Re: Rolled Chord

2014-01-28 Thread Noeck
Hi Mark, My limited experience with the computer language for commands suggests two things. 1. The command requires a = t. It should be tieWaitForNote = t. 2. Commands can contain other symbols, \, ' (apostrophe), and #. This got much easier in recent versions of LilyPond. Which

Re: understanding midi files

2014-01-28 Thread karl
Johan Vromas: k...@aspodata.se writes: IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aeiou.mid' $ ls -l aeiou.mid -rw--- 1 karl users 9760 Jan 27 10:44 aeiou.mid To eliminate some odds, try passing the file using a complete path, e.g. $ lilymidi --pretty `pwd`/aeiou.mid

Re: understanding midi files

2014-01-28 Thread Johan Vromans
k...@aspodata.se writes: Johan Vromas: k...@aspodata.se writes: IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aeiou.mid' $ ls -l aeiou.mid -rw--- 1 karl users 9760 Jan 27 10:44 aeiou.mid To eliminate some odds, try passing the file using a complete path, e.g. $ lilymidi

Re: Horizontal TupletBrackets?

2014-01-28 Thread Peter Crighton
Thanks for the suggestion, David! I find it to be easier, though, to override the positions manually instead of generally overriding them with your code and then having to offset almost every position again. It might be useful in another use case, though, so I’m saving your code for future use.

Re: understanding midi files

2014-01-28 Thread Richard Shann
On Tue, 2014-01-28 at 13:42 +0100, Johan Vromans wrote: 'ticks' = 192, # Track #0 ... ['set_tempo', 0, 50], ['time_signature', 0, 1, 3, 24, 8], Weird time sig. 1/8 ? I have seen used in a MIDI file to indicate a 1/8 upbeat (anacrusis, pickup), the

Re: understanding midi files

2014-01-28 Thread karl
Richard Shann: On Tue, 2014-01-28 at 13:42 +0100, Johan Vromans wrote: 'ticks' = 192, # Track #0 ... ['set_tempo', 0, 50], ['time_signature', 0, 1, 3, 24, 8], Weird time sig. 1/8 ? I have seen used in a MIDI file to indicate a 1/8 upbeat

Re: How do I get Emacs mode?

2014-01-28 Thread David Sumbler
On Mon, 2014-01-27 at 19:54 -0500, Hwaen Ch'uqi wrote: Just a question or two, based on my own experience. Did you first remove (or purge) LilyPond 2.14.2 before installing 2.18.0? Otherwise, your system may still be using the older installation. Yes, I removed 2.14.2 using the Ubuntu

Re: understanding midi files

2014-01-28 Thread pls
On 28.01.2014, at 12:24, k...@aspodata.se wrote: http://www.cdik.se/pdf/midiformat.pdf describes the time signature event on page 12. It is unclear written. Is there anyone here that have a clear understanding about the last two parameters, named cc and bb in the document ? And page 4

Re: How do I get Emacs mode?

2014-01-28 Thread Federico Bruni
2014-01-28 David Sumbler da...@aeolia.co.uk What manuals? I don't seem to have any. One of the things I liked about the Ubuntu installation of LilyPond 2.14.2 was that the html manuals were installed on my hard drive and so were available all of the time. I don't seem to have that for

standard staff sizes

2014-01-28 Thread Noeck
1. Is there a world wide standard for staff sizes? No. 2. Are Rastral Staff Sizes always the same? I once found a different list of rastral sizes. The differences are on the level of 2%, but I wonder if there is some official reference. No. The idea is

Re: How do I get Emacs mode?

2014-01-28 Thread David Sumbler
On Tue, 2014-01-28 at 15:09 +0100, Federico Bruni wrote: 2014-01-28 David Sumbler da...@aeolia.co.uk What manuals? I don't seem to have any. One of the things I liked about the Ubuntu installation of LilyPond 2.14.2 was that the html manuals were

Re: Rolled Chord

2014-01-28 Thread David Kastrup
Noeck noeck.marb...@gmx.de writes: Hi Mark, My limited experience with the computer language for commands suggests two things. 1. The command requires a = t. It should be tieWaitForNote = t. 2. Commands can contain other symbols, \, ' (apostrophe), and #. This got much easier in

Re: Rolled Chord

2014-01-28 Thread Tim Slattery
Noeck noeck.marb...@gmx.de wrote: This got much easier in recent versions of LilyPond. Which version do you use? You can (for most settings) now forget about the #'. The scheme value 'true' is still ##t. Is that true? I'm no Scheme expert, but I thought that the first # told Lily that you are

Re: Rolled Chord

2014-01-28 Thread Noeck
This got much easier in recent versions of LilyPond. Which version do you use? You can (for most settings) now forget about the #'. The scheme value 'true' is still ##t. Is that true? I'm no Scheme expert, but I thought that the first # told Lily that you are using Scheme code, and #t was

RE: Rolled Chord

2014-01-28 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
Gentlemen, I have tried both (in 2.18), \set tieWaitForNote = ##t, works \set tieWaitForNote = #t, does not work. Mark -Original Message- From: lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr@gnu.org [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Noeck Sent:

Re: \bendBefore

2014-01-28 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 27.01.2014 21:38, schrieb Xavier Noria: A web search shows \bendBefore is not implemented. I have tried some snippets found out there but failed to get the bends (using LilyJAZZ if that matters). I need the bend to indicate how to attack certain notes in saxophone scores. Does anybody have

