Re: how to change page numbering

2013-03-24 Thread David Kastrup
get anything to happen. So what did you try? And what manual did you consult? What did the section say? -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Suggestions for participating institutions?

2013-03-26 Thread David Kastrup
For outcome b) : 1-2 STREPS to be funded CSA: EUR 3 million Call: FP7-ICT-2013-11 -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Repeated accidental after tie across line break

2013-03-26 Thread David Kastrup
line (the kind that would not have been tied at all in Renessaince music), maybe. If a choir or orchestra is given instructions "start from measure x", and measure x starts with a long tied note in one voice, that voice will usually be expected to join the harmony. -- David Kastrup

Re: DiceWaltz-1.2

2013-03-28 Thread David Kastrup
gt; In procedure map in expression (map (lambda # #)): > /usr/local/lilypond/usr/share/lilypond/current/ly/articulate.ly:446:13: > Wrong number of arguments to # > Exited with return code 1. http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detai

Re: Use proportional spacing for a section in a score

2013-03-28 Thread David Kastrup
nceivable that the "proper" incantation would use Timing instead of Score everywhere, but for normal scores, both should be equivalent. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: DiceWaltz-1.2

2013-03-28 Thread David Kastrup
Martin Tarenskeen writes: > On Thu, 28 Mar 2013, David Kastrup wrote: > >> wjm writes: >>> +++ >>> I found the program DiceWaltz interesting and amusing. Many thanks! >>> However, when I open the generated file in Frescobaldi and run it, to >>

Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL

2013-03-28 Thread David Kastrup
pyleft should extend > so far as the .ly files of scores created by users, but as things > stand I'm concerned that this may be the strict letter of the > licensing. I don't see that, short of _actual_ inclusion of english.ly etc. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: \relative { } in 2.17.15

2013-04-01 Thread David Kastrup
for but does the trick, being in the middle of the "unshifted" octave. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: \relative { } in 2.17.15

2013-04-01 Thread David Kastrup
I guess) has a rather more tricky convert-ly rule which changes almost everything to the new \relative { ... } form. I'll try to give a way to use optional convert-ly rules (so that users may call this converter on their own if they want to), but that is likely going to take weeks. -- David Kastrup

Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL

2013-04-02 Thread David Kastrup
rived work (whether linking statically or dynamically), potentially via contributory infringement, thus forming a fundamental difference between LGPL and GPL. I find that somewhat audacious, but short of actually decisive court precedents, most people (and corporations) prefer not putting this theory to the test. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL

2013-04-02 Thread David Kastrup
process and receiving its output. A separate process is a pretty solid boundary unless you actually use some debug interface for meddling with the internals, or if you have something like a Scheme interpreter which you severely redefine via an elaborate input file. -- David Kastrup __

Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL

2013-04-02 Thread David Kastrup
so follows the licensing policies of the GNU project. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL

2013-04-02 Thread David Kastrup
Joseph Rushton Wakeling writes: > On 04/02/2013 08:53 PM, David Kastrup wrote: >> LilyPond is a GNU program and so follows the licensing policies of the >> GNU project. > > Sure, but I don't see that this prevents you from making a permissive > licensing choice fo

Re: Footnote separator line too close

2013-04-02 Thread David Kastrup
footnote spacing as well, and the user has no control over which footnote on a page will be the topmost one: pagebreaking makes that decision. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL

2013-04-02 Thread David Kastrup
Joseph Rushton Wakeling writes: > Anyway, I would really appreciate your input on whether (and what) to > write to the Software Freedom Law Center. Since I can't share your concerns, I can't give you any advice what to ask the SFLC in order to address them. That's quite

Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL

2013-04-02 Thread David Kastrup
uently. > ought to be a warning sign. Are you sure you are not getting carried away with a self-made view of the situation? Feel free to ask the SFLC, but I don't see the point in trying to spin this out of proportion before even doing so. --

Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL

2013-04-02 Thread David Kastrup
plications of the APIs on the code _calling_ them. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL

2013-04-02 Thread David Kastrup
cularly in the U.S., that can be a rather expensive feat even if you prevail. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL

2013-04-02 Thread David Kastrup
opyright. Better get someone with GPL experience. The concept of a _license_ _granting_ permissions rather than a _contract_ _restricting_ normal rights associated with a media purchase is pretty alien to most copyright lawyers. -- David Kastrup ___ li

Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL

2013-04-02 Thread David Kastrup
Anthonys Lists writes: > On 02/04/2013 22:31, David Kastrup wrote: >> Anthonys Lists writes: >> >>> Indeed, this legal claim (that using functions creates a derivative >>> work) is exactly the claim that Oracle tried with Android and Java, >>> and they

Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL

2013-04-02 Thread David Kastrup
e (such asthe GPL), the burden of proof that he had license to do as he did lies with the user of software. That's quite a different playing ground. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL

2013-04-02 Thread David Kastrup
Anthonys Lists writes: > On 02/04/2013 23:46, David Kastrup wrote: >> That wasn't what the lawsuit was about. It was not even what Oracle >> claimed the lawsuit to be about. The issue was the reimplementation of >> Java classes, not the_use_ of Java classes. > Yes

Re: 2.16: warning: type check for `stencil' failed

2013-04-04 Thread David Kastrup
de to ##t because merely \revert-ing did > not cause time signatures to reappear after that point.) You can try \temporary\override ... \revert instead for versions of 2.17.6 or greater. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: 2.16: warning: type check for `stencil' failed

2013-04-04 Thread David Kastrup
David Kastrup writes: > James Harkins writes: > >> It seems that if I write: >> >> \override Staff.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f >> >> ... there's no problem. But this: >> >> \override Staff.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##t >

Re: Multi column page setup

2013-04-04 Thread David Kastrup
ge. > > that's fabulous! > don't know why I always thought you can only produce one line/system with > \markup \score … Regarding the "you can't have LilyPond figure out page breaking" angle: maybe http://cod

Re: Multi column page setup

2013-04-04 Thread David Kastrup
ing a score using \markup \score. Use baseline-skip to set space between systems. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Using \tempo or multiple events in define-event-function

2013-04-04 Thread David Kastrup
#(define-event-function (parser location) () #{ > ^"rit." \pp > #}) > { \tempo 4=50 c'4 e'4 \rit g'2 } > > event.ly:3:10: error: syntax error, unexpected EVENT_IDENTIFIER, > expecting $end ^"rit." >

Re: Multi column page setup

2013-04-04 Thread David Kastrup
Thomas Morley writes: > 2013/4/4 David Kastrup : > >> >> Regarding the "you can't have LilyPond figure out page breaking" angle: >> maybe http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1334> is a >> suitable building block for that. >>

Re: Multi column page setup

2013-04-04 Thread David Kastrup
Thomas Morley writes: > 2013/4/5 David Kastrup : >> Thomas Morley writes: >> >>> 2013/4/4 David Kastrup : >>> >>>> >>>> Regarding the "you can't have LilyPond figure out page breaking" angle: >>>> maybe http:/

Re: Multi column page setup

2013-04-05 Thread David Kastrup
Thomas Morley writes: > 2013/4/5 Thomas Morley : >> 2013/4/5 David Kastrup : >>> Thomas Morley writes: >>> >>>> 2013/4/4 David Kastrup : >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Regarding the "you can't have LilyPond figure out

Re: different fonts in composer name

2013-04-06 Thread David Kastrup
: \override #'(font-name . "Plantin MT Std") { John Goss (1800 - 1880) } } -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: lilypond source and music sheet database

2013-04-07 Thread David Kastrup
ch _might_ work reasonably with some of git's packing techniques. Packing actual executables could possibly also work with reasonable overhead. There would be an advantage to a repository storing _complete_ compiled versions of LilyPond: it wo

Re: xpdf broken on ubuntu

2013-04-07 Thread David Kastrup
"completely broken") any more. Something like echo xpdf hold|sudo dpkg --set-selections Yes, this is stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I think I also saw some recipe for getting evince to work with point&click when doing a web search, but it involved meddling with the gconf confi

Re: xpdf broken on ubuntu

2013-04-07 Thread David Kastrup
Orm Finnendahl writes: > Am Sonntag, den 07. April 2013 um 09:43:30 Uhr (+0200) schrieb David > Kastrup: >> >> I think I also saw some recipe for getting evince to work with >> point&click when doing a web search, but it involved meddling with the >> gconf

Re: Tie direction within a chord

2013-04-07 Thread David Kastrup
le\tieUp ~ and similar in newer versions of 2.17, just using ^ and _ for individual tie directions seems quite easier. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: lilypond source and music sheet database

