Manual in the terminal

2020-04-17 Thread foxfanfare
Hi all, I know you can access to the manual page inside a terminal with "info lilypond", but I was wondering if there was also a similar option available to access the "internal documentation", without having an access to the internet and without having to download the pdf page? It would be so

Re: Markup-Command shortcut

2020-04-10 Thread foxfanfare
Aaron Hill wrote > > \version "2.20.0" > > #(define-markup-command (subUp layout props f1 f2) (markup? markup?) >(interpret-markup layout props > #{ \markup \overtie \concat { #f1 \hspace #0.15 #f2 } #})) > > subst = #(define-music-function (f1 f2) (markup? markup?) >#{ \finger

Re: Markup-Command shortcut

2020-04-09 Thread foxfanfare
But I don't understand, why is that shortcut also not working then? #(define-markup-command (subUp layout props f1 f2) (string? string?) (interpret-markup layout props #{ \markup { \overtie \line { \concat { #f1 \hspace #0.15 #f2 } } } #}))

Re: Markup-Command shortcut

2020-04-09 Thread foxfanfare
Of course, thanks! -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html

Markup-Command shortcut

2020-04-09 Thread foxfanfare
Hi all, Quick question, I made the following shortcut which draw an arrow of custom lenght: #(define-markup-command (arrow layout props size) (number?) (interpret-markup layout props (markup #:line (#:fontsize 3 (#:general-align 0 -1 (#:override (cons (quote

Re: TextScript baseline in Dynamics context

2020-03-18 Thread foxfanfare
Stefano Troncaro wrote > Hi Kieren, I was not aware of that function. Thank you for sharing it and > thank you Harm for coding it! Very interesting function! But I think there is a bug when using a separate Dynamics line. See the following example: \version "2.20.0" << \new Staff \relative

Re: TextSpanner shortcut

2020-03-18 Thread foxfanfare
Aaron Hill wrote > No worries. Does this help? That's perfect! Thank you very much :) -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html

Re: TextSpanner shortcut

2020-03-18 Thread foxfanfare
Aaron Hill wrote > span-type and span-text are for dynamic text spanners (e.g. > CrescendoEvent). You can set these music properties for a > TextSpanEvent, but Text_spanner_engraver will just ignore them. > > Instead, you should \override or \tweak the bound-details of TextSpanner > to attach

TextSpanner shortcut

2020-03-17 Thread foxfanfare
Hi all, Could anyone could tell me what's wrong with my shortcut? It's printing the spanner correctly but not the text: rit = #(make-music 'TextSpanEvent 'span-direction -1 'span-type 'text 'span-text "rit.") \score { \new Staff \relative c'' {

Makefile document improvement

2020-03-15 Thread foxfanfare
Hi all, I'm currently learning the use of Makefile and how to automate the creation of lilypond files. In the process, it's important to keep a clean repertory structure, as suggested in the documentation http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/usage/make-and-makefiles.html

Re: Custom dynamic function

2019-12-17 Thread foxfanfare
I didn't see that post back in time. Thank you, I'll look into that! -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html

Custom dynamic function

2019-12-17 Thread foxfanfare
Hi all, I am trying to make a shortcut which could easily create dynamic texts without having the necessity to create a specific variable each time. Here is my attempt : --- \version "2.19.82" dynI = #(make-dynamic-script (markup #:line (#:left-align #:normal-text "this is a long

Re: Makefile help!

2019-10-20 Thread foxfanfare
foxfanfare wrote > Thanks for the idea. I will look into that, but if I understand correctly, > I > have to launch the command separately from the Makefile? The idea was to > include everything in it... But since I obviously have to change the > beginning of my Makefile and get ri

Re: Makefile help!

2019-10-20 Thread foxfanfare
Karl Hammar wrote > Where have you found that? In the LilyPond documentation: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/usage/make-and-makefiles I think I found the problem and it is related to that part. I copied the beginning of the example you can see in the documentation, for instance:

Re: Makefile help!

