Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 38, Issue 17

2006-01-17 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Tuesday 17 January 2006 03.16, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: alanvw wrote: PS I would like to hear from others who use Notepad++ and a comment from Han. (the name's Han-Wen, not Han). it looks interesting, since it can be compiled under MinGW as well. However, It also looks like it might

Hebrew, UTF-8, etc.

2006-01-17 Thread Nahum Wengrov
I'm using Win XP, Lilypond 2.6.5. I edited my .ly file, containing Hebrew in header text and in lyrics, in Notepad and saved is as UTF-8, but Lilypond seems not to recognise it. Is there a known bug in Notepad concerning UTF-8, or is it UTF-8 encoding incompatible with Lilypond? Should I try

Re: feature request: semi-automatic vertical spacement

2006-01-17 Thread Trevor Bača
On 1/17/06, Han-Wen Nienhuys [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Trevor Bača wrote: (Or maybe this is already possible some other way and I just haven't researched hard enough; if so, please ignore the request.) Of course it's possible, you just have to write loads of Scheme code :-) I can look into

writing Irish Traditional music

2006-01-17 Thread debian
Please, is there any recommended sources of info on writing Irish Tradition tunes using Lilypond ? (For example, how does one stipulate rolls ?) Lilypond is a super system. I love it already, after years of using ABC. Thanks a lot. Does anyone have any hints for a fast: editor -

Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 38, Issue 43 Which editor to use

2006-01-17 Thread Gordon Gilbert
Hi folks! I've finally managed to install jEdit on my Windoze box, so now I use that on both my Windoze machine, and my FreeBSD machine. That way, it's easier to see the changes/syntax highlights, etc. BTW, any indication of when a 2.8 will come out? And what new stuff might be in it?

RE: feature request: semi-automatic vertical spacement

2006-01-17 Thread Fairchild
Some months ago I proposed implementation of individual line spacing control with\breakSpace #n to force n staff spaces between lines, and \pageBreakSpace #n to force n staff spaces at the bottom of a page. Spacing following normal breaks or those forced with \break or \pageBreak would be

output files where ?

2006-01-17 Thread debian
Please, how can I control where Lilypond (v2.2.6) puts her output files: dvi, tex, mid, ps, pdf etc ? At the moment she puts them in the current directory. Thanks Joe Mc Cool ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: Hebrew, UTF-8, etc.

2006-01-17 Thread martial
hello Is there a known bug in Notepad concerning UTF-8, or is it UTF-8 encoding incompatible with Lilypond? If you use The Windows NotePad they can not save in UFT-8 ! If you want a simple textEditor use NotePad2 http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html in the file menu choise code UFT-8

Re: feature request: semi-automatic vertical spacement

2006-01-17 Thread Trevor Bača
On 1/17/06, Fairchild [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some months ago I proposed implementation of individual line spacing control with\breakSpace #n to force n staff spaces between lines, and \pageBreakSpace #n to force n staff spaces at the bottom of a page. Spacing following normal breaks or

Re: feature request: semi-automatic vertical spacement

2006-01-17 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Trevor Bača wrote: question, but leaning towards the idea that this and other type of page definition information should live outside of the main music entry commands. Thoughts?) This is hard; if page layout commands aren't inside the music, how can you identify which system to use for a

Re: feature request: semi-automatic vertical spacement

2006-01-17 Thread Trevor Bača
On 1/17/06, Han-Wen Nienhuys [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Trevor Bača wrote: question, but leaning towards the idea that this and other type of page definition information should live outside of the main music entry commands. Thoughts?) This is hard; if page layout commands aren't inside the

RE: feature request: semi-automatic vertical spacement

2006-01-17 Thread Fairchild
Trevor - The notion is so simple (maybe too simple) that a detailed example would only make it seem more complex. Simply use \breakSpace at the break point of any staff to override the springs and force the distance from the bottom line of the staff to the top line of the next, ignoring

Re: output files where ?

2006-01-17 Thread Graham Percival
On 17-Jan-06, at 1:54 PM, debian wrote: how can I control where Lilypond (v2.2.6) puts her output files: dvi, tex, mid, ps, pdf etc ? At the moment she puts them in the current directory. $ lilypond --help ... -o, --output=FILEwrite output to FILE (suffix will be added)

Parentheses Again

2006-01-17 Thread Nahum Wengrov
Hi again, I'm using Lilypond 2.6.5-1. The following code causes Lilypond to halt: fis4 { \override NoteHead #'print-function = #(parenthesize-callback Note_Head::print) fis16 \revert NoteHead #'print-function } \\ {

Double clefs?

2006-01-17 Thread amhso (sent by Nabble.com)
I'm new to all this lilypond. I used to use noteworhty so this is a big change for me. anyways... Picture of my situation. I don't get how to format all this stuff. feels like programming. How do i make the second clef disappear? and that big tie on the bottom. here's my code too \header {