the PDF output file with the help of some command within the .ly-file? I mean: not via the command line when executing lilypond but within the lilypond code itself. I couldn't find anything in the manual (but I have to admit, that I

Re: A question of list etiquette and images. (Was Re: Short stems)

2012-12-17 Thread Francisco Vila
2012/12/18 Arle Lommel fene...@gmail.com: It provides an interesting conundrum. I use a Macintosh with the default client (Apple Mail) or a mobile device (iPhone) with the built-in mail client. With neither of those is there any distinction between in-line and attached images at all. In

Re: A question of list etiquette and images.

2012-12-17 Thread Werner LEMBERG
Given that, does anyone have any suggestions to how behave nicely for list members like Harm when images are involved? Hi Arle, Hmmm... one possible solution is to post your images in flickr, dropbox, or your online storage provider of choice, and then include links to them in your

Re: Short stems

2012-12-17 Thread Werner LEMBERG
Werner has sent many many clear bug reports using inline pictures, much friendlier than attached. Uhmm, no. I've never done that. Using the `mew' e-mail reader (within Emacs) I can actually read inline images but not create. Werner ___