2019-10-20 Thread foxfanfare
Karl Hammar wrote > piano-solo.%.pdf: piano-solo.%.ly \ > $(general) \ > dialogs.%.ily \ > global.%.ily \ > notes.piano-solo.%.ily \ > pedals.%.ily > ... Little update for those interested by that problem, actually, that solution doesn't work properly. In that

Re: Set /bookOutputName to Conjunction of Variable and String

2019-10-19 Thread foxfanfare
Aaron Hill wrote > Would using a function help? Thanks Aaron for your answer. I tried your solution but it crashes in my situation. I think I understood where the problem is, it seems to be because of the use of a variable, for instance: main.ly \version "2.19.83" fetch =

Re: Makefile help!

2019-10-19 Thread foxfanfare
Hi all, Another question... In the documentation page, about Make, there is that rule which will make the PDF and the MIDI and move them in their own directory. %.pdf %.midi: %.ly $(LILY_CMD) $<; \ if test -f "$*.pdf"; then \ mv "$*.pdf" PDF/; \ fi; \

Re: Set /bookOutputName to Conjunction of Variable and String

2019-10-19 Thread foxfanfare
David Kastrup wrote > I don't get your point. If you say that the assignment is not placed > somewhere separate from the \include statement, it's a bit hard to see > why you don't just roll the string in question into the \include > statement in the first place. The usual use case for an

Re: Set /bookOutputName to Conjunction of Variable and String

2019-10-18 Thread foxfanfare
David Kastrup wrote > So you need to > put basically anything after the assignment to "num" before calling the > \include statement. Thanks for your answer David, but I'm sorry I'm not following you here. What should I call before the include statement exactly? Because the whole point is that

Re: Set /bookOutputName to Conjunction of Variable and String

2019-10-18 Thread foxfanfare
Aaron Hill wrote > I would suggest using \bookOutputSuffix, but you can certainly use a > little Scheme to concatenate the strings: Is it also possible to use that kind of code with \include ? I tried something like: num = "01" %\include "../../ily/global/global.01.ily" \include #(string-join

Re: Makefile help!

2019-10-17 Thread foxfanfare
foxfanfare wrote > I can now choose which piece I want to generate, but do you know how I can > also generate all the 35 pieces with the same command? (if possible) I just understood how to achieve that, sorry for the noise! -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f

Re: Makefile help!

2019-10-17 Thread foxfanfare
Karl Hammar wrote > Try something like: > > piano-solo.%.pdf: piano-solo.%.ly \ > $(general) \ > dialogs.%.ily \ > global.%.ily \ > notes.piano-solo.%.ily \ > pedals.%.ily > ... > > Have a look at "Syntax of Static Pattern Rules" in make documentation > $ info make

Makefile help!

2019-10-16 Thread foxfanfare
Hi all, I'm currently working on a big project and learning how to use a makefile for convenience. I'd like to know if some guys here knows how to write a proper loop? I have the following example which can generate the PDF for every single movement of a large set of pieces (there is 35 pieces in

Re: Music function interfere with variable name

2019-10-12 Thread foxfanfare
David Kastrup wrote > Naming a variable X will likely crash LilyPond since X is already used > to designate the X axis and quite a bit of Scheme code depends on it. > Try using longer variable names. That's what I thought. Thank you David. -- Sent from:

MetronomeMark customization

2019-10-11 Thread foxfanfare
Hi all, I wanted to customize the default appearance of the MetronomeMark. I wrote some little functions to achieve that and I used them a lot in my recent works. But now, I have in mind to prepare a new style sheet for which I would like to avoid as much as possible my customized function, but

Re: \partial and measure numbers

2019-10-11 Thread foxfanfare
N. Andrew Walsh wrote > As I used to understand it, that first bar, with nothing but a rest, would > count as bar 1. But in my score, it's getting counted as "measure 0". Is > that expected behavior? Hi, The traditional behavior is to not count a partial measure in the total, so yes it should be

Music function interfere with variable name

2019-10-11 Thread foxfanfare
Hi all, In my piano scores, I use a lot a music function which can draw little hook to indicate the hand separation. We discussed this in this post : http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Layout-of-a-piano-hand-indicator-tp184061p212748.html I currently use the code that Harm wrote last year.

