> 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
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>