Re: [Denemo-devel] insert chord symbols?

[Ludo Beckers]

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 :-)

About the chord names; now I understand why in the manual they refer to the Lilypond docs for this, because entering Bbmaj7 wouldn't work - it needs Lilypond syntax bes2:maj7 indeed (more to study).

For getting rid of the "score: arranger" I had already tried emptying the text-box, but it still remains in the button bar and in Lilypond view.

In File there's no templates. 
I do see open - open recent - open example.
When I choose open example, and then in the choice window I go up a directory to Denemo, I do see a folder with 6 templates in there.

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

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
>
>
>