Re: Usability Question

[Upro]

Graham Percival-2 wrote:
> 
> Upro wrote:
>> 1. The score has four voises. All have their own stems. I find it
>> extremely
>> complicated to arrange stems/notes in the same order (right to left), and
>> stems in the correct direction. 
> 
> I personally would condense this down to one or possibly two voices. 
> Somebody else might have other suggestions.
> 
>> 2. I have not found an easy way to change the placement of ties (over or
>> below the notes)
> 
> You can set the #'direction of ties in the latest unstable version; I'm 
> not certain if this new feature exists in stable yet.
> 
>> 3. I have also not found a neatly usable command to try to make a score
>> into
>> one page, or to force a system/line brake.
> 
> Err, \break ?
> You can try to make the whole score fit onto a single page by changing 
> the font size.
> 
>> 4. I have not found a way to make a tie from within a polyphonic passage
>> into a neiboring honophone section. I used a workaraond by keeping the
>> adjacent passage within the polyphonic sectin, but I would like to find a
>> way to avoid that.
> 
> You could fake this with invisible notes.
> 
>> I would really appreciate concise and useful help. This is for maybe the
>> most reknowned publisher and could also be a landmark for lilypond - if I
>> can achioeve my goal with lilypond (and not Sibelius...).
> 
> I'm glad that you're using lilypond, but I recommend that you read the 
> user manual a bit more carefully -- finding out how to force a linebreak 
> is not hard!  There are many other commands and tips in the manual that 
> will help you.
> 
> Cheers,
> - Graham
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I admit that not finding the function for a simple line brake was not very
smart of me. I have studied the online-manual thouroughly, but it's not easy
to find solutions there, and I haven't found them for the descripbed
problems.

Suggestions like condensing a four voiced, polyphonic piece by Bach for an
Urtext edition for one of the major publishers seems to me a strange
reaction to my query.

Also, fake a solution with invisibile notes is not a solution you would like
to use in an edition of a 65-page manuscript.

Between the line, an answer like that reads like "I also don't know it".

I'm trying to use lilypond for an important publication, so I'd be glad to
get some real help here!

Thanks,

Upro

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