2013-04-07 Thread David Kastrup
Janek Warchoł writes: > 2013/4/7 David Kastrup : >> Joseph Rushton Wakeling writes: >> >>> On 04/06/2013 10:50 PM, Janek Warchoł wrote: >>>> The things is, use git for tracking source files, not pdfs. If you >>>> put \version statements in all yo

Re: tracking lilypond builds with git

2013-04-07 Thread David Kastrup
then you might as > well just have a set of directories: build_2_16_0, build_2_17_10 etc. It's not like you couldn't do diff on directories, too... That's not the only use of a repo. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list

Re: Displaying an empty staff

2013-04-08 Thread David Kastrup
our? \new Staff { $(skip-of-length mybass) } -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: musicxml2ly enhancements

2013-04-08 Thread David Kastrup
ce my > question: is there work going on on musicxml2ly, and if so, can I > contribute to it? Wouldn't it be even more important to contribute to it if there was _no_ work going on on musicxml2ly? Currently there is not much happening with it. The Philomelos guys have their own fo

Re: musicxml2ly enhancements

2013-04-09 Thread David Kastrup
tive developers is mainly focused on their own projects. We have a "bug squad" that tries to make sure that no contributions fall through the cracks, but even if things are tracked in the issue tracker, at some point of time somebody needs to pick them up. -- David Kastrup __

Re: musicxml2ly enhancements

2013-04-09 Thread David Kastrup
ent outline, e.g. point to > @5 entries in all parts. You lost me _way_ back. > Of course I know that syntax changes shouldn't be taken lightly, > though ... There is nobody keeping you to put whatever editor-hinting comments into your LilyPond source file using the existing comment

Re: Rests in TabVoice

2013-04-09 Thread David Kastrup
wer. > Other rests might appear too low then, but I would like to know if I > at least can try this out to see what’s best. Version? Example file exhibiting the problem? -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https

Re: Rests in TabVoice

2013-04-09 Thread David Kastrup
Peter Crighton writes: > 2013/4/9 David Kastrup >> >> Peter Crighton writes: >> >> > Hello there, >> > >> > would it be possible to attach rests in a TabVoice to a different >> > line? At least whole and half rests look terribly vertical

Re: Rests in TabVoice

2013-04-09 Thread David Kastrup
"Phil Holmes" writes: > From: "David Kastrup" > To: "Peter Crighton" > Cc: "LilyPond Mailing List" > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 3:13 PM > Subject: Re: Rests in TabVoice > >>> Probably the ideal solution would be to have w

Re: Cropped output (à la -dpreview) possible in Finale and Sibelius

2013-04-09 Thread David Kastrup
ully not the default way to produce PNG? -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Cropped output (à la -dpreview) possible in Finale and Sibelius

2013-04-09 Thread David Kastrup
Janek Warchoł writes: > 2013/4/9 David Kastrup : >> Urs Liska writes: >> >>> It seems this is Sibelius 7's default. See attached PNG. >> >> Huh? The perfectly rendered stafflines make it clear that this is not a >> scanned image. But clef

Re: Cropped output (à la -dpreview) possible in Finale and Sibelius

2013-04-09 Thread David Kastrup
a line than for > rectangles. > > But it might just be that this SA thingie has to be set: > <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2006-06/msg00275.html> strokeadjust is useful when drawing lines which should show a give

Re: Cropped output (à la -dpreview) possible in Finale and Sibelius

2013-04-09 Thread David Kastrup
the measurements as possible/practical. So if outputting a score at > 72dpi for screen presentation, require that widths/positions/etc, be > such so that they render cleanly. > > This is not as simple as it sounds, unfortunately. So where is the p

Re: Cropped output (à la -dpreview) possiblein Finale and Sibelius

2013-04-09 Thread David Kastrup
ly bad given the design decision of pure B&W output. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Macro not working with 2.16

2013-04-10 Thread David Kastrup
d have worked fine. convert-ly is _always_ the first thing to try whenever something stops working in a newer version. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Cropped output (à la -dpreview) possible in Finale and Sibelius

2013-04-10 Thread David Kastrup
Carl Peterson writes: > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 4:45 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > > Carl Peterson writes: > > > I'm not an expert on GhostScript, but in practice it is nearly > always > > best to rasterize vector graphics at the

Re: Vocal music sheet - hyphens wrongly engraved

2013-04-11 Thread David Kastrup
to allow this, but the simplest fix is to > change # to No. Why aren't you enclosing strings in "..." ? That seems to make much more sense. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Vocal music sheet - hyphens wrongly engraved

2013-04-11 Thread David Kastrup
gt;> >>> # 427.} } >>> >>> This is a problem with the information in your file - the comments >>> include a #, which is a reserved character for lilypond. I could add >>> a feature to my converter to allow this, but the simplest fix is to >&g

Re: how do I change enharmonic spellings produced by the /transpose function?