Re: Input syntax question

2019-10-01 Thread foxfanfare
Aaron Hill wrote > Well, I was commenting more on the use of syntactic elements and emoji > within the name. > > I use letters (e.g. ChorusA, ChorusB) and Roman numerals (e.g. StanzaI, > StanzaII) when naming variables, to avoid the need to use actual numbers > that could be confused for

Re: Input syntax question

2019-09-30 Thread foxfanfare
Aaron Hill wrote > Whether it is prudent to do such a thing is another matter. (: That's interesting, because I find very complicated to deal with variables without any digits... especially when composing multiple pieces works. But why would for instance \"01" not be safe? -- Sent from:

Improving ly files readability

2019-09-19 Thread foxfanfare
Hi all, This isn't a topic I was able to find in the archive. It may be not a very interesting subject for most of you, but I hope to learn a bit more about your own practices for making your files more readable and maybe improve mine. By that, I mean, how do you use the comments lines to make

Re: \bookpart question

2019-09-18 Thread foxfanfare
Jacques Menu Muzhic wrote > What is the logic behind that being rejected, and the need to use a \paper > block instead, which does what I want actually? I Jacques. I think the page-count should be in a \paper block instead, and at the end. Ex: \bookpart { \new Staff = "HautboisDeux"

RE: Transpose

2019-09-10 Thread foxfanfare
I think the problem is that you're trying to engrave an a\minor chord in the root position from a c\major in second inversion. Lilypond won't guess how to adjust that with the transpose tool. But it should work smoothly if you use the same chord position for each tonality. -- Sent from:

Re: Function for /score block

2019-04-26 Thread foxfanfare
Thank you very much Aaron and David! I didn't really understand your conversation which is above my competences but I was able to adapt your example with my situation. This will save me a lot of time... ! -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html

Function for /score block

2019-04-24 Thread foxfanfare
Hi all, I have a piano book to write with several individual pieces. I'm currently setting my environments and I have decided to devide in several files all the configuration (one for the meters of all pieces, one for the dynamics, etc.). I am working on a file which will set the layout of the

Re: Automatic beaming with rest

2019-03-31 Thread foxfanfare
Kieren MacMillan wrote > The documentation explicitly says “the autobeamer will not put beams over > rests or bar lines” > (http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/beams#manual-beams;). > I hope someone [with real Scheme-fu] offers you a function/callback/hack > that will do it

Automatic beaming with rest

2019-03-31 Thread foxfanfare
Hi all, I have a score to write with a lot of beaming upon rests. Here is a short example: \relative c' { c8 c c c c c c c c r c r c r c r c[ r c] r c[ r c] r } By default LP make the beam duration of a half note in 4/4. But is there a way to make the second line of my example to look

Re: Haiprin staff-padding

2019-03-20 Thread foxfanfare
Valentin Villenave-3 wrote > You could try something like: > > \layout { > \context { > \Staff > \override DynamicLineSpanner.outside-staff-padding = #1.5 > } > } Thanks for the tip Valentin, unfortunately, it doesn't work as expected... (I just realized that for some reasons, the

Re: Haiprin staff-padding

2019-03-19 Thread foxfanfare
Kieren MacMillan wrote > Also, please post examples that compile without errors. =) Oups, yes, here it is: \version "2.19.82" \relative c { \time 3/4 \clef bass | r4..^"too closed" fis'16~\> 4 | f(\! e) -- | (\< 2)\! | 4( ) | g4.( fis8) 4 } \relative c { \time 3/4 \clef

Haiprin staff-padding

2019-03-19 Thread foxfanfare
Hi all, I wonder if there is an option to set a staff-padding value for hairpins? I cannot find it, I would like to change the default distance of the hairpins which I find a bit to close to the staves. Here is an example: \relative c { \time 3/4 \clef bass | r4..^"too closed" fis'16~\> 4

Re: \acciaccatura collision

2019-03-18 Thread foxfanfare
I personally don't see that as a bug, since avoiding the collision would make the slur too tiny... -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: How to decrase the inbeam space

2019-03-02 Thread foxfanfare
Павел Буданов wrote > Or is there any command for automatic scaling notes with all elements > including beams? > ___ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@ > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > > example.png (9K) >

Re: The Guide to getting Point and Click going with Gvim under Ubuntu 18

2019-03-01 Thread foxfanfare
Federico Bruni-2 wrote > The main part about point and click in general and the configuration in > Linux is basically ready. I just have to make a final review. > I'll split the Windows part in a new post and probably pass the Mac > post to Davide, if he has time to finalize a draft he sent to

Re: The Guide to getting Point and Click going with Gvim under Ubuntu 18

2019-03-01 Thread foxfanfare
I tend to agree with Andrew on that, it may be impossible to set-up a guide that could work in all cases, due to the variety of environments. Maybe it is the reason the original guide is lacking so much of information... >From my perspective in trying to figure out how to make a set-up with VIM,

Re: repeat title

2019-02-24 Thread foxfanfare
Yes, and don't forget to add the page numbers to the right or left with: \on-the-fly #print-page-number-check-first \number \fromproperty #'page:page-number-string -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html ___ lilypond-user

Re: Gvim and lilypond and emacs

2019-02-24 Thread foxfanfare
Andrew Bernard wrote > I am beginning to think a more extensive section on setting up point and > click is needed in the manual. Perhaps when I comprehend it and deal with > all the matters like 'press ENTER ...' appearing every time I click the > PDF > and so on I could draft something. I'd still

Re: Configuration Point & Click

2019-02-24 Thread foxfanfare
Hey David, There were some lags on the nabble forum some days ago, and I didn't saw your answer before posting my solution using "nohup". I just tried yours and I think it's better (at least the code is shorter!). And I learnt a new command at the same time:) For those interested, the mapping

Re: Configuration Point & Click

2019-02-22 Thread foxfanfare
foxfanfare wrote > That is the reason why I call zathura from within vim. But I understand > your > point and where the problem is. As zathura and vim are sharing the same > terminal, lilypond-invoke-editor message from zathura will appear in my > vim > file... > > So it

Re: Configuration Point & Click

2019-02-21 Thread foxfanfare
edes wrote > it's fairly easy to have basic completion, you just need to define a > dictionary for lilypond. Thanks, I'll look into that! David Wright wrote > Had you told us why vim is essential, as opposed to gvim? Because as far as I know, just configure in .bashrc export EDITOR="gvim" is

Re: Configuration Point & Click

2019-02-20 Thread foxfanfare
Hi everybody, I didn't take the time to update the thread earlier because of intense working, but I wanted to write a little more about the issue and the solution that worked. I hope this could help some people who wants to make a working environment for LP between VIM and zathura. BTW everything

Re: Configuration Point & Click

2019-02-05 Thread foxfanfare
Okay, I think I solved the issue. I'll update this post with the correct solution and some of my configuration when I'd be sure it's working properly (for those interested!). -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html ___

Re: Configuration Point & Click

2019-02-04 Thread foxfanfare
Hey David, David Wright wrote > I'd be interested to know what configuration command you're using in > zathura to handle the clicks. Actually I didn't change anything in my zathura config file yet. I use Zathura + zathura-pdf-poppler as it allows me to update the pdf automatically when it is

Re: Reducing top margin for a single page in a score

2019-02-04 Thread foxfanfare
Andrew Bernard wrote > I am doing a long string quartet. The full score sits nicely in the middle > of an A4 landscape page with a generous top margin. But there's a solo > viola part that's very dense and the staves fill out the whole page very > tightly right to the bottom, and it looks clumsy

