Re: Non-justified plainchant (Gregorian and modern notation)

[Ruud van Silfhout]

Hi Benjamin,

In a dutch hymne book I made, I needed a comparable feature.
It is not readily available in lilypond, but in one of the examples (an
ancient version of the Dutch national anthem,
http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.3/input/out-www/wilhelmus.png
generated from
http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.3/input/out-www/wilhelmus.ly.txt)
shows how you can do this.
Apart from what you need, I would also prefer a definable left margin to
align and
offset the left side of the text lines.
If you need another example, I can send you one privately.

Regards,
Ruud van Silfhout

----- Original Message -----
From: "Benjamin D. Smedberg" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 11:47 PM
Subject: Non-justified plainchant (Gregorian and modern notation)


> I am new to Lilypond, having been a user of Finale for many years. I am
> a relatively experienced programmer, having extensive experience within
> the Mozilla project. I have several questions, but I'll start out with
> something I hope is fairly simple:
>
> I do quite of bit of engraving in plainchant, both modern and Gregorian.
> I have not discovered a layout mode which does not justify the music on
> each line. In plainchant, the staff lines should extend to the end of
> each line, but the actual notes and text should be spaced and engraved
> as if it were left-justified (except for the custos). Does this mode
> already exist, and I missed it? Or is it something that should exist as
> a scheme extension, and can I get guidance on how I could code that?
>
> --Benjamin Smedberg
> Director of Music, St. Patrick Church: Washington, DC
>
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