Re: newb questions

[Atte Andre Jensen]

On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, Mats Bengtsson wrote:

> > I have a couple of questions that I didn't see treated in the
> > documentation:
> >
> > * I have entered about one page of piano music
> > (http://home.wanadoo.nl/atte/intermezzo1.ly), but lily squeezes it
> > together on two systems, how do I control the general "spacey-ness" of the
> > music?
>
> I've mostly seen complaints that the music takes too much space
> in the mailing list recently. Honestly, do you think it looks
> crowded?

Well, yeah...

> Also, if you add a one or two more bars, the music will
> be distributed over three systems intstead of two, i.e. when you
> have typeset the full piece, the spacing will look even better
> then when you just have the first bars.

I'll type on, and get back later...

> > * I read in the docu that bracket-pedaling is not supported. Is there a
> > workaround?
>
> Certainly, just install the latest development version 1.5.63
> instead. There is usually a new development version every week
> or so, but the latest versions haven't had any major bugs
> that I know of, so you don't have to stay on the bleeding
> edge all the time. Also, there shouldn't be much of a difference
> to the coming 1.6.x release.

Any plans (not promisses...) when that should be out?
-- 
love, peace & harmony
Atte