Re: Rolled Chord

2014-01-28 Thread Noeck
Gentlemen, I have tried both (in 2.18), \set tieWaitForNote = ##t, works \set tieWaitForNote = #t, does not work. Mark I think nobody said that it should work. In both ways of thinking, you need ##t - switch to scheme syntax with # and then the scheme true value #t (this is what

RE: Rolled Chord

2014-01-28 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
Joram, Thank you for the explanation. Having no knowledge or experience with Scheme, I did not know the need for, or purpose of, the hash mark(s), # or ##. My initial inquiry was prompted by locating the command tieWaitForNote (boolean). I understand boolean. Of the use of \set and the

Re: Rolled Chord

2014-01-28 Thread Noeck
Hi Mark, I think you do not really need scheme for what you want to do here. You just need to know, that LilyPond uses the # sign to switch to the scheme mode and properties are set or overriden with scheme values. #(here you can put a whole scheme function) or just a single value

Re: \bendBefore

2014-01-28 Thread Nathan
On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Xavier Noria f...@hashref.com wrote: A web search shows \bendBefore is not implemented. I have tried some snippets found out there but failed to get the bends (using LilyJAZZ if that matters). I need the bend to indicate how to attack certain notes in

Re: Rolled Chord

2014-01-28 Thread Noeck
Hi, here is a little table how to change the defaults. You need to know if it is a context property or an object property and if you want to apply it for globally (layout), for a score (layout), for a specific context (with), at a point in time of the music (music) or for a single object (tweak).

RE: Rolled Chord

2014-01-28 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
Joram, Thank you for the table. Speaking only for myself, it does answer many questions. Mark -Original Message- From: Noeck [mailto:noeck.marb...@gmx.de] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:08 AM To: Mark Stephen Mrotek; lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Rolled Chord Hi, here is a

RE: Rolled Chord

2014-01-28 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
Joram, You exemplify the best of what the user's group has to offer. Thank you for promoting my learning of Lilypond! Mark -Original Message- From: Noeck [mailto:noeck.marb...@gmx.de] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 10:27 AM To: Mark Stephen Mrotek; lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re:

Re: Rolled Chord

2014-01-28 Thread Noeck
Hi Mark, glad that I could help. The table has some mistakes: - no \set in \with and \context - no # for first tweak argument You might find more. It should read: in blocksetting context properties setting graphical object properties

Re: standard staff sizes

2014-01-28 Thread Janek Warchoł
2014-01-28 Noeck noeck.marb...@gmx.de: As an addition to my previous mail, you can find a comparison of different rastral sizes (staff sizes) here: http://joramberger.de/files/rastral.pdf that's really nice, thanks a lot! Janek ___ lilypond-user

RE: Rolled Chord

2014-01-28 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
Joram, Noted and thank you again. Mark -Original Message- From: Noeck [mailto:noeck.marb...@gmx.de] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 12:01 PM To: Mark Stephen Mrotek; lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Rolled Chord Hi Mark, glad that I could help. The table has some mistakes: - no

Re: Frescobaldi on Mac installation instructions moved to Frescobaldi's wiki

2014-01-28 Thread Paul Morris
Davide Liessi-2 wrote the installation instructions for Frescobaldi on Mac OS X have been moved to Frescobaldi's wiki (https://github.com/wbsoft/frescobaldi/wiki). Thanks Davide! The migration instructions worked well for me. However, there was one line in them that was unclear to me: You

Re: Frescobaldi on Mac installation instructions moved to Frescobaldi's wiki

2014-01-28 Thread Davide Liessi
Dear Paul, 2014-01-28 Paul Morris p...@paulwmorris.com: The migration instructions worked well for me. I'm glad to hear this. However, there was one line in them that was unclear to me: You may delete the Portfile repository directory, even though it doesn’t interfere with the

Re: \bendBefore

2014-01-28 Thread Xavier Noria
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Nathan when.possi...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Xavier Noria f...@hashref.com wrote: A web search shows \bendBefore is not implemented. I have tried some snippets found out there but failed to get the bends (using LilyJAZZ if that

Re: Semi-transparent color in Lilypond

2014-01-28 Thread Rupert Snook
Ok, thank you for the help. On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 11:28 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm lilypon...@fiee.netwrote: Am 2014-01-27 um 16:19 schrieb pls p.l.schm...@gmx.de: please reply to the list! On 27.01.2014, at 09:59, Rupert Snook rupertsn...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Patrick and Harm for

New Progressive Rock songbook created with LilyPond

2014-01-28 Thread Peter Crighton
Hello all, maybe this is of interest for some of you. Over the last months I created the accompanying songbook for Progressive Rock band Transatlantic’s new album Kaleidoscope. Like my last book for Neal Morse it was all done in LilyPond. Here is the info page for the album (and book):

Re: New Progressive Rock songbook created with LilyPond

2014-01-28 Thread Urs Liska
Am 29.01.2014 01:52, schrieb Peter Crighton: Hello all, maybe this is of interest for some of you. Over the last months I created the accompanying songbook for Progressive Rock band Transatlantic’s new album Kaleidoscope. Like my last book for Neal Morse it was all done in LilyPond. Here is the