Re: I'm Stumped

[Mats Bengtsson]

The mailing list has been extremely slow during the last weeks
due to the enormous amounts of virus emails swirling around.

When you send questions to the list, please always tell what
LilyPond version you use (and on what kind of system if you
have any question related to the installation).

Lyle Raymond wrote:
> This is my third attempt to reach the mailing list.  I apologize if you all 
> get three copies of this email:
>
> I'd like you guys' input on a couple of difficulties I'm having with my first 
> jazz lead sheet.  The source code is included below.  First, however, my 
> questions:
>
> 1.  While rendering, Lilypond reports: "programming error: round filled box 
> vertical extent smaller than blot; decreasing blot (Continuing; cross 
> thumbs)."  What does this mean?  

Lilypond occassionally gives warnings like this, that are mainly
intended for the main programmers. Don't bother! I wouldn't be surprised
if this particular problem has disappeared in the recent versions of the
development releases, version 2.1.xx.


> 2.  Perhaps related to the first question:  After rendering, chord slashes 
> appear to have a little tail.  How do I get rid of it?

I leave this question to those on the list who are more used to
typesetting chords.

> 3.  How can I include a transposed series of lead sheet chords above the 
> second of the two staves?

\transpose should work well also on chords.

> 4.  Finally, if anyone is willing to critique my overall form and syntax I'd 
> greatly appreciate it.  It is my guess that a lack of knowledge of Lilypond 
> syntax is causing my difficulties.  Furthermore, any hints regarding 
> optimization and legibility would be very welcome.

Not much to say. You might want to use separate identifiers for the
different parts, see the Tutorial section on "Organizing larger pieces".
This is an advantage, for example, if you want to include two different
transpositions of the same chords (as I interpret your questions 3).


   /Mats