Re: Is it right how oneVoice reverts direction settings?

2018-04-11 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 11.04.2018 09:14, David Kastrup wrote: Why would you use a \Voice context if you want to "globally override"? Do it in Score context. Then you'll get no interference from Voice-level reverts. Astounding subtlety. Thanks very much! Best, Simon

Re: Is it right how oneVoice reverts direction settings?

2018-04-11 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 11.04.2018 00:20, Thomas Morley wrote: All other settings are overrides, so probably below may work. Please be aware it's not tested beyond the given example! Thanks for that! I might prefer David’s solution, because it doesn’t require redefining commands, but it’s good to have that up the

Re: Is it right how oneVoice reverts direction settings?

2018-04-11 Thread David Kastrup
Simon Albrecht writes: > Hello everybody, > > suppose I want to globally override the direction of slurs, as far as > neutral voices go. If I do this: > > %%% \version "2.19.80" \layout {   \context {     \Voice >     \override Slur.direction = #UP   } } music

Re: Is it right how oneVoice reverts direction settings?

2018-04-11 Thread David Kastrup
Simon Albrecht writes: > On 11.04.2018 09:14, David Kastrup wrote: >> Why would you use a \Voice context if you want to "globally override"? >> Do it in Score context. >> >> Then you'll get no interference from Voice-level reverts. > > Astounding subtlety. Now that's a

Re: The search for an API

2018-04-11 Thread David Kastrup
"Felix D." writes: > Hello Lilypond-Fans, > > I have a question: Does Lilypond have an API that can be simply called from > other programs to render some markup (stored as a string) into a SVG file? > > We want to use Lilypond in an Unity app/game, wich will be used by many

Re: The search for an API

2018-04-11 Thread Mason Hock
Is this the sort of thing you're looking for? http://projectabjad.org/ Mason On 04/10, Felix D. wrote: > Hello Lilypond-Fans, > > I have a question: Does Lilypond have an API that can be simply called from > other programs to render some markup (stored as a string) into a SVG file? > > We

Re: Scordatura question

2018-04-11 Thread bill wolf
Today, i believe it is standard to include both a fingered score and a sounding score.  i did, anyway, when i wrote my scordatura piece.  It had a complex tonality, and i thought it fair to give the performer a sounding score so they could more easily spot errors.  It might not be as necessary

Re: The search for an API

2018-04-11 Thread Al Rushing
I suspect Python can do it.I plan on trying that in the future. Python is C based. Al. Original message From: David Kastrup Date: 4/11/18 12:17 AM (GMT-08:00) To: "Felix D." Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: The search for

Re: The search for an API

2018-04-11 Thread Johan Vromans
On Wed, 11 Apr 2018 07:07:10 -0700, Mason Hock wrote: > Is this the sort of thing you're looking for? > > http://projectabjad.org/ When looking for an API that makes detailed handling of scores possible, yes. However, I got the idea that OP was looking for an easy way to

Re: The search for an API

2018-04-11 Thread Helge Kruse
Hi Mason, this is intentionally not to the Lilypond list to avoid unnecessary traffic in that list. I followed the link you posted. It doesn't address a sensible web site. All you can read is: Web access is restricted. Please contact the administrator. (Parked Domains) (If you feel this

Re: The search for an API

2018-04-11 Thread David Wright
On Wed 11 Apr 2018 at 17:48:06 (+0200), Helge Kruse wrote: > Hi Mason, > > this is intentionally not to the Lilypond list to avoid unnecessary > traffic in that list. > > I followed the link you posted. It doesn't address a sensible web > site. All you can read is: > > Web access is

Re: The search for an API

2018-04-11 Thread David Kastrup
Helge Kruse writes: > Hi Mason, > > this is intentionally not to the Lilypond list to avoid unnecessary > traffic in that list. Congrats on the intent. > I followed the link you posted. It doesn't address a sensible web > site. All you can read is: > > Web access is

Re: The search for an API

2018-04-11 Thread Mason Hock
On 04/11, Johan Vromans wrote: > On Wed, 11 Apr 2018 07:07:10 -0700, Mason Hock wrote: > > > Is this the sort of thing you're looking for? > > > > http://projectabjad.org/ > > When looking for an API that makes detailed handling of scores possible, > yes. > > However, I

Re: Scordatura question

2018-04-11 Thread Jacques Menu Muzhic
Hello all, Thanks for the pointers and explanations. I thought there might be a specific way to indicate a scordatura, and it turns out there are many possible ways, including providing a second scores with the actual pitches or a staff fragment showing the various string pitches vertically: