Re: Problem with scaled durations

2013-01-04 Thread Colin Hall
On Jan 4, 2013 10:51 PM, "Marek Klein" wrote: > > Hello, > > 2013/1/4 Colin Hall >> >> Oscar has run into a known issue with the limited precision of >> Rational in Lilypond. >> >> Although David is correct that this issue can crop up in many places >> it makes sense to follow Trevor's suggestion

Re: Problem with scaled durations

2013-01-04 Thread Marek Klein
Hello, 2013/1/4 Colin Hall > Oscar has run into a known issue with the limited precision of > Rational in Lilypond. > > Although David is correct that this issue can crop up in many places > it makes sense to follow Trevor's suggestion and warn future users who > may end up with the same issue e

Re: Problem with scaled durations

2013-01-04 Thread Colin Hall
On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 10:22:02AM -, Trevor Daniels wrote: > > David Kastrup wrote Friday, January 04, 2013 9:15 AM > > > "Trevor Daniels" writes: > > > >> David Kastrup wrote Friday, January 04, 2013 8:21 AM > >> > >>> Oscar Dub writes: > > From a user perspective, I thought it

Re: Problem with scaled durations

2013-01-04 Thread Trevor Daniels
David Kastrup wrote Friday, January 04, 2013 9:15 AM > "Trevor Daniels" writes: > >> David Kastrup wrote Friday, January 04, 2013 8:21 AM >> >>> Oscar Dub writes: From a user perspective, I thought it might be nice for the compiler to send out some kind of error or warning messa

Re: Problem with scaled durations

2013-01-04 Thread David Kastrup
"Trevor Daniels" writes: > David Kastrup wrote Friday, January 04, 2013 8:21 AM > >> Oscar Dub writes: >>> >>> From a user perspective, I thought it might be nice for the compiler >>> to send out some kind of error or warning message. Currently there's >>> no sign of anything wrong except the fi

Re: Problem with scaled durations

2013-01-04 Thread Trevor Daniels
David Kastrup wrote Friday, January 04, 2013 8:21 AM > Oscar Dub writes: >> >> From a user perspective, I thought it might be nice for the compiler >> to send out some kind of error or warning message. Currently there's >> no sign of anything wrong except the final output. Is this valid >> enoug

Re: Problem with scaled durations

2013-01-04 Thread David Kastrup
Oscar Dub writes: > Interesting, thanks David! > > I think we're agreed that this was a slightly synthetic scenario. In > the project where I discovered the issue I've worked around the > problem by limiting the scope of the possible note durations as you. I > now using multiples of a very small

Re: Problem with scaled durations

2013-01-03 Thread Oscar Dub
Interesting, thanks David! I think we're agreed that this was a slightly synthetic scenario. In the project where I discovered the issue I've worked around the problem by limiting the scope of the possible note durations as you. I now using multiples of a very small base duration rather than th

Re: Problem with scaled durations

2013-01-02 Thread David Kastrup
Oscar Dub writes: > Hi everyone, > > There appears to be an issue with long lists of differently scaled LilyPond > notes where they fail to display, but leave no trace of a problem in the log > (example below). I'm having difficulty condensing the issue into something > simple enough to send t

Problem with scaled durations

2013-01-02 Thread Oscar Dub
Hi everyone, There appears to be an issue with long lists of differently scaled LilyPond notes where they fail to display, but leave no trace of a problem in the log (example below). I'm having difficulty condensing the issue into something simple enough to send to the bug list, but maybe someo