Re: Strange message with autochange

2010-03-02 Thread George_
Mats Bengtsson-4 wrote: > > > Well, if you manage to describe how that should work. If you imagine > yourself in the role of the autochanger, how would you react if somebody > else did some extra staff changes every now and then. When should you > start doing your ordinary job after such a

Re: Strange message with autochange

2010-03-01 Thread James Bailey
On 01.03.2010, at 06:03, George_ wrote: I disagree. Once again citing my hypothetical 500-bar fugue, it seems incomprehensible to me that there should not be a compromise between the autochange function and manual staff changes. It just blows my mind that something so feature-rich as Lilypon

Re: Strange message with autochange

2010-03-01 Thread Mats Bengtsson
George_ wrote: I could try that. But would it be possible to request a feature that allows manual and automatic staff changes at the same time? Well, if you manage to describe how that should work. If you imagine yourself in the role of the autochanger, how would you react if somebody else

Re: Strange message with autochange

2010-02-28 Thread George_
James Bailey-4 wrote: > > I'm still not convinced that the autochanger was ever meant to be > mixed with the manual changer. It seems that, if anything, the bug is > that it's possible to have manual staff changes whilst using the > autochanger. > I disagree. Once again citing my hypo

Re: Strange message with autochange

2010-02-28 Thread George_
I could try that. But would it be possible to request a feature that allows manual and automatic staff changes at the same time? Thanks George James Bailey-4 wrote: > > The only problem I have with this is that I don't think that manual > staff changes are supposed to work with autochange.

Re: Strange message with autochange

2010-02-28 Thread James Bailey
On 28.02.2010, at 10:56, Xavier Scheuer wrote: 2010/2/28 James Bailey : The only problem I have with this is that I don't think that manual staff changes are supposed to work with autochange. … So, according to the doc, it should be possible to mix automatic and manual staff changes. Or thi

Re: Strange message with autochange

2010-02-28 Thread James Bailey
On 28.02.2010, at 10:56, Xavier Scheuer wrote: 2010/2/28 James Bailey : The only problem I have with this is that I don't think that manual staff changes are supposed to work with autochange. … So, according to the doc, it should be possible to mix automatic and manual staff changes. Or thi

Re: Strange message with autochange

2010-02-28 Thread Xavier Scheuer
2010/2/28 James Bailey : > The only problem I have with this is that I don't think that manual > staff changes are supposed to work with autochange. That's what I thought too. But with a further look at the doc one can see, under "Changing staff automatically" (autochange): If additional contr

Re: Strange message with autochange

2010-02-27 Thread James Bailey
The only problem I have with this is that I don't think that manual staff changes are supposed to work with autochange. I could force things to work, but the known issues and warnings says that if you want high quality output, staff switches should be specified manually. And yeah, I realize

Re: Strange message with autochange

2010-02-27 Thread George_
Okay, I've put the snippet in the quote. Basically the first change shows the \change not working; the second one shows the \change working. Regardless, both produce errors in the log. > \version "2.13.7" > > \new PianoStaff { > << > \new Staff = "up" { >

Re: Strange message with autochange

2010-02-27 Thread James Bailey
Again, I don't know what the expected behavior of autochange is, it seems to be a pretty simple tool, however you may be able to achieve the desired result with a spacer rest. << \new PianoStaff { << \new Staff = "up" { \new Voice = "melOne" { \key

Re: Strange message with autochange

2010-02-27 Thread James Bailey
I can add the bug to the tracker, but can you make a short snippet (http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/web/tiny-examples#Tiny- examples) that demonstrates the problem. and then a sentence or two that explains what the behavior should be. Then I'll know what to add, 'cause I don't ev

Re: Strange message with autochange

2010-02-27 Thread Patrick McCarty
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 12:32 PM, George_ wrote: > > Is there any particular format I need to conform to for bug reports, or do I > just write 'freestyle'? Yes, see this page for some hints: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/web/bug-reports Thanks, Patrick __

Re: Strange message with autochange

2010-02-27 Thread George_
Is there any particular format I need to conform to for bug reports, or do I just write 'freestyle'? Patrick McCarty-3 wrote: > > On 2010-02-27, George_ wrote: >> >> So where can I report this? > > If you run LilyPond without arguments, you'll see the bug report URL > listed at the very bottom

Re: Strange message with autochange

2010-02-27 Thread Patrick McCarty
On 2010-02-27, George_ wrote: > > So where can I report this? If you run LilyPond without arguments, you'll see the bug report URL listed at the very bottom: http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs -Patrick ___ lilypond-u

Re: Strange message with autochange

2010-02-27 Thread George_
>Actually I'm not a pianist, nor some kind of "LilyPond-genius", so my >answer was only based on my knowledge of LilyPond (little with >keyboard-related stuffs) and also based on your minimal code, which had >only one (zero) staff change... > >Pardon my bloody stupid answer. I'm sorry. >Indeed,

Re: Strange message with autochange

2010-02-27 Thread Xavier Scheuer
On 27 February 2010 06:09, George_ wrote: > So say I have a piece that is five hundred bars long. Say I use > autochange to get Lilypond to automatically change staff for the > music. Say that there are 50 staff changes that are particularly > awkward. You are telling me that the only alternative

Re: Strange message with autochange

2010-02-26 Thread George_
>Why are you using *both* \autochange (i.e. _automatic_ staff changing) >and \change Staff = "up" (i.e. _manual_ staff changing) ? > >To my opinion either you let LilyPond change automatically at a certain >note, either you decide yourself when to change, and you say LilyPond >when (using the \cha

Re: Strange message with autochange

2010-02-26 Thread Xavier Scheuer
On 26 February 2010 20:46, George_ wrote: > Hey, guys, could I please get some help for this? I really need to get this > music transcribed for a competition in April, help would be greatly > appreciated. Thanks! Hi, I don't understand what you are trying to achieve... On 23 February 2010 22:

Re: Strange message with autochange

2010-02-26 Thread George_
Hey, guys, could I please get some help for this? I really need to get this music transcribed for a competition in April, help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Strange-message-with-autochange-tp27710824p27722612.html Sent from the Gnu -

Re: Strange message with autochange

2010-02-23 Thread George_
Update: if I put \change Staff = "up" after the rest, the b goes onto the right staff. However, the rest still stays on the bottom staff, and I get this in the log: D:/Music Work/Sheet Music/BWV 533/BWV533.ly:24:52: warning: cannot find context to switch to