Re: [Denemo-devel] insert chord symbols?

[Ludo Beckers]

Thanks! I didn't expect it to be so simple to realize.
I made CTRL-k for chords, being used to it that way from Musescore.
Ok, now that I'm officially testing ;-) I won't forget the zero again :-)
I haven't been beyond Simple yet BTW. I'll take a peek there tomorrow.

Ludo

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Nils Gey <address@hidden> wrote:

On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:57:53 +0100
Ludo Beckers <address@hidden> wrote:

> I was able to place "edit chord" on the button bar, which is a good start.
> For making keyboard shortcuts I'll have to study the manual some more, but
> it's a relief to know this is possible :-)

Its not hard. The really short version is to
Edit->Customize Commands, Shortcuts -> Allow quick Shortcuts

and then browse to the menu item you want, hover the mouse cursor over it and press the desired shortcut. Thats it.

I'm going to add chord bindings to the next version to Simple and Composer keyboard profile. Maybe we can find a key in arranger, too.

> Testing?? You mean 8.22 is an alfa or beta release?
> Oops - had I known, I would have chosen a stable release.

It is 0.8.22 with a leading zero.

Nils

> Thanks for your help,
> Ludo
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Richard Shann <address@hidden>wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 2010-12-17 at 18:21 +0100, Ludo Beckers wrote:
> > > So that'd be four clicks per chord? chords->markings->chord
> > > symbols->edit chord symbols
> > > Surely there must be a faster way (I hope!)
> >
> > yes, you create a keyboard shortcut and save it in your personal set of
> > keyboard shortcuts. You right click the command and then choose Edit
> > Shortcuts...
> > and in that dialog click either the One or Two key shortcut button and
> > then press the key you want to use. Then save as Default command set.
> >
> >
> >
> > >  because at about two chords per measure that'd be quite unpractical.
> > >
> > > There's something strange there also; when I enter a chord like that,
> > > then save the file and do CTRL-p (I use Evince as PDF-reader) I get
> > > "unable to open document. text/plain is not supported".
> > This means what you typed in the box is not good syntax for LilyPond,
> > and so LilyPond failed to generate the pdf.
> > I am not expert on the syntax for that stuff. Jeremiah knows more, it
> > is, I believe in the LilyPond manual. I just put the single letter c in
> > there and get a C major chord symbol. Beyond that I don't know the
> > syntax...
> >
> > >
> > > Right click and choose delete doesn't make the "score: arranger"
> > > button go away.
> > hmm, it is doing it for me. Workaround - choose Score->Titles
> > etc->Arranger and blank out the text
> >
> > > When I open the Lilypond-view I still see it there too.
> > >
> > > Another thing I found is that in the file menu there's no "start new
> > > score from template",
> > there should be
> > Open Template
> > Open Custom Template
> > Open Default Template
> >
> > in the File menu. I put Ctrl-n as shortcut to Open Default Template
> > (having saved my favorite template under the name Default).
> >
> > > even though I have version 8.22 installed.
> > >
> > > Sorry to expand my originally simple question like this.
> > Thank you for the testing :)
> >
> > Richard
> >
> >
> > > Ludo
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Richard Shann
> > > <address@hidden> wrote:
> > >         On Fri, 2010-12-17 at 17:06 +0100, Ludo Beckers wrote:
> > >         > The very last page of denemo-manual says: "To enter chord
> > >         symbols
> > >         > choose Other->Insert/Enter chord symbols."
> > >         >
> > >         > I don't see this "Other"-menu anywhere.
> > >
> > >         Ancient bit of manual. Now Chords menu. Chord symbols are
> > >         under Markings
> > >         (as they are a sort of Mark that is put above notes/chords).
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >         > Without chords I'm lost, since it's mainly jazz lead sheets
> > >         I work on.
> > >         >
> > >         > A less grave thing is that I put a "score: arranger" in the
> > >         > lead-sheet, but I can't find how to delete it.
> > >
> > >         You have a button saying Score: arranger I guess? If you left
> > >         click it
> > >         you can set the arranger text to be empty, if you right click
> > >         it you
> > >         should be get an advanced edit menu which has a Delete
> > >         Directive button.
> > >         (It should really have a better editing interface like some of
> > >         the
> > >         others, but no-one scripted it yet)
> > >
> > >         Richard
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >