Re: some bugs in my Ballade

[Mats Bengtsson]

Please use the lilypond-user mailing list for questions on the
stable version 2.2.


Matevz Jekovec wrote:
> Hello to all.
> I want to publish my Ballade for flute and piano with a help of LilyPond 
> (v2.2.4) engraver and I just cannot solve the following bugs in my 
> score. I would appreciate some advice.
> 1. The extent between staves is too big. Any way I could fix that if I 
> want to use dynamic/pedal markings seperated from the piano staff?
See 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.2/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Vertical-spacing.html#Vertical%20spacing
and search the mailing list archives of lilypond-user.

> 2. The /mf/ in the beginning is too right (it should be right over the 
> first note). But if I remove the themeMarkings context, it becomes 
> aligned correctly.

Sorry, I can't spot the problem right now.

> 3. I tried \modernCautionaries and \pianoCautionaries as mentioned in 
> manual, but LilyPond doesn't recognize them (no escape sequence 
> \pianoCautionaries found).

Have you seen the following section of the manual?
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.2/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Accidentals.html#Accidentals

> 4. Any way I could name myself Matevž and not Matevz? (found in utf, 
> latin2 or cp1250)

You can include any LaTeX commands in the titling information,
try:
  composer = "Matev\\v{z} Jekovec"



   /Mats