2013-04-13 Thread David Kastrup
(ly:pitch-notename p) (ly:pitch-alteration p #t)) music) music) \chromaScale \relative c' { c des es fes ceses } -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: sustain pedals way below staff

2013-04-13 Thread David Kastrup
gt; lilypond fitting the staves to the page as best as it sees fit or is there > anyway i can cram it up closer to the notes? Looks like you are doing something wrong. But then it's hard to tell with the amount of information you are volunteering. -- David Kastrup

Re: Newbie problems

2013-04-14 Thread David Kastrup
t it is not: it is but so-so. If you use a program other than LilyPond for the actual typesetting, people bring out the torches. But Frescobaldi? That's good, very good. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Barcheck problems in extremely simple file

2013-04-15 Thread David Kastrup
t spanned! >> continuing, cross fingers But those error messages are ludicrous and are not helpful for pinpointing the problem. This (likely common) error condition should be caught and given a useful error message. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Newbie Problems - oops spot the deliberate mistake

2013-04-15 Thread David Kastrup
est is centered > in the bar > > Learning Lilypond is easy at first but as your demands increase so > does the difficulty - good luck on your journey. > > I have just about reached the edge of the woods http://en.wikiped

Re: Newbie problems

2013-04-15 Thread David Kastrup
ing Emacs, C-h i is just two keystrokes away. No need to reserve additional space for the info manual. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Newbie problems

2013-04-15 Thread David Kastrup
David Rogers writes: > David Kastrup writes: > >> When using Emacs, C-h i is just two keystrokes away. No need to >> reserve additional space for the info manual. > > You're right - I didn't think of that, because I didn't have Emacs > when I starte

Re: Newbie problems

2013-04-15 Thread David Kastrup
David Rogers writes: > David Kastrup writes: > >> It would likely be worth it to have an Emacs window open just for >> reading the documentation... > > (... Good point; I'll reserve a space for it on my desktop...) :) Be sure to make yourself acquainted with info m

Re: Newbie problems

2013-04-15 Thread David Kastrup
James Harkins < jamshar...@gmail.com> writes: > David Kastrup gnu.org> writes: > >> When using Emacs, C-h i is just two keystrokes away.No need to reserve >> additional space for the info manual. > > Because C-x b is the most fun in the world... Uh, no? C-h i g

Re: how offsets and alignment works: an explanation

2013-04-16 Thread David Kastrup
.05 (car >> (first cps)) (cdr (first cps)) (car (second cps)) (cdr (second cps))) >> cps)) (car (third cps)) (cdr (third cps))). >> >> this is with 2.16.2 >> >> Richard Shann >> >> > I can't tell this right now, but it may very well be th

Re: how offsets and alignment works: an explanation

2013-04-16 Thread David Kastrup
>> does work - I feel stupid now, but I didn't try that because it seemed >> to me that this case was a different type of syntax so I immediately >> started trying to guess what the parallel syntax might be... > > :) > This syntax was made possible by David Kastr

Re: Line break problem (overfull)

2013-04-17 Thread David Kastrup
_line_break_engraver" } } Or make sure that your note values amount for whole bars. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Line break problem (overfull)

2013-04-17 Thread David Kastrup
Hanns Holger Rutz writes: > On 17 Apr 2013, at 15:52, David Kastrup wrote: > >> Hanns Holger Rutz writes: >> >>> hi there, >>> >>> i'm trying to convert a sequence of time instants to a rhythmic >>> score. This might look

Re: Scheme education

2013-04-18 Thread David Kastrup
, but nobody really cares much any more. At any rate: it integrates reasonably at the language level with LilyPond. If you compare this to, say, the kind of integration Lua has in LuaTeX (which is actually none to speak of at the language level), this provides a quite more natural extension of LilyP

Re: new snippet: combine multimeasure rests

2013-04-18 Thread David Kastrup
st statement in the function. It checks whether ly:duration? is a duration and returns #f since it is actually a function instead. You do this several times. I'll look at the rest later. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Scheme education

2013-04-19 Thread David Kastrup
ype of a guy who wants to script everything that is done >> more then once..I'd rather if it would be possible script physical >> stuff too.. > That reminds me of my plan to have an issue tracker for my life ;-) Org mode for Emacs – Your Life i

Re: Scheme education

2013-04-19 Thread David Kastrup
e an issue tracker for my life ;-) > Oh, and I forgot the 'rebase -i' ... With your brain being the SHA-40 of your history and the world being the SHA-70 of its own history, you just need to find a hash collision matching a d

Re: Setting X-offset and Y-offset graphically.

