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{gregorio} is for questions addressing issues related to the Gregorian chant and TeX.

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Decrease space between staves in Gregorio

How can I reduce the spacing between staves? I decreased my staff size using \grechangestaffsize{8} and decreased the font size using \tiny, but the space between the staves did not decrease ...
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Setting number of staff lines outside the header using snippet

I would like to use the \gabcsnippet command inside my LaTeX. However, I need 5 lines, not 4. Is there a way to modify the staff-lines header with a command like this: \documentclass{article} \...
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How do I install TeX Live on Ubuntu 20.04 in order to use Gregorio

I wanted to install TeX Live on Ubuntu 20.04 in order to use Gregorio in Scribus, and used apt-get to do a full install, but it seems as though that may not be the best way to install it (for example, ...
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Can I \include sub-documents that employ gregorio?

I'd like to better manage a large latex document that incorporates many gregorio scores, by breaking it down into a main tex document and a number of sub-documents, incorporated into main with \...
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Gregoriotex interferes badly with fancyhdr, how to solve this?

This is a sequel to this question. But it addresses a different problem. When the above mentioned question was posed about a year ago, I had not noticed it. By accident I saw it last week, and as it ...
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invisible note in Gregorio

Is there a way to make an invisible note in Gregorio? I'm trying to use abovelinetext to put some text before the music starts, but it seems to need a note to attach to. I thought if I could attach ...
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center above line text on a specific character in Gregorio

In the lyrics, you can align a letter of a word with a note by using the {}. Ce{n}ter(g) This will place the 'n' of 'Center' under the note. Is there a way to do this with abovelinetext? I tried <...
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write flat sign in lyrics in Gregorio

I want to write B-flat3 underneath a lyric so the singer knows the absolute pitch to start on. My[Start on B-flat3](abc) Ly(def)rics(gh) But, I want the symbol for the flat. Is that possible?
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Problem with argument expansion in xstrings \IfSubStr nested in package macros

Thanks for any suggestions on this problem. This is a variation on how to use xstrings to make a test when the xstrings test function is buried deep in code. I have read a dozen examples or more on ...
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lualatex hyphenation issue in fancyhdr, with gregoriotex and multicols, latin text

The problem presents as each word in the header becoming hyphenated with each syllable on its own line, making the header unreasonably tall. The problem is intermittent, not occurring on every page. ...
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Turn off list indentation for a single \gabcsnippet{} block

For some needs, I have some \gabcsnippet blocks within a list-like environment (itemize or enumerate). How to skip list indentation for these blocks only? Example: \documentclass{minimal} \usepackage{...
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Can I use Gregorio with ConTeXt?

I've been typesetting documents in LaTeX using Gregorio to set Gregorian chant notation. Now I'm trying out ConTeXt, and want to use it with Gregorio. I think this should be possible, because Gregorio ...
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Gregorio - Glyph missing?

I've just updated to TexLive 2019 on Mac and then Gregorio 5.2.1. This is the file I'm trying to compile (with my past distribution of TexLive 2018): % !TEX program = LuaLaTeX+se % !TEX encoding = ...
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command in {after} section of environment behaving oddly

In its simplest form, I'm trying to do an environment which wraps the filecontents environment, and does some stuff after the file is written. \usepackage[autocompile]{gregoriotex} \newenvironment{...
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Attempt to call a nil value (field 'check_version') when working with gregorio

I am not an expert with Latex at all and I am just happy to be able to use it — to some extent. After quite some time, I decided to continue working with it and I saw that all my Gregorian chants do ...
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Making the left-hand side of a double spread always print the same within part of a document

I wish to print the actual running text* of part of a document only on the right-hand side pages of double spreads, while the left-hand side repeats the same every time because the reader will want to ...
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How to delete unwanted blank page in parallel text?

I'm compiling a bilingual Gregorio document, and a couple of pages into the booklet I use the \parallel package so that chant on an odd page continue onto the next odd page (and same for even pages). ...
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Gregorio - How to get 5 line staff

wondering if there's a way to get a 5 line staff output with Gregorio. Default is 4 line staff, but I have read all the documentation and seems possible but they didn't mention how.
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How to create or import a bilingual table from Word in LaTeX?

Short story: How can I recreate this table in LaTeX, I am currently experimenting with the parallel and parcolumns packages, but the results are not similar. Long story: I am trying to make a ...
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gregorio - Is there a way to increase spacing between staffs?

Using lualatex in TeXLive 2016: Let's say I wanted to add more whitespace between each staff. How would that work? Would such a parameter be defined in the .gabc or in the .tex file? Edit: Here's ...
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Making the document hight size to content

A bit of context to help understand what I want to do. I am working with a project that is using Gregorio to typeset chant. The output is not used in a PDF but rather converted to images to be used in ...
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Changing fonts that are in Latex

I've encountered a bit of a problem. Namely, I'm using gregorio to typeset chant notation, but I'm doing it for cistercian chant notation. There is one slight issue with that. Namely, the dagger ...
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Automate Multiline Alignment in Gregorio for Litanies and Verses [closed]

I'm trying to use Gregorio to create a multiline file in using Latex. I have successfully compiled scores using my system, so in terms of a working Gregorio install, things are working fine. In ...
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How to align text at multiple specific places?

Up till yesterday I have always done all my layout in InDesign. However, there are places where this makes things tedious, so I'm trying to see how to do all the hard work in tex. In my tex file I ...
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Two lines above initial in Gregorio

I'm using gregorio to write a gregorian chant. In that chant, I would like to have two lines above the initial. Unfortunately, in the TeX file, there's only a command which produces a single line of ...
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Texlive and Gregorio Manual Font Installation

Here I am again trying to get Gregorio working. I discovered that the Gregorio installation failed to install its fonts, so I am trying to install them manually. When I run Gregorio, I get this ...
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Getting Gregorio to work on Windows 7

I need help trying to get Gregorio working on Windows 7 x64. I've installed TeX Live 2012 and Gregorio, and have configured TeXworks. When I try to compile a tex file, it tells me that it can't find ...
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Sublime Text 2 latex tools/New Build

Please excuse me if I've posted this in the wrong area. I've just started using Sublime Text 2 for Latex with the LaTeX tools plugin. It's wonderful. I'm using Mac ox 10.6.8 I'm wondering about ...
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How to install Gregorio package on Ubuntu with TeXLive installed?

Does anyone here have experience installing the gregorio packages to work in Ubuntu using the non-repo TeXLive? Gregorio isn't packaged on CTAN as far as I could tell, and I don't know enough to be ...
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