Re: Configuration Point & Click

2019-02-01 Thread foxfanfare
foxfanfare wrote > And again, what is strange is that I have to launch zathura through vim if > I > want it to react to the link. If I launch the PDF alone in Zathura and > click > on the link, for instance > textedit:///home/remy/Documents/test/test.ly:5:4:5 > goes directly

Re: Configuration Point & Click

2019-02-01 Thread foxfanfare
David Wright wrote > What PDF? Please show the actual commands you used. > > You need to start the server *before* you try to connect to it with a > client: > > $ vim --servername foo > > and then, at a different location, type: > > $ vim --servername foo --remote test.ly > > and that should

Re: Configuration Point & Click

2019-01-31 Thread foxfanfare
OK, I tried $ vim --servername foo --remote test.ly (which gives me the output E247: no registered server named "VIM": Send failed. Trying to execute locally) and also $ vim --servername foo test.ly But when opening the PDF file in vim, I still get the same error messages... -- Sent from:

Re: Configuration Point & Click

2019-01-31 Thread foxfanfare
Thank you both for you help. Federico Bruni-2 wrote > How did you install lilypond? From Arch repository? Or from > lilypond.org installer (the .sh file)? Yes I did install Lilypond directly through arch repository via pacman. cat `which lilypond-invoke-editor` returns #!/usr/bin/guile1.8 -s

Re: Configuration Point & Click

2019-01-31 Thread foxfanfare
David Wright wrote > That doesn't tell me whether you run a DE or just a WM. Sorry I thought it was clear as i3 is a WM. I haven't install a desktop environment, the $DESKTOP_SESSION command returns a blank line. I have spent several hours yesterday trying to figure out where the problem is but

Re: Configuration Point & Click

2019-01-30 Thread foxfanfare
foxfanfare wrote > Still I cannot understand how to mange the URI links. About my > environment, > I'm not using gnome but a minimalist tilling window manager (i3) on a > clean > install of arch. I may have forgotten to install some packages? I checked, > I > have the xdg-ut

Re: Configuration Point & Click

2019-01-30 Thread foxfanfare
Federico Bruni-2 wrote > I have a blog post draft (since some months...) for lilypondblog.org on > this subject. It's not released yet because I had some troubles > configuring Windows and especially Mac. Hopefully I'll finalize it next > week (the last famous words...). Funny you mention it,

Re: Configuration Point & Click

2019-01-30 Thread foxfanfare
Hi Federico, thank you very much for your answer. I managed now to see the exact position with your correct LYEDITOR synthax. One problem solved :-) BTW, I thought I had to make the export variables in my .bash_profile, is there any difference in setting them in the .bashrc file? Still I cannot

Configuration Point & Click

2019-01-29 Thread foxfanfare
Hi fellow lilyponders! I would have need some of your help understanding how the Point & Click option works. I switched from Windows to Linux some weeks ago (please be gentle with me, I'm still a noob in this world!) and I'm trying to set-up a minimalist desktop. I've installed ArchLinux and

Re: GrandStaff vertical distance

2018-10-13 Thread foxfanfare
Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote > I disagree that LP does not follow the standard engraving rules. It just > seems to me that \new GrandStaff etc. imply a certain semantics which is > perfectly alright for, e.g., an orchestral Piano part, but just does not > apply for the braces connecting Violin 1

Re: GrandStaff vertical distance

2018-10-13 Thread foxfanfare
Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote > Hi, > >> The StartDelimiterHierarchy gives the possibility to change the first >> bracket by anything you want, for instance: > [...] >> It would be interesting if your function can manage also that! > I guess this is what happens when you start coding before agreeing

