Re: linking render frames in Scribus

2009-08-29 Thread Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool)
Scribus will automatically refresh its PDF's, so there is no real need for inline rendering for larger documents. (Anyway, developing something like this should not be so hard, as on embedded images there is a page flag, for embedding multi-page images. So if several render frames could point

Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals

2009-08-29 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
--- On Sat, 8/29/09, Graham Percival gra...@percival-music.ca wrote: From: Graham Percival gra...@percival-music.ca Subject: Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals To: Jonathan Wilkes jancs...@yahoo.com Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org Date: Saturday, August 29, 2009, 7:10 AM On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at

Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals

2009-08-29 Thread Graham Percival
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:40:41PM -0700, Jonathan Wilkes wrote: Yes, but most novices with no knowledge of lilypond or music theory won't be writing in 5 sharps or flats, double-sharps or flats, or b/c e/f sharp/flats. These accidentals are common. B-sharp crops up in jazz tunes, even

Re: Have a title page, but also default headers on first score page

2009-08-29 Thread Nicolas Sceaux
Le 29 août 09 à 00:11, Graham Percival a écrit : On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 04:30:58AM +0200, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: So I have had a look at the code and found scoreTitleMarkup = \markup \null BTW, this would probably be better written as scoreTitleMarkup = ##f But there is one

Re: Rhythm

2009-08-29 Thread Christian Henning
Hi there, I would like to thank everyone who participated in this discussion. I have learned a lot! Thanks, Christian On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:01 AM, Carl Glickkuriboo1...@gmail.com wrote: If you want to learn about basic music theory, http://musictheory.net/ is supposed to be very good, at

Re: Have a title page, but also default headers on first score page

2009-08-29 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Samstag, 29. August 2009 schrob Nicolas Sceaux: You (Frank) have to change the footer markups. Have a look at oddFooterMarkup in ly/titling-init.ly: change the `first-page' predicate call to a (to be written) `second-page'. Actually, I tried that out of the blue, hoping this keyword would

reflect a character

2009-08-29 Thread James E. Bailey
I can rotate a character with the \rotate command, but is there a way to get a mirror of a character, either horizontal or vertical? to print, for example ə? James E. Bailey ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals

2009-08-29 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Friday 28 August 2009, Kieren MacMillan wrote: David, It is also perfectly reasonable for a person who has been writing music for decades for it to make no sense. Why? Because it makes no sense, and never did. ? Why not a \followKeySignature command? ?? I can't remember

Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals

2009-08-29 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Friday 28 August 2009, David Rogers wrote: On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:58, Kieren MacMillankieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca wrote: Hi David (et al), Just to be absolutely clear, the fallacy in your argument lies in the following statement: It's necessary to consider the sound of the

Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals

2009-08-29 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Samstag, 29. August 2009 21:55:26 schrieb David Raleigh Arnold: On Friday 28 August 2009, Kieren MacMillan wrote: I can't remember who in this thread first suggested that when you play an instrument you follow the key signature, but

Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals

2009-08-29 Thread Patrick McCarty
On 2009-08-29, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: I know that. I think Lilypond is operating correctly here, that this part of the code should be kept as is with nothing added, and that those users who wish it operated differently are making a mistake, for exactly the reasons you've just

Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals

2009-08-29 Thread Kieren MacMillan
David, The key signature is and has been for many centuries an integral part of the notation. Yes... and now you're suggesting we make it *not* integral — your argument holds no merit. Cheers, Kieren. ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals

2009-08-29 Thread Kieren MacMillan
David, You have shouted down the users, but convinced none. Why? Because you are wrong. Oh, now I remember you... I think every thread you've ever been involved in ends in some snobby, irritating comment like that! =) Thanks for the flashback, Kieren.

Change distance between piano staves for one system only

2009-08-29 Thread Frederick Dennis
Dear All, \version 2.12.2 I'm typesetting a 6-stave piece, SATB and piano. Is there any way of altering the distance between the piano staves, just for one system. Also, is there any way to put more distance between the top piano stave and the bass singers' stave? I have checked out the

Re: reflect a character

2009-08-29 Thread Robin Bannister
James E. Baileywrote: for example ə? Here is a rather inconvenient way: \markup { X:\postscript # -1 1 scale (_e) show } \markup { Y:\postscript # 1 -1 scale (_e) show } Cheers, Robin ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

chord duration

2009-08-29 Thread Christian Henning
Hi there, another problem. I hope people don't get too impatient with me. I try to figure out how to define a chord notation that doesn't quite fit into the normal mode. Please consider the following working code example: \version 2.12.2 #(ly:set-option 'delete-intermediate-files #t) % deletes

Re: chord duration

2009-08-29 Thread Ian Hulin
Christian Henning wrote: Hi there, another problem. I hope people don't get too impatient with me. I try to figure out how to define a chord notation that doesn't quite fit into the normal mode. Please consider the following working code example: \version 2.12.2 #(ly:set-option

Re: Change distance between piano staves for one system only

2009-08-29 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Samstag, 29. August 2009 schrieb Frederick Dennis: Dear All, \version 2.12.2 I'm typesetting a 6-stave piece, SATB and piano. Is there any way of altering the distance between the piano staves, just for one system. Also, is there any way to put more distance between the top piano stave