> I am not top posting
I have found a bug with the lyrics tie feature ( "~" in the lyrics section).
lilypond can compile it perfectly to a .ps file, but the process of
converting it to .pdf fails. The weird thing is that typing manually the command
mentioned in the error message, the conversion w
> I'm not top posting.
% This bug is not important, it happens when:
% 1. use the ambitus engraver
% 2. a clef transposed one octava down
% 3. the first note is above the staff
% Lilypond compiles it perfectly but it says:
% programming error: Adding reverse rod
% continuing, cross fingers
\ver
> I'm not top posting.
The ligature bracket right-end is affected by other voices.
In this example, the first ligature is printed correctly, but not the second
because there is other voice doing quarters.
---
\version "2.11.17"
<<
\new Staff {\[b2 b\]
Hello!
I have seen a problem with ligatures, the horizontal bracket joining
notes denoted with \[ and \].
The problem is that the start and end point of the bracket seems to be
affected by the rythmic figures of other simultaneus voices.
In this small example, the first bracket has an incorrec
Hello!
There is a problem with the ligature spacing.
I think it is a known problem, but I mention it just in case.
The spacing after a ligature seems to be proportional to the number of
notes it contains. This is wrong. If there is a switch to change this
behaviour it should be set in the defin
Hello!
I tried to make a VaticanaStaff larger, changing the font and the
StaffSymbol. This works well for regular Staff, but in Vaticana Staff
the "stems" are not scaled. Look at the virga in the second example,
it has a very small stem compared with the notehead.
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I realized that the description of vocal music, in particular the
hyphens, in the manual and tutorial (developement version)
is not updated with the new (and beutiful) way in which lilypond renders
lyrics.
It says that hyphens are centered between sylable with variable length,
this was true in o
