Question for Lilypond Windows users

2002-06-08 Thread Carlos Garcia Suarez
I currently use use version 1.4.12 under Windows 2000 with the cygwin. I am considering upgrading to later 1.5.xxx version through compilation in Windows. However,I am not a software programmer and I am afraid that even if do as the described in the web page something might fail and then

Re: Lilypond crashes while compiling this (correct) file...

2002-06-08 Thread Nicolas Sceaux
Hi I manage to compile your file. (however, I can't get the whole score in a a3 page: it is not centered). The resulting ps file can be seen there : http://nicolas.sceaux.free.fr/mutopia/ClaOpII_tst.ps I am running a Debian testing, lilypond 1.4.13. After looking for a tip in google groups, I

Re: Lilypond crashes while compiling this (correct) file...

2002-06-08 Thread Han-Wen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mats Bengtsson wrote: The variables to increase are extra_mem_top, extra_mem_bot and pool_size. Actually, the ly2dvi script sets these variables as environment variables which overrides the settings in the texmf.cnf file, so as long as you use ly2dvi and these

Re: Lilypond crashes while compiling this (correct) file...

2002-06-08 Thread Han-Wen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: introduced in 1.4.13, so if you have 1.4.12 or older it may be enough to upgrade. I tried to tweek tex settings in imho all posiible ways, but nothing helps. I attach another snippet from the score - this time starting at measure 180 and lasting 8 measures

Re: letter size

2002-06-08 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Sat, 08 Jun 2002 10:34:59 Laura Conrad wrote: David == David Raleigh Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't print the manual; I use the online version. The html offline version is easier to search, but the printed copy is a lot easier to read like a novel, and every once in a while

Re: letter size

2002-06-08 Thread Laura Conrad
David == David Raleigh Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David What I would like to do is specify dimensions of printed David area, I don't care how, so that the whole page including David footers and page numbers would print without rescaling on David either A4 or letter paper.

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Re: letter size

2002-06-08 Thread Rune Zedeler
David Raleigh Arnold wrote: Unless I use psresize, I get clipping of the tops of the pages. Ghostview shows Bounding Box which Don't use ps-resize! As illustrated by my resent 48 handclappers postings you can specify the size of the page with linewidth and textheight. The shifting gets

parser problems gone

2002-06-08 Thread Greg Guest
Thank you all, so very much. 1.5.59 compiled with no big problems and IT WORKS! I had thought that the subversion numbers were decimal, so that 5.9 was later than 5.59 Thanks for clearing that up. Now my only question (for the moment) is the one my 12 year old son, Geoffrey, asks

Re: Lilypond crashes while compiling this (correct) file...

2002-06-08 Thread Rune Zedeler
Han-Wen wrote: I get lots of improbable offset errors. Molecule.cc checks for offsets that are larger than 30 cm. I changed it to 100 cm in CVS. ... Perhaps that is the cause ? :-) No, but it fixed the span-bars bug :-) It seems to work over here -- if you want, I can try to process the

Re: letter size

2002-06-08 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Sat, 08 Jun 2002 13:33:24 Rune Zedeler wrote: David Raleigh Arnold wrote: The shifting gets wrong, but this can be handled with the offset-argument of dvips. A3 is taller or shorter than A4? I have tried that rather thoroughly, and what I *usually* get is a choice between the

Lyrics and clefs

2002-06-08 Thread Iain Phillips
I would like to use the treble clef down an octave (G_8) for the tenor voice in transcribing a choral piece. I notice that the lyrics are placed lower than when a simple treble clef is used, as if they are trying to avoid clashing with the 8 below the clef. Is there a way I can get the lyrics

Re: SHEET MUSIC

2002-06-08 Thread Mats Bengtsson
HI, If I hooked up a music keyboard to my computer, would lilypond be able to write the notes I play on sheetmusic for me to print out? If so, how does that work? Well, if you have some kind of sequencer program you can use the keyboard to generate a MIDI file. Lilypond comes with a

Re: Lyrics and clefs

2002-06-08 Thread Mats Bengtsson
One feature of Lilypond is that it adjusts the spacing between different staves and between staves and lyrics based on the vertical extent of each stave. The problem is that the highest and lowest object of a stave is used to determine the spacing, even though they may be separated horizontally.

Re: letter size

2002-06-08 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Am I the only one who finds that ly2dvi ignores the \paper { papersize = letter } directive and produces A4 output in all cases? I hope you have read the Reference manual and the FAQ at the bottom of http://lilypond.org/wiki/?PageLayout It's very unfortunate that you explicitly have to

Re: letter size

2002-06-08 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Sat, 08 Jun 2002 14:43:21 Rune Zedeler wrote: David Raleigh Arnold wrote: I have tried that rather thoroughly, and what I *usually* get is a choice between the copyright and/or taglines and the page numbers. I haven't tried other footers. So the output is satisfactory only

lyrics and skips

2002-06-08 Thread Michael Ossmann
I ran into an inconsistency with the way \addlyrics deals with simultaneous skips. I assume that the first example below is a bug and that the second is normal behavior, but I'm not certain. \version 1.5.59 \score { \addlyrics \context Staff { \property

Re: Lilypond crashes while compiling this (correct) file...

2002-06-08 Thread Rune Zedeler
Rune Zedeler wrote: Now I have started processing the full 385 measures file on my 1.8GHz P4. The processing has lasted for 15 minutes now and lilypond is still at the first step (that is: it hasn't even started to print bar numbers yet). I corrected the last errors of the file and

Time Signature Question

2002-06-08 Thread Edson
Hi everyone! I'm a beginner in lilypond and have a question: how can i hide the time signature? Thanks for attention. Edson Jr.