Re: Creating full score and parts in one PDF

[Richard Shann]

On Tue, 2022-02-15 at 14:48 +0000, Joe Wilkinson wrote:
> Hi Richard,
> No joy I'm afraid
> Window still says I have a book with 0 pages.
> And I have added the Path to denemo\bin (added to batch file as
> below).
> denemo\bin contain gs.exe.
> Best wishes
> Joe
> 
> 
> @ECHO OFF
> PATH=%Path;C:\Users\joean\Desktop\Den13Feb\denemo\bin

I've some recollection that the correct syntax is %PATH% for the name
of the PATH environment variable in Windows, but I think there is some
deeper problem to do with setting other environment variables for
ghostscript to run. I'll investigate further...

Richard



> cd /D %~dp0
> START /B .\bin\denemo.exe %1
> START /B .\bin\regfont -a .\share\fonts\truetype\denemo\feta.ttf
> START /B .\bin\regfont -a .\share\fonts\truetype\denemo\Denemo.ttf
> START /B .\bin\regfont -a
> .\share\fonts\truetype\denemo\emmentaler.ttf
> 
> 
> On 14/02/2022 08:20, Richard Shann wrote:
> > On Sun, 2022-02-13 at 22:17 +0000, Joe Wilkinson wrote:
> > >   Hi Richard,
> > >   I just downloaded denemo and tried with a simple file of 1
> > > movement
> > > & 4 staffs.
> > >   It was a bit clunky, as you say, but probably liveable with.
> > > BUT
> > >   Firstly every time you ass a page I get the window below which
> > > has
> > > an unhelpful message.
> > :) that was the helpful message I put in as an enhancement. Without
> > it
> > when you add a new layout you would get no further feedback. What
> > do I
> > do now you ask yourself, did it add the layout, you ask yourself.
> > So I
> > added this message that tells you, rather indirectly (*) how far
> > you
> > have got with adding your layouts. The crucial question is, does
> > this
> > popup say you have  n pages after you've added a layout (where n is
> > the
> > sum of the number of pages in all the layouts added so far)? If not
> > then the ghostscript program is not being found. If you can
> > experiment
> > by setting your PATH environment variable to include the location
> > ..\denemo\bin where denemo.exe and lilypond-windows.exe are found
> > and
> > try again that will be informative. The ghostscript program will be
> > called gs.exe I suspect.
> > 
> > >   And secondly (worse) when I asked it to create the pdf it gave
> > > me a
> > > default name which I changed and then asked me for a location. I
> > > tried the desktop and pressed Close but no file appeared on the
> > > desktop. I tried this 3 times in 3 locations and it vanished each
> > > time.
> > well, it is ghostscript that will generate the PDF so if it is not
> > adding pages in the first step this would be expected.
> > 
> > Thanks for the testing...
> > 
> > Richard
> > (*) more helpful would be if the script kept a list of layouts you
> > had
> > added and read them back out to you at this point, so you could see
> > where you had got to.
> > 
> > >   Joe
> > >   
> > >   
> > >   
> > > On 12/02/2022 16:31, Richard Shann wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2022-02-12 at 14:24 +0000, Richard Shann wrote:
> > >   
> > > > On Sat, 2022-02-12 at 11:39 +0000, Richard Shann wrote:
> > > >   
> > > > > On Fri, 2022-02-11 at 19:02 +0000,
> > > > > joeandangela@btinternet.com wrote:
> > > > >   
> > > > > > I'll download tomorrow and try
> > > > > It's in today's build at:
> > > > > 
> > > > > Command: Export Book of Layouts
> > > > > Allows the creation of a single PDF containing a variety of
> > > > > layouts
> > > > > (e.g. Full Score and individual parts). The layouts can have
> > > > > different
> > > > > font sizes etc, unlike the Append option in the Print View.
> > > > > Location: Main Menu ▶ File ▶ Export As
> > > > > Internal Name: ExportBook
> > > > > 
> > > > > I have in mind a few tweaks to make the construction of the
> > > > > book
> > > > > more
> > > > > transparent, but I think it is good to go.
> > > > > With this command I think you could construct a book
> > > > > comprising
> > > > > scores
> > > > > from different Denemo files... (not tested).
> > > > I've tested this now and it works, indeed you can create a
> > > > title
> > > > page
> > > > for your book by creating a Denemo score that just has LilyPond
> > > > markup
> > > > (*) and no actual music and make that the first "layout" in
> > > > your
> > > > book,
> > > > then load the score and typeset various layouts adding them to
> > > > your
> > > > book.
> > > > 
> > > > Richard
> > > > 
> > > > (*) I'm not sure what the best way to do this might be - what I
> > > > did
> > > > was
> > > > to use the "Text after Movement" on a blank score and then
> > > > delete
> > > > the
> > > > only staff in the movement so that all that was left was the
> > > > text.
> > > I've included a template for a book title page - it can be opened
> > > and
> > > the text altered and then included as the first page in a Denemo
> > > Book.
> > > You would then load the actual score and put the various layouts
> > > into
> > > the book before finally generating the PDF.
> > > I've attached the template here for those who don't want to wait
> > > until
> > > tomorrow. There is a prize of 10 Gold Denemo Stars to the person
> > > who
> > > crafts the best looking title page template to replace my quick
> > > and
> > > whimiscal effort. The LilyPond documentation
> > >   
> > > https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/notation/text-markup-commands
> > >   will explain how to draw boxes around text etc etc...
> > > 
> > > Richard
> > > 
> > > 
> > >   
> > > >    
> > > > > Richard
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > >   
> > > > > > Joe
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On 11 Feb 2022 16:54, Richard Shann <
> > > > > > richard@rshann.plus.com>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >   
> > > > > > > On Fri, 2022-02-11 at 09:49 +0000, Joe Wilkinson wrote:
> > > > > > >   
> > > > > > > > Hi Richard,
> > > > > > > > I've just tried it out on a 128 measure piece.
> > > > > > > > It works fine though, as you say, it would be nice if
> > > > > > > >   * it could print out different parts with different
> > > > > > > > score
> > > > > > > > sizes
> > > > > > > > (could be difficult)
> > > > > > > >   * if the score size chosen wasn't always the last one
> > > > > > > >   * if the individual parts could start on a new page,
> > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > >   * if the version didn't get printed out for each
> > > > > > > > part, in
> > > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > stack!
> > > > > > > All of these (except perhaps the last) are not possible
> > > > > > > at
> > > > > > > present
> > > > > > > with
> > > > > > > LilyPond (*) so I have created a way to do this from
> > > > > > > Denemo.
> > > > > > > Attached is a Scheme script which allows you to create a
> > > > > > > "Book"
> > > > > > > comprizing various layouts which the command will combine
> > > > > > > together
> > > > > > > as a
> > > > > > > final PDF. You have to invoke the command once for each
> > > > > > > layout
> > > > > > > you
> > > > > > > want
> > > > > > > to include in the book.
> > > > > > > It is quite clunky but I think it is working - if you can
> > > > > > > test
> > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > out
> > > > > > > on Windows that would be helpful.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Richard
> > > > > > > (*) I asked on the LilyPond mailing list
> > > > > > >   
> > > > > > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2022-02/msg00247.html
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > and it is a deep-rooted problem :(
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > >     
> > >   
> > 
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