RE: Measure runs off PDF file after 5 8th notes in 4/4 time

[John J]

Thanks for the help on this issue without even looking
at the source.  I added measure checks for every
measure until it cleaned up.  As Trevor says there was
a long measure that caused the problem and now I'm
back to working on the music.  I had one other email
that also mentioned this as the likely source and
grateful for the quick and accurate response the I got
from the list. 
regards,
JJ

--- Trevor Daniels <address@hidden> wrote:

> 
> John
> 
> The usual cause of this behaviour is because
> LilyPond cannot
> find a suitable place to break the line.  Line
> breaks can
> occur only at 'complete' bars, ie where the last
> note(s) in
> the bar in all staves end(s) at the automatically
> inserted
> barline.  If any note carries over no break can take
> place.
> A single wrongly inserted duration can progagate
> this
> condition though many bars.  A bar check will
> generate a
> warning at each check where a carry-over of duration
> occurs.
> If carry-overs are intended, a manually inserted bar
> can
> indicate to LP that a break may occur.  Other things
> that
> can prevent a line break are a sequence of manually
> inserted
> beams or tuplets which straddle barlines.
> 
> Trevor D
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> address@hidden
> > [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+t.daniels=treda.co.u
> > address@hidden Behalf Of
> > John J
> > Sent: 02 November 2007 00:48
> > To: address@hidden
> > Subject: Measure runs off PDF file after 5 8th
> > notes in 4/4 time
> >
> >
> > It isn't easy to search the archive for this
> bizarre
> > problem. Everything was
> > working fine until the moment it stopped working.
> > Before, everything lived up
> > to the hype and I was happy, after, I just keep
> trying
> > things without anything
> > working.  The first line of this piece, lilypond
> > prints 5 measures.  The second
> > line has 14.5 measures and they are crammed with
> > notes. The last line has 6 measures
> > of notes followed by an empty measure in all three
> > parts and then pianoRH has continuing
> > staff lines.  I have measure checks in the piece
> and
> > all pass even at the final
> > measure of 32 bars. I tried adding empty measures
> to
> > pianoLH and clarinet but that shortened
> > pianoRH by an empty measure.  I am using 2.11.33
> now
> > after using 2.10.33 with no change.
> > I have specified the paper size with no change in
> the
> > output.  If anyone has seen anything
> > like this, I would be happy to know how to work
> around
> > it. FYI, the midi plays correctly and the PS
> version
> > is
> > identically messed up.  I am running Ubuntu linux
> and
> > both 704 and 710 work the same.
> >

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