2013-04-19 Thread David Kastrup
r not be allowed to batch changes? -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Setting X-offset and Y-offset graphically.

2013-04-19 Thread David Kastrup
Urs Liska writes: > Am Freitag, den 19.04.2013, 11:50 +0200 schrieb David Kastrup: >> Urs Liska writes: >> >> >> > If not, would it be possible to highlight a changed note (or other >> >> > item) with a color? >> >> >> >

Re: coloring noteheads different depending on parts

2013-04-19 Thread David Kastrup
works. Hardly surprising. Wrong variable name. Even if you were write, the define-public used nnn as a rest argument due to the . before it, so any number would have gotten wrapped into a list. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-u

Re: beatStructure for 4/4 doesn't help

2013-04-19 Thread David Kastrup
; page 1), Why would you be using version 2.15.15? Documentation/out-www sounds like a version you compiled yourself, and why compile yourself an outdated version? -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.o

Re: Scheme education

2013-04-19 Thread David Kastrup
n issue tracker for my life >> >> The English term for this is, "spouse." > > Does this mean I have married org-mode? And if I have, is that marriage > recognized in all 50 states? (When will THAT case come before the Supreme > Court?) You bette

Re: Request for feedback on 'lobbying' paper

2013-04-20 Thread David Kastrup
"good enough" to start with. And if you are lazy like me, you won't invest much work of your own beyond "good enough" into any individual score. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: RehearsalMark and meter change

2013-04-20 Thread David Kastrup
tax of the \mark command. The problem is more the lack of an error message than anything else. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Understanding spacing

2013-04-20 Thread David Kastrup
spacing relative to the current > settings? > Like system-system-spacing #'basic-distance += #5 % note the += No. You'd have to use Scheme. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Understanding spacing

2013-04-20 Thread David Kastrup
ged list elsewhere. Modifying it in place does. In order not to have to copy the complete alist for every use, modifications are made by prepending material to the list. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lis

Re: Understanding spacing

2013-04-20 Thread David Kastrup
ist. > #(display (make-spacing 60 2 3 4)) > system-system-spacing = #(make-spacing 60 2 3 4) Anything defined using define-scheme-function is not called from Scheme but from LilyPond. It merely returns a Scheme value. So you use system-system-spacing = \make-spacing 60 2 3 4 which is actua

Re: MetronomeMark markup

2013-04-20 Thread David Kastrup
16.2" > { > \tempo \markup \raise #3 { \column { "Line 1" "Line 2" } } 4 = 100 > c'1 > } Probably safer to use \version "2.16.1" { \tempo \markup { \override #`(direction . ,UP) \dir-column { "Line 2" "Line 1&q

Re: Request for feedback on 'lobbying' paper

2013-04-21 Thread David Kastrup
lain text formats allow to enter comments inside the > > > I would write: > Practically all plain text formats allow you to enter comments inside the > or > Practically all plain text formats allow one to enter comments inside the > or > Practically all pl

Re: afterGrace spacing

2013-04-21 Thread David Kastrup
> } Don't have an answer to your question, but it might be nice to know that #(define afterGraceFraction (cons 15 16)) can be written as afterGraceFraction = 15/16 instead. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-u

Re: afterGrace spacing

2013-04-21 Thread David Kastrup
David Kastrup writes: > Daniel Rosen writes: > >> In the example below, how can I adjust the space between the second >> grace note and the barline? I'd like for the barline to be closer. >> >> \relative c'' { >> #(define afterGraceFraction

Re: "stacked" tempo indications in one line

2013-04-22 Thread David Kastrup
> a2.\( [...] > > where > > mm = > #(define-music-function > (parser location tempotext) > (string?) >#{ > ^\markup { \bold $tempotext } >#} > ) Why not just write \tempo "Allegro" 4 = 150 and have the default formatting? --

Re: Request for feedback on 'lobbying' paper

2013-04-22 Thread David Kastrup
ve' code base that > - is consistent in its coding style > - proves being well maintainable > - is well documented > - is very compatible with versioning Uh, are we still talking about LilyPond? > This would be very good to have as 'promotional material' As would

