[Denemo-devel] Re: New Paste in git

[Nils Gey]

I have to make a correction about my cursor suggestion:

My suggestion is not a solution, it only is one for notes with the stem left. 
Moving the cursor left or right will not improve the situation.
How about a different cursor at all? Keep the litte green block that indicates 
where you are vertically, but add another thin line which shows the horizontal 
position for the current staff, too? This would result in a cross, maybe even a 
crosshair/reticle.

Nils

On Fri, 7 May 2010 14:56:11 +0200
Nils Gey <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi list,
> 
> I have commited a new paste script to git. Please test!
> In terms of a roadmap this is an improvement. Most notably paste now behaves 
> correctly for multistaff-pasting without adding additional empty measures 
> making it finally possible to copy entire parts. Its also good to know that 
> partial and incomplete measures, including Anacrusis, do get pasted 
> correctly, as incomplete measures again.
> 
> Please note that if you paste an the end of a movement with uneven 
> measure-counts per staff the Paste-script will be "dumb" and simply attach 
> the pasted content at the end of each staff which does not have enough 
> measures. I made a decision against let Denemo add empty measures to sync.
> 
> Here is a quick summary what I've tested and what does not work. so far there 
> will be no structural damage by pasting, only if you use voices. A bit 
> nagging is that staccato and other markings do not get copied so far. I think 
> Richard should know that Figured Bass is NOT copied, too. I think this is not 
> a paste problem but a clipboard/copy problem.
> 
> Tested and works:
> for single and multistaff: 
> notes, rests, chords, keysig, timesig, clef,  lily-directives, slurs, tied 
> notes, noteheads, parenthesis, tuplets, stem directives, lilypond directives 
> including special barlines, grace notes, beam directives, comment, 
> chord-symbol, anacrusis and other partial measures, fingerings, Attached 
> Lilypond to Chord and Note, glissando, cresc, decresc, metronome attached to 
> chord
> 
> Does not work:
> figured bass, staccato, tenuto, accent many other Notes/Rests->Markings
> 
> Deprecated (means the object type the paste script tests for. I don't know 
> exactly what each of this is.)
> barline, dynamic, grace start, grace end, lyric, figure, fakechord, partial 
> (object #17, not anacrusis)
> 
> What horribly does not work:
> Voices. This is a grander topic for its own anyway...
> Copy/Cut multi-staff out of staffs with missing measures (typically 
> encountered at the end of a movement). This needs further investigation.
> 
> Finally a suggestion to make the user-feedback and control better:
> - Denemos Cursor is, in general, too far to the right. Please make it not 
> left-align but centered. Means: Move it a few pixels too the left. The user 
> always has the feeling he is "behind" a note while in reality he is on a note 
> left to a cursor. Its confusing enough for most people that they expect a 
> "between"-space, between two objects where there is none.
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Nils
> 
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