Re: Help in setting up music fragments in LaTeX

[Mats Bengtsson]

What LilyPond version are you using?
Maybe you have been hit by the same bug as
http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2003-10/msg00399.html

   /Mats

jeff williams wrote:
> Greetings Mats,
>
> Thanks for the help.  Unfortunately, I had tried both suggestions before 
> writing to you.  With the linewidth parameter, the staff itself is 2.5 inches 
> wide, which is not the intention.  The fragment tag also seems to do no good.
>
> From what I can tell, lilypond is taking the default line width of 6 inches or 
> so and treating the white space of that line as non-padded spaces.  In other 
> words, the white space is not being treated like white space but like 
> characters which need to be printed.  Thus the height problem is caused by 
> fitting a 6 inch line on the 2.5 inch card -- the line wrap itself is causing 
> trouble.  I think.  The same height problem happens even if I print the music 
> in 11 point type.
>
> Being more of a groff type of person rather than LaTeX, I'm not knowledgable 
> about some of the subtle problems of integrating lilypond into a LaTeX 
> document.
>
> In the documentation for lilypond, one bug that was noted is the linewidth of 
> a fragment is not properly handled.  Is this what I am running up against?  
> If so, possibly the flash cards can't be done with the current lilypond 
> release.
>
> Again, thanks for your help.
>
> jeff williams
>
> On Wednesday 03 December 2003 04:33 am, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
>
> > The linewidth option should do it. Try something like:
> >
> > \lilypond[notime,26pt,linewidth=2.5in]
> >  { \clef alto c'4  }
> >
> > A good alternative is
> >
> > \lilypond[notime,26pt,fragment]
> >  { \clef alto c'4  }
> >
> > I don't know anything about the labels style, but it seems that
> > you will have to fiddle with some parameters since the vertical
> > spacing breaks.
> >
> >    /Mats
> >
> > jeff williams wrote:
> >
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > I'm trying to print a viola flashcard using LaTeX and Lilypond.  Output
> > > will be on laser business card stock, thus I need to use the Labels style
> > > sheet for LaTeX.
> > >
> > > The problem, the fragment of music which will be on the front of the card
> > > seems to be the width of a normal line of print (6.5 in), and not the 3.5
> > > in needed for the business card.  I've tried explicitly setting line
> > > width as per the lilypond-book manual, but the output still overflows the
> > > business card.
> > >
> > > I've also tried "raggedright", explicit line breaks, and the fragment tag
> > > but to no avail.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?  I sure would like to help my daughter learn alto cleff as she
> > > transitions from the violin to the viola.
> > >
> > > Many thanks.

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