Re: Dynamics over-lapping with bar-lines

2014-02-03 Thread Hwaen Ch'uqi
Greetings David, Following the problem I was having with dynamics in a flute part and a piano part not lining up, on the advice of the list I upgraded my LilyPond from v2.14.2 to 2.18.0. Problem of non-alignment solved. But I still find that dynamics often contact or even cross a bar-line.

Re: how close are we to having an addAt or insertAt feature?

2014-02-03 Thread Werner LEMBERG
Found another worthwhile optimization making a difference (basically, not discarding and regenerating a blob that is going to get analyzed next anyway). In your use case where almost all changes happen in the same large file, this does make a bit of a difference, in particular regarding the

Define custom/new \accidentalStyles (dodecaphonic minus repeated notes)

2014-02-03 Thread Urs Liska
Hi, searching the docs and the lilypond-user archive I couldn't find any relevant information. I am looking for a custom \accidentalStyle. Actually I think this is quite commonly used, so it would also seem like a useful addition to LilyPond proper. a) Every note gets an explicit

Re: Layout issue when parsing line

2014-02-03 Thread Francisco Vila
2014-02-01, Antara-Prabhat antara-prab...@antara-prabhat.com: Just a nitpick, it's not related to your question, but \version 2.18.0-1 is that a valid number in a version statement? 2.18.0-1 is certainly what the download link text states and it may be a package version in a distribution

Re: Tempo placement

2014-02-03 Thread Marc Hohl
[CC'ing to -devel] Am 03.02.2014 00:44, schrieb Eluze: Marc Hohl wrote Hi list, I want the tempo indication to appear at the leftmost edge of the piece (I know that Gould has a different opinion about this, but I am using LilyJAZZ, and the Realbook style does not care about these typographic

accessing the text stencil of a TextSpanner

2014-02-03 Thread Urs Liska
It is possible to access/reshape a Metronome Mark like this: \override MetronomeMark #'stencil = #(lambda (grob) (ly:stencil-scale (lyric-text::print grob) 0.78 1)) (which will squeeze the font to a width of 0.78 (which surprisingly matches the font of the printed model very well).

Re: Tempo placement

2014-02-03 Thread Robin Bannister
Marc Hohl wrote: But why does LilyPond seem to ignore '(left-edge)? It seems it is not visible. The first left edge doesn't arise via a line break, so for pedantic Lilypond the _unbroken_ case applies. Try \once \override Score.LeftEdge.break-visibility = #all-visible Cheers, Robin

Re: accessing the text stencil of a TextSpanner

2014-02-03 Thread Urs Liska
Am 03.02.2014 10:43, schrieb Urs Liska: It is possible to access/reshape a Metronome Mark like this: \override MetronomeMark #'stencil = #(lambda (grob) (ly:stencil-scale (lyric-text::print grob) 0.78 1)) (which will squeeze the font to a width of 0.78 (which surprisingly matches

Re: Tempo placement

2014-02-03 Thread Eluze
Marc Hohl wrote melLeftEdge = { \override Score.MetronomeMark.break-align-symbols = #'(left-edge) \tempo Slowly 4 = 60 c'4 } sometimes we're searching for too complicated things... it seems that adding \override Score.MetronomeMark.self-alignment-X =#1 is a simple solution

markup? and number?

2014-02-03 Thread Kevin Patrick Barry
Dear LilyPond users, I am trying to make a markup function that will take a list as an argument. Some of the members of the list will be treated as markup and some will be treated as numbers. Is there a way to convert one type to the other? Or am I going about this all the wrong way (I have no

Re: Tempo placement

2014-02-03 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 03.02.2014 10:45, schrieb Robin Bannister: Marc Hohl wrote: But why does LilyPond seem to ignore '(left-edge)? It seems it is not visible. The first left edge doesn't arise via a line break, so for pedantic Lilypond the _unbroken_ case applies. Try \once \override

Re: markup? and number?

2014-02-03 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 03.02.2014 11:47, schrieb Kevin Patrick Barry: Dear LilyPond users, I am trying to make a markup function that will take a list as an argument. Some of the members of the list will be treated as markup and some will be treated as numbers. Is there a way to convert one type to the other? Or

Re: Tempo placement

2014-02-03 Thread Robin Bannister
Marc Hohl wrote: Try \once \override Score.LeftEdge.break-visibility = #all-visible Thanks, sounds plausible, but it doesn't work either: Umm ... and with MetronomeMark ? Cheers, Robin ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Harp-Symbols in LilyPond

2014-02-03 Thread Frank . Weichert
Hi All To add some harp-symbols I have defined some lines like this: ziehenI = \markup { \finger \circle \override #'(font-size . 1) 1 } ziehenII = \markup { \finger \circle \override #'(font-size . 1) 2 } ziehenIII = \markup { \finger \circle \override #'(font-size . 1) 3 } ... blasenI =

Re: Harp-Symbols in LilyPond

2014-02-03 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: frank.weich...@lpp-pfullingen.de To: LILYPOND-USER@gnu.org Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 3:39 PM Subject: Harp-Symbols in LilyPond Hi All To add some harp-symbols I have defined some lines like this: An other idea is to use the symbols like lyrics:

New try with lyric extender

2014-02-03 Thread Yann
Hello all :) I wanted to try again to find a solution to adapt the length of a lyric extender in order to take into account all voices in a SATB hymn, as I described sometimes ago in http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2013-11/msg00810.html and following messages. So I read some

Re: New try with lyric extender

2014-02-03 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Yann, On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Yann yann@free.fr wrote: Hello all :) I wanted to try again to find a solution to adapt the length of a lyric extender in order to take into account all voices in a SATB hymn, as I described sometimes ago in

Re: New try with lyric extender

2014-02-03 Thread Noeck
-Is there a way to display (to console for example) the value of a given property ? I tried with #(Lyrics.LyricExtender.minimum-length) or \display Lyrics.LyricExtender.minimum-length but I don't know where to place such directive, should it be correct. It would be much

Re: Dynamics over-lapping with bar-lines

2014-02-03 Thread David Sumbler
Thanks for your reply - it solves the problem of bar-line/dynamic collisions (or rather, it side-steps the problem). Actually it also begins to answer what might well have been my next question, because generally I prefer the left edge of dynamics to be related to the note position. But I should

Re: Tempo placement

2014-02-03 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 03.02.2014 15:15, schrieb Robin Bannister: Marc Hohl wrote: Try \once \override Score.LeftEdge.break-visibility = #all-visible Thanks, sounds plausible, but it doesn't work either: Umm ... and with MetronomeMark ? D'Oh... Works significantly better ;-) Sorry for mixing up

Re: Adding markup to percent repeat sign

2014-02-03 Thread David Bellows
That works very well and is easy. It appears to add a little space on the sides but it's something I can live with. Thank you very much! On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 11:41 PM, TaoCG tao_lilypondu...@gmx.net wrote: David Bellows wrote Hello all, I'm writing a kind of minimalist piece that has a lot

ChordNames context with bar lines - vertical spacing issue

2014-02-03 Thread Piotr
Hello, I am trying to design a simple chord sheet in LilyPond - just chords and bar lines. I found this snippet at the repository, that enables me to do that without creating any staves: (http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=460) \new ChordNames \with { \override BarLine #'bar-extent = #'(-2 .

Chained glissando runs out of paper

2014-02-03 Thread Helge Kruse
Hello, I have a part for voice where both hands should play glissandi alternatively for some measures. So when one glissando stops the other just started. It looks like as Lilypond avoids a line break in a glissando. The composer added a lot of thes measures. Unfortunately \break doesn't cause a

Re: Chained glissando runs out of paper

2014-02-03 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi Helge, On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 1:44 PM, Helge Kruse helge.kr...@gmx.net wrote: Hello, I have a part for voice where both hands should play glissandi alternatively for some measures. So when one glissando stops the other just started. It looks like as Lilypond avoids a line break in a

