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Re: various problems using lilypond 1.3.111
From: |
Michael Vanier |
Subject: |
Re: various problems using lilypond 1.3.111 |
Date: |
Mon, 27 Nov 2000 02:56:13 -0800 (PST) |
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> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 10:11:19 +0100
> From: Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm in the process of converting a variety of files from older lilypond
> > versions (1.2.16) to 1.3.111. I'm running this on a generic RH Linux 6.1
> > system using python 2.0 and guile 1.4. Here are some of the problems I've
> > been having.
> >
> > 1) "convert-ly" doesn't work out-of-the-box because of changes in python
> > 2.0. Specifically, the "append" list method will not wrap multiple
> > arguments into a tuple; you have to specify it manually. This means
> > that all calls to append need extra parens around them e.g.
> >
> > conversions.append (
> > (0,1,20), conv, 'deprecated \\textstyle, new \key syntax')
> >
> > should be
> >
> > conversions.append (
> > ((0,1,20), conv, 'deprecated \\textstyle, new \key syntax'))
> >
> > After that the program works. This should also be downward compatible
> > with python 1.6.
>
> Could you please send a patch to Han-Wen and Jan
> (diff -u convert-ly.py.orig convert-ly.py).
Done.
>
> > 2) I've been unable to figure out a way to specify a bass clef for any .ly
> > files. The old system doesn't work, and I can't get any of the test
> > files to give me a bass clef either (e.g. inputs/test/clefs.ly). Side
> > note: the test files don't have a single standard for this either, with
> > some using
> >
> > \clef "bass";
> >
> > and others
> >
> > \clef bass;
> >
> > What is the correct way to do this? The documentation barely mentions
> > this.
> >
> > BTW many of the test files generate fatal errors when run through
> > ly2dvi. I can supply a list if you're interested.
>
> Please read the FAQ on messed up symbols at
> http://appel.lilypond.org/wiki/index.php?PostProcessing
I did, and I re-installed the fonts, but I still can't get a bass clef.
The notes that should be in the bass clef are shifted down so they appear
in a line with a treble clef and a lot of ledger lines at the bottom.
Mike