beam_control

[Han-Wen]

address@hidden writes:
> Hello,
> 
> After trying out Lilypond a long time ago I recently decided it was time to
> try it again.  I run a RH7.1 box so I downloaded the RPMs for RH7.1
> (1.4-7).  The RPMs installed without any problems.  I then made a small
> test.  Lily digested it just fine but the music fonts did not appear.  The
> font files were in /usr/somethingorother so I linked them to where teTeX
> looks for font material, ran 'texhash' and all was well.
> 
> Now I have run into a couple of problems which I have not been able to
> solve yet. I have a measure in which I need to have two voices.  The bottom
> voice is sixteenth notes and the top voice is eighth notes.  The time is
> 4/4 and the top voice only goes for the first three beats of the measure.
> I tried the \context thing but I doubt that I'm using it correctly.  Can it
> start at any time, or does it need to be invoked at the beginning of the
> file?  I tried starting it up in the measure where I needed it.
> 
> In another measure I need to do this:
> __________
> |  |  |  |
>  |__|__|__|
> 
> Can someone point me to the right place in the docs?  I have the doc
> 'Lilypond.ps'. 

Can you tell me what keywords you would look for in the index?  Then
we can add those if they're not there yet.

> I also tried using the etf2ly on an .etf file saved by Finale 2000.
> Lilypond seemed to choke on it.  No ouput.

Can you send me the ETF file?  


-- 

Han-Wen Nienhuys   |   address@hidden   |   http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen