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Re: Problems with Lilypond-book, accidentals, and time signatures


From: Aaron Dalton
Subject: Re: Problems with Lilypond-book, accidentals, and time signatures
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:51:59 -0700
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Aaron Dalton wrote:
> Aaron Dalton wrote:
>> I am trying to incorporate some musical fragments into a brief paper I'm
>> writing.  Here is the snippet:
>>
>> \begin[fragment,staffsize=15]{lilypond}
>>      \relative c {
>>              \key c \major
>>              \clef bass
>>              \time 4/4
>>              r8 e e e e e e e e e e e e e fis fis
>>      }
>> \end{lilypond}
>>
>> Here's the script that compiles it:
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>>
>> rm -rf lilyscratch
>> lilypond-book --psfonts $1.tex --output lilyscratch
>> cd lilyscratch
>> latex $1
>> latex $1
>> dvips -h $1.psfonts -o -Ppdf $1.dvi
>> ps2pdf $1.ps
>> cp $1.pdf somewhere
>> cd ..
>>
>> Problem 1) I don't get a time signature (C, in this case) unless I do:
>>      \override Staff.TimeSignature #'style = #'()
>> which gives me 4/4.
>>
>> Problem 2) Note the initial 8th note rest is not rendered.
>>
>> Problem 3) Note the # sign is not printed for the F sharps.
>>
>> I'm running under FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE.  I am using the following versions:
>>
>> - Lilypond 2.10.13 (the FreeBSD package)
>> - pdfeTeX (latex) 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) kpathsea version 3.5.4
>> - dvips(k) 5.95a
>> - ps2pdf, version unknown
>> - ghostscript-gnu v2.07-15 (for the latex system, not lilypond)
>>
>> I would really appreciate any advice you could give me.  I'm not sure
>> where to start.
>>
> 
> As a follow-up, it appears natural signs render fine, but not sharps.
> 

As a further follow-up, flats also render fine.  The problem seems to be
solely with the rests and the sharp signs.  Updating to 2.10.19 did not
correct the problem.

-- 
Aaron Dalton       |   Super Duper Games
address@hidden   |   http://superdupergames.org





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