Re: Lilypond Right to Left

[Fr. Michael Gilmary]

> 2009/2/20 Fr. Michael Gilmary <address@hidden>:
>   
> > Is there any development in Lilypond for typesetting the music and lyrics from
> > right to left? We would use it for setting some Syriac hymns.
> >     

> Valentin Villenave wrote:
> Surprisingly enough, it is not (yet) supported. You can, however,
> print text from right to left in a markup object, as demonstrated at
> http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=555
>
> If you can provide us with some short examples of such scores, I'll
> add this as a feature request.
>   

Hi Valentin:

I use XeLaTeX (TL2008) with Lilypond (2.11.62) to set Syriac 
*transliteration* on Mac OS 10.4.11. For the Syriac non-music the 
fontspec  package with XeLaTeX nicely scripts the Syriac.

I have the attached the .ly file for the Our Father in Syriac with the 
English transliteration. If you'd like to work with the Syriac glyphs, 
I've got them in a separate (.ly) file. The Syriac font(s) can be 
obtained free from www.bethMardutho.org (or .com?) and are called 
"melthofonts". You can ignore the website warning that they won't work 
with Mac OS X, since they work fine. The problem is that there is no 
native Mac keyboard for Syriac and no (Mac) program scripts it correctly 
... except Mellel --- a trial version is free. If you're on a Mac, I can 
send you the Mac keyboard I've used which is based on two different 
ones: one developed by Steve Caruso ( www.aramaicnt.org --- I think) and 
another fellow whose name I forgot.

If you're using Windows, their Syriac keyboard works fine and everything 
scripts well. But I work on a Mac.

I don't have the Syriac text hyphenated for the music, but it /is/ 
broken into the lines.

Thanks in advance!


--
United in adoration of Jesus, 



fr. michael gilmary, mma

Most Holy Trinity Monastery
67 Dugway Road
Petersham, MA 01366-97255

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title    = \markup {
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poet = \markup {
     "Music: Fr. M. Labaky" }
composer = \markup {
     "Cedars of Lebanon Hymnal, 2nd Edition" }
arranger = \markup {
     "© Copyright 1982" }

}

  \layout {
    \context {
     \Score
     \remove "Bar_number_engraver" 
    }
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\score {
     \relative c' {
\set autoBeaming = ##f
\key f \major
\time 2/4

\partial 8 | f8  a a bes[ bes] a4. f8 a4 bes c2 \break 
bes8[ bes] bes[ a] g2 c8[ c] bes[ bes] a2 \break
f8[ f f] a a4 g e f8[( g)] f2 \break
a8[ a] a[ a] bes[ bes] a[( f)] a4 bes c2 \break
bes8[ bes] bes a g2 c4 bes a2 \break
f8[ f f] a g2 e8 e[ f g] f2 \break
f8 f[ f] a a[ g] g4 e8[ e] e[ g] \break
g f f4 a8[ g] f[ a] c2 d8[( c)] bes[( a)] \break
g2 a8[( g a bes)] c2 c8[( a)] bes[( g)] \break
f2 a4 g8 f d4( f) e( g) f4. \bar "|."

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A -- boon d -- bashma -- yo net -- qa -- dash shmok.
Tee-te mal-koo -- tok, nehwe sebyo -- nok
ay-ka-no dbash -- ma -- yo of bar -- ‘o.
Hab-lan laẖ-mo dsoonqo -- nan yaw -- mo -- no.
Washbooq lan ẖow -- bayn waẖ -- to -- hayn
ay-ka-no dof ẖnan shbaqn el-ẖa-yo -- bayn. 
Wlo ta‘lan el -- nes-yoo -- no. E-lo fa-son
men bee -- sho. Me-tool dee-lokh ee mal -- koo -- 
to, wẖay -- lo wtesh -- booẖ -- 
to l‘o -- lam ‘ol -- meen. __ A -- meen.
}

}