Re: Request for feedback on 'lobbying' paper

2013-04-22 Thread David Kastrup
Urs Liska writes: > Am Montag, den 22.04.2013, 11:41 +0200 schrieb David Kastrup: >> Urs Liska writes: >> >> >> > [...] MusicXML [...] >> >> >> >> indeed. >> >> ;) >> > I'd actually say it is crucial to have th

Re: Conditionally color all tweaked objects

2013-04-22 Thread David Kastrup
obs, so in this case, the whole note with stem and notehead will get colored even though just the notehead was tweaked. It is more cumbersome to pick out further details, so this is left as an exercise to the reader. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: \set TabStaff.minimumFret Fails

2013-04-22 Thread David Kastrup
2.16/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-fretted-strings#index-restrainOpenStrings> "Even when minimumFret is set, open strings are used whenever possible. This behaviour can be changed by setting restrainOpenStrings to #t." -- David Kastrup __

Re: Create Shortcut for minimumFret

2013-04-22 Thread David Kastrup
Fret)) { \set \tmf = 7 } But you are more likely angling for tmf = #(define-music-function (parser location fret) (index?) #{ \set TabStaff.minimumFret = #fret #}) { \tmf 5 } or similar. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-us

Re: publish music book

2013-04-22 Thread David Kastrup
h > Word with the resolution reasonably intact. Why would you use Word here? -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: \set TabStaff.minimumFret Fails

2013-04-22 Thread David Kastrup
being the default. It > might be more useful in classical guitar music, I don’t know about > that. But in rock/pop/jazz music I almost never would use open strings > when playing in higher frets. "Scarborough Fair", Simon and Garfunkle.

Re: Finale and Sibelius files

2013-04-23 Thread David Kastrup
somehow, you'd have no idea when and how and why it would blow up around your ears later. "Add the missing pieces based on a printout" is not an option for binary formats. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Conditionally color all tweaked objects

2013-04-23 Thread David Kastrup
Urs Liska writes: > Am Montag, den 22.04.2013, 19:03 +0200 schrieb David Kastrup: >> >> You could redefine \tweak but it is probably more reliable to use >> internals: >> >> > So would such a thing be possible, maybe in Scheme? >> > Or if t

Re: Request for feedback on 'lobbying' paper

2013-04-23 Thread David Kastrup
Christ van Willegen writes: > On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Urs Liska wrote: >> Am Montag, den 22.04.2013, 11:41 +0200 schrieb David Kastrup: >>> Uh, are we still talking about LilyPond? >> Maybe I wasn't clear enough, and maybe this should actually have been

Re: Request for feedback on 'lobbying' paper

2013-04-23 Thread David Kastrup
Janek Warchoł writes: > 2013/4/22 David Kastrup : > >> Reality check. >> >> _Nobody_ is writing a single line of code related to MusicXML. >> Nobody is trying to see how much work it would be to consolidate some >> of the MusicXML work from the Philomel

Re: Request for feedback on 'lobbying' paper

2013-04-23 Thread David Kastrup
Urs Liska writes: > please let me take most of your comment as acknowledged and allow me one > further inquiry: > > Am Montag, den 22.04.2013, 12:30 +0200 schrieb David Kastrup: > >> Reality check. >> > ... > >> So moving LilyPond into a strategic p

Re: Request for feedback on 'lobbying' paper

2013-04-23 Thread David Kastrup
Janek Warchoł writes: > 2013/4/23 David Kastrup : >> Janek Warchoł writes: >>> Technically speaking, you are 100% correct. I agree that talking >>> doesn't get the job done, and i understand the frustration when >>> someone reminds you about an issue

Re: Request for feedback on 'lobbying' paper

2013-04-23 Thread David Kastrup
Urs Liska writes: > Am Dienstag, den 23.04.2013, 13:45 +0200 schrieb David Kastrup: >> Selling LilyPond with vaporware MusicXML makes only sense if we want >> to >> hook people on LilyPond with the promise that they can take their >> scores >> into other produc

Re: Request for feedback on 'lobbying' paper

2013-04-23 Thread David Kastrup
Klaus Föhl writes: > David Kastrup writes: >> Likely at best halfways. For example, no header is contained in the >> hypothetical "music output stream". Things like \transpose don't make >> it into the "music output stream" but rather just it

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