Re: minor chords (and a possible transition to a new topic)

[Anthony]

On 22/03/2014 07:50, Simon Albrecht wrote:

Am 22.03.2014 02:45, schrieb Anthony Youngman:

And I don't tend to dig deep into all the "esoteric" settings - there
are so many of them that I don't understand, that I tend to shy away
from them. I shouldn't, but I'd rather just use standard bells and
whistles - when I need to use all sorts of fancy over-ride tricks to
achieve effects that I see in pretty much *all* the printed music I
play, it puts me off.

Well, redefining paper variables is actually not really advanced.
If you want to understand better what LilyPond does and how you can alter the output, you’ll be well advised to read in the Notation Reference on the website and collect what information you need – in most cases there is an explanation there, except for more extravagant wishes. Of course this costs time until you have an overview, but it will reward the effort.

Well, I've put in a fair bit of time and effort over the years. The problem, as always, is finding time to play, and also remembering what worked last time :-) Many moons ago, I proofread the entire main manual about three times! I've dug into the code and tried to contribute. Unfortunately, like most power tools, lily is not very friendly to light users - that's just the nature of the beast.

That said, I think now I know about Kieren's "page-break-permission = ##f", coupled with putting "page = 1" in the right place, I think it'll work fine. Then I'll have to see if those two work together to force two pages ... :-)

I need to find some time to play ... :-)

Cheers,
Wol