Re: GrandStaff vertical distance

2018-10-12 Thread foxfanfare
Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote > Hi, > >> Thank you for this little function Lukas! It is very good and useful. >> Would >> it be possible to add to the list the choice for "square" or "bracket"? >> Some >> editions are using squares for grouping Violins 1-2. >> > Ah, do you mean an extra bracket? No

Re: GrandStaff vertical distance

2018-10-11 Thread foxfanfare
Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote >> With a little bit of scheme, it should even be easy to make this into >> a function accepting to parameters, indicating that k staves starting >> with the n'th staff should be braced. > > Here is an implementation of that. Unfortunately I do not know if/how it > is

Re: GrandStaff vertical distance

2018-10-11 Thread foxfanfare
foxfanfare wrote > This works better for most of the > cases, but in this example, I was unable to group the celli and double > bass > staves... Answering my own problem here. I don't know how I got it, but after some experimentations, I found: \set StaffGroup.systemStartDelimi

Re: GrandStaff vertical distance

2018-10-11 Thread foxfanfare
Thanks for your reply SoundsFromSound, unfortunately, this doesn't solve my problem. I may have been unclear of what the problem is. I tried to understand how it was possible to configure in LP a full score layout. I searched for some templates and read how family groups works

Re: GrandStaff vertical distance

2018-10-09 Thread foxfanfare
Aaron Hill wrote > On 2018-10-09 7:15 am, foxfanfare wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm trying to configure a template for my orchestral works but I have a >> problem with the GrandStaff vertical distance. You can take the >> template >> proposed in the manual to

GrandStaff vertical distance

2018-10-09 Thread foxfanfare
Hi all, I'm trying to configure a template for my orchestral works but I have a problem with the GrandStaff vertical distance. You can take the template proposed in the manual to see the problem: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/learning/orchestra-choir-and-piano You can see in the

Re: GUI for selecting text and music fonts

2018-09-22 Thread foxfanfare
For the last exemple, I have two little bugs which I couldn't success to solve and would require your help: - 1st and 3rd measure, I'd like to shorten the ossia staff - 4th measure, the ppp dynamic makes the tuplet space a bit weird Aaron Hill wrote > On 2018-09-20 1:26 am, foxfanfare

Re: Suppressing TextSpanner right boundary text at a system break

2018-09-21 Thread foxfanfare
Thomas Morley-2 wrote > Isn't > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation-big-page#using-the-line_002dspanner_002dinterface > sufficient? > > Cheers, > Harm Yes you may be right. There is also this:

Re: How to use magnifyStaff

2018-09-21 Thread foxfanfare
Bernhard Kleine wrote > I have now packed the magnifyStaff with the individual organ=Piano > staffs; that worked. Thanks you to make me aware of the error with the > pianostaff. > > organPart = << >   \new PianoStaff \with { >     instrumentName = "Orgel" >    } << >     \new Staff = "right"

Re: Sample document to show music fonts

2018-09-20 Thread foxfanfare
foxfanfare wrote > Scriabin.JPG > http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/t5604/Scriabin.JPG; > Scriabin_-_Piano_Sonata_No.ly > http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/t5604/Scriabin_-_Piano_Sonata_No.ly; > Little mistake, could you please correct line 16 with: \finge

Re: Sample document to show music fonts

2018-09-20 Thread foxfanfare
Urs Liska-3 wrote > I would say generally it should include one system because it should > require as little compiling time as possible and that would most likely > fit in the window without (much) scrolling. If it feels useful or > necessary to show more then it's ok, too. The window will cope

Re: Sample document to show music fonts

2018-09-20 Thread foxfanfare
Urs Liska-3 wrote > Now all I need is a bunch of (self-contained) sample files without paper > blocks which I can then add to the ComboBox's list. > Looking forward to contributions. > > Urs Great! How long should the excerpt be? 1 line? 1 page? more? -- Sent from:

Re: Suppressing TextSpanner right boundary text at a system break

2018-09-20 Thread foxfanfare
James Harkins-4 wrote > That's exactly it. Thanks! > > Would be useful as a snippet perhaps... this totally eluded me in the > manual. I tried to find info about bound-details but missed it somehow. > > hjh I agree, I learnt more about bound-details in this forum. The internal references page

Re: Sample document to show music fonts

2018-09-20 Thread foxfanfare
Urs Liska-3 wrote > Now that there seems to be a certain common understanding of my initial > idea, may I repeat my request for someone to provide a suitable default > sample document? > Coming up with a score that provides representative details with as > little content as possible does

Re: Sample document to show music fonts

2018-09-19 Thread foxfanfare
Urs Liska-3 wrote > In a nutshell (would take too long to explain in detail) > > * Significantly improve the "Show available fonts" dialog that so far > only shows the pretty uncomprehensible LilyPond log: > o Display real family names, grouped and sorted, with actual-font >

Re: Suppressing TextSpanner right boundary text at a system break

2018-09-19 Thread foxfanfare
James Harkins-4 wrote > Apologies if this is a basic question. I've searched but I didn't find the > answer. > > I have many text spanners with text for both the left and right bounds. > > If a spanner crosses a system break, I would like the right-hand text to > be hidden at the end of the

Re: Sample document to show music fonts

2018-09-19 Thread foxfanfare
tisimst wrote > My 2 cents... > > A font preview is a font preview and the best, in my opinion, are those > that show something in a practical context. In this case, an image of a > single or grand staff showing 2-3 bars of a marginally interesting looking > passage would be much more

Re: I'm sorry I feel stupid asking so many questions. How do I make fingering go OUTSIDE of the staff?

2018-09-19 Thread foxfanfare
tripleamia wrote > I know you have the note-fingering but when i do this it goes inside the > staff and it looks crowded and ugly. Is there any way I can make it go > outside? > > > ___ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@ >

Re: Lyluatex

2018-09-18 Thread foxfanfare
foxfanfare wrote > Do you know how to add this > command in TeXworks if I want to compile with it? Don't bother, I found it! -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: Lyluatex

2018-09-18 Thread foxfanfare
R. Padraic Springuel wrote > Well, LuaTeX is still having trouble finding the executable, just in this > case it’s looking for C:\Program. That, of course, is not a complete path > to the lilypond executable. The space in the path is clearly not being > escaped correctly. Try adding quotes

Re: Lyluatex

2018-09-18 Thread foxfanfare
Urs Liska-3 wrote > Did you correctly quote that here? I see -shell-escape instead of > --shell-escape. Hi Urs, Actually, I just copied what was written in the GitHub documentation: https://github.com/jperon/lyluatex I tried with the -- and also with \usepackage[program={C:/Program Files

Lyluatex

2018-09-18 Thread foxfanfare
Hi all, I'm beginning my first steps in the world of LaTeX and I'm currently trying to figure out how Lyluatex works. I'm using TeX Live (and TeXworks for editing) on Windows. I made this simple document: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{lyluatex} \begin{document} Bonjour, j'\'edite en

Re: A separate line for dynamics?

2018-09-17 Thread foxfanfare
Thomas Morley-2 wrote > 2018-09-17 12:40 GMT+02:00 Bernhard Kleine > bernhard.kleine@ > : >> I found it. >> However without the -"legato" the \f is centered , with the -"legato" it >> is >> not. How to draw them on the same line? >> >> dynOrgel = { >> { >>s2\f s4-"legato" >> } >> }

Re: A Midi question

2018-09-13 Thread foxfanfare
H. S. Teoh wrote > For the printed score, this would produce tons of redundant dynamic > markings, so I always use a separate score just for layout, and stick > \dynPart into a Dynamics context between the upper and lower parts of > the piano score for nicer layout. > > Hope this helps. Yes,

Re: Cover page

2018-09-12 Thread foxfanfare
Thanks for all your useful thoughts. I think I'll try to make this with LateX for a start and see if I can manage it! -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: A Midi question

