Re: fret-diagram, big black line across 1:st fret (no capo specified)

[David Kastrup]

bluelegend <address@hidden> writes:

> Greetings fellow lilyponders.
> I am using Lilypond 2.12.3 (still the standard in Ubuntu Lucid I guess).
>
> Problem: When I try to add some standard fret-diagrams [practically verbatim
> from the manual]

You should have tried _actually_ verbatim from the manual, using copy
and paste.

> there always appears a big ugly black line all across the 1:st fret.

No, the 0th fret.

> Tried to search but couldn't find any relevant previous posts. Help
> much appreciated.
>
> Below is a close to minimal example + the output:
>
> %Produces big black line across 1:st fret, although no capo specified
> \version "2.12.3"
> \paper{ ragged-right=##t }
>    {
>       c'1^\markup \fret-diagram-terse #"x;0;2;0;2;0;" 
>       c'1^\markup \fret-diagram #"6-x;5-0;4-2;3-0;2-2;1-0;" 
>       c'1^\markup \fret-diagram-terse #"0;3;2;0;1;0;" 
>    }
>
> http://old.nabble.com/file/p33544697/strange_fretdiagram_output.png 

It would appear that you have not read or understood that "o" is used
for specifying an open string, whereas "0" is used for specifying a
finger placed on the bridge.

-- 
David Kastrup