Re: ChordNames context with bar lines - vertical spacing issue

2014-02-03 Thread Noeck
Hi Piotr, I think this could help you. Cheers, Joram \new ChordNames \with { \override BarLine #'bar-extent = #'(-2 . 2) \consists Bar_engraver } \chordmode { f1:maj7 f:7 bes:7 f:7 \break f1:maj7 f:7 bes:7 f:7 } % This reduces the distance between the lines to a minimum. % Please

Re: ChordNames context with bar lines - vertical spacing issue

2014-02-03 Thread Piotr
Noeck noeck.marburg at gmx.de writes: Hi Piotr, I think this could help you. This is exactly what I needed, thank you so much! Piotr ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: New try with lyric extender

2014-02-03 Thread Yann
For example, there are several answers to -Is there a way to display (to console for example) the value of a given property ? but I hesitate to write a treatise :) I think this is a not working example for what he asked for: \version 2.18.0 { a a a a } \addlyrics { A B C D %

MuseScore Front End

2014-02-03 Thread SoundsFromSound
Hey everyone, I'm sorry if this is a stupid question. I have never used MuseScore before and I've looked into it quickly tonight. I'm confused about one aspect of it - does it actually /use /LilyPond for it's engraving? Or is it a completely separate and stand-alone engraving software that

Re: MuseScore Front End

2014-02-03 Thread Graeme Lee
Hi Ben. It's stand-alone (like Sibelius/Finale). I used it before I knew better, I mean, knew about Lilypond. Graeme On 4-Feb 13:08, SoundsFromSound wrote: Hey everyone, I'm sorry if this is a stupid question. I have never used MuseScore before and I've looked into it quickly tonight. I'm

Re: MuseScore Front End

2014-02-03 Thread SoundsFromSound
Graeme Lee wrote Hi Ben. It's stand-alone (like Sibelius/Finale). I used it before I knew better, I mean, knew about Lilypond. Graeme On 4-Feb 13:08, SoundsFromSound wrote: Hey everyone, I'm sorry if this is a stupid question. I have never used MuseScore before and I've looked

Re: MuseScore Front End

2014-02-03 Thread Graeme Lee
Hi Graeme, Oh ok thanks! I couldn't quite tell for sure because at a /quick /glance MuseScore output looks a little like Lilypond, but then again once you /really /look, not really at all. My eyes were clearly playing tricks on me I guess. Ben Musescore uses the feta font (slightly modified)

Re: MuseScore Front End

2014-02-03 Thread SoundsFromSound
Graeme Lee wrote Hi Graeme, Oh ok thanks! I couldn't quite tell for sure because at a /quick /glance MuseScore output looks a little like Lilypond, but then again once you /really /look, not really at all. My eyes were clearly playing tricks on me I guess. Ben Musescore uses the feta

Re: MuseScore Front End

2014-02-03 Thread Federico Bruni
Il 04/feb/2014 03:09 SoundsFromSound soundsfromso...@gmail.com ha scritto: Hey everyone, I'm sorry if this is a stupid question. I have never used MuseScore before and I've looked into it quickly tonight. I'm confused about one aspect of it - does it actually /use /LilyPond for it's

Re: Chained glissando runs out of paper

2014-02-03 Thread Helge Kruse
Thanks, works fine. I must admit that reading the fine manual would have easier than producing the stripped down example. Regards Helge 2014-02-03 David Nalesnik david.nales...@gmail.com: Hi Helge, On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 1:44 PM, Helge Kruse helge.kr...@gmx.net wrote: Hello, I have a

Re: MuseScore Front End

2014-02-03 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Federico Bruni writes: Some weeks ago it's been reported here a tweet saying that MuseScore developers will drop the lilypond export and focus on musicxml export. Yes, I had a chat about that with Thomas Bonte. LilyPond export was in dire need of some love and the best thing to do with code

Re: Any Finale/Sibelius forum members here?

2014-02-03 Thread Pierre Perol-Schneider
I relay this question : The Git repository seems unpleasant. Couldn't there be an imslp work page to submit our candidate scores? Cheers, Pierre ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user