2018-09-12 Thread foxfanfare
Vaughan McAlley wrote > Hmmm... > > Has anyone tried > > \midi { > \context { > \Staff > \remove "Staff_performer" > } > \context { > \PianoStaff > \consists "Staff_performer" > } > } > > % ?? > (I haven't, but who knows?) > Vaughan I just tried. It

Re: A Midi question

2018-09-11 Thread foxfanfare
Mr Tim wrote > A friend of mine uses Anvil Studio for midi on Windows. I think they have > a free version, but even the premium is not much. Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately Anvil Studio isn't cross-platform. I should have been more specific, but I'm looking for something which could also work

Re: Cover page

2018-09-11 Thread foxfanfare
Simon Albrecht-2 wrote > Maybe. LaTeX becomes less of a good choice the more you actually want to > design the visuals. In a scientific paper, looks don’t matter at all, > it’s only about the content; that’s where LaTeX is perfect, no doubt. If > you’re going to design a poster, LaTeX is most

Re: Cover page

2018-09-11 Thread foxfanfare
Aaron Hill wrote > In fact, that is > probably a good strategy for any application you are using that is not > currently cross-platform. Seek out an alternative and start getting > used to it now while you can still use your current setup. > > (Side note: Bear in mind you can start playing

Re: Cover page

2018-09-11 Thread foxfanfare
David Wright wrote > Judging from your posts here, I'm kind of surprised that you aren't > already using it, as you would seem to have the aptitude for it. Thanks David. But it is not as easy as it seems :) It is quite difficult to change all your habits, to learn everything again, even if I'm

Re: Cover page

2018-09-11 Thread foxfanfare
Kieren MacMillan wrote > A decade ago, I tried to use Lilypond for the whole deal… but soon found > out it was not powerful or flexible enough. That's interesting! That's also what I fear, but I didn't try yet... Kieren MacMillan wrote > 2. Edit the "wrapper" in LaTeX, with the PDF score

Re: A Midi question

2018-09-11 Thread foxfanfare
Karlin High wrote > On 9/11/2018 11:05 AM, foxfanfare wrote: >> 2. What do you do with the default midi file? > > I often convert MIDI to audio formats via VLC Media Player and the > GeneralUser GS soundfonts by S. Christian Collins. Full details here: > > http://li

Re: Cover page

2018-09-11 Thread foxfanfare
Malte Meyn-3 wrote > What do you mean by “manager”? What OS are you using? Thanks David & Malte for your first comments. What I meant by manager is a bit like Frescobaldi is to LilyPond to me! I'm still using Windows but probably going to change for Linux soon... -- Sent from:

A Midi question

2018-09-11 Thread foxfanfare
Hi all, I'd like to know a bit more about your use of the midi file. First, I use LilyPond for its engraving qualities, nothing else. But still, a good audio output is sometimes very handy. I wonder if the average usage of LP is making PDF only and nothing else, or if I'm missing something big

Cover page

2018-09-11 Thread foxfanfare
Hi all, I've ended the process of re-engraving several of my scores to LilyPond (and I'm still astounded by it, the more I use it, the less I see myself using again Sibelius or buying Dorico...). But I'd like now to go a bit further and create the "whole" score, with all the front and back pages,

Re: Spacing of titles and text in a \book

2018-09-09 Thread foxfanfare
Ralph Palmer wrote > Greetings - > > I've been using LilyPond for a long time now, and *really* like it. I > transcribe and transpose classical music and fiddle tunes for myself and > friends. > > I'm running LilyPond 2.19.81 with Frescobaldi 3.0.0 under Linux/Ubuntu > 18.04.1. > > I'm putting

RE: SustainPedal and outside-staff-priority

2018-09-09 Thread foxfanfare
Mark Stephen Mrotek wrote > FoxFanFare, > > Why not place the slut above the notes? > To me that would be more conventional. > > Mark Actually, the exemple above was just for demonstration. The problem is in another context: pedal.JPG <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com

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