Re: Some Questions

[Mats Bengtsson]

Cesar Penagos wrote:
> Dear Lilyponders:
> I have installed the 2.10 version running under windows XP.
> I'm working in a large orchestral score.
> I have two questions:
> 1. I have installed Ghostview and Foxit pdf reader, Lilypond gently 
> output the 2 formats, The .ps and the .pdf at the same time, taking a 
> long time to work.
> Is there a command to say lilypond to output only pdf's or only ps', 
> and where I put the command?
You can start a command prompt (Start menu -> Accessories -> Command 
promt),
change directory to the folder where you have saved your file (using the 
command "cd")
and then call lilypond using
lilypond --ps myfile.ly
to avoid the extra time taken to convert the .ps also to a .pdf.
If you want this to happen when you double-click on a .ly file to 
process it,
you can redefine the command associated with .ly files and add the --ps 
flag there
(I don't have a Windows box in front of me right now, so I don't 
remember the
exact details).
> 2. As I tell before, I'm working in an orchestral score. I put this 
> command in a Score.ly
> # (set-global-staff-size 15)at the top  of  the Director score.
> But I wan to preserve the size of individual instruments at 22, that 
> actually take the 15 size. How can I resolve this?. I have had take a 
> look on the guide, but is not clear to me where I must put the 
> commands to preserve the proper sizes in each score ( the instruments 
> at 22 and the full-score at 15)
> thank you in advance.
The easiest is to divide your project into several files, see the 
section "An orchestral part"
in the Tutorial. Then you can set the staff size differently in the file 
for the score output
and for the individual parts. If you want to have several \score{...} 
blocks within the
same file and use different sizes in each, you can use
\score{
 ...
 \layout{
   #(layout-set-staff-size 15)
 }
}

   /Mats