Re: bugs

[David Raleigh Arnold]

On Friday 29 August 2003 07:16 pm, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> address@hidden writes:
> > %{ With the %%%%% stuff commented out the file runs but
> > it does not work as expected.  -2 is not in
> > front of the notehead.
>
> I've added the following to the BUGS section in 1.8:
>
>       Fingerings are only put horizontally on notes when there are also
>       fingering above and below the notes.
>
> I expect to fix this shortly in 1.9

It's the bleeding edge for me then, because I don't want to have
to change things later.
>
> > There also is no way that I can
> > find to set the thickness of the staff lines.  In the manual
> > there are many many mentions of setting stem thicknesses
> > relative to the staff line thickness but nothing about how
> > to set the staffline thickness, and no Grob with the name
> > staffLine, Staffline, Staff.Line etc. etc.
>
> Try looking up staff symbol.

I kept looking.  The links to the "collateds" don't work in
debian unstable lilypond-doc1.8.1.  They didn't in 1.8.0 either.

\outputproperty #(make-type-checker 'staff-symbol-interface) #'thickness = 
#'(0.4)

Gave error or did nothing depending on where it was put.  I
still think an example of that in the manual would be good.  DaveA

%{ With the %%%%% stuff commented out the file runs but
it does not work as expected.  -2 is not in
front of the notehead.  Hope this helps.

min.ly  ----cut here----%}

\header { title = "Min"
}

\include "english.ly" %
\paper { papersize = "letter" }
\include "paper20.ly" %
measureSkip = \notes{s1}
% measureSkip = s1 doesn't work.
% doesn't work:
lfinger = \property Voice.fingerHorizontalDirection = #LEFT

global = { \context Score
%  \outputproperty #(make-type-checker 'staff-symbol-interface) #'thickness = 
#'(0.8)
\context Voice = global \notes {
% can't find any way of doing this at all:
%  \outputproperty #(make-type-checker 'staff-symbol-interface) #'thickness = 
#'(0.2)
\property Staff.Stem \override #'thickness = #1.0
\clef "G_8" \time 4/4   \key g \major
\partial 4 s4
\measureSkip
\measureSkip
s1
s2. }
}

top = { \context Voice = top \notes {
\stemUp \lfinger
e'8 <<fs'-2>>
g'4^4 fs'8^2 e' ds'4^4 e'8 fs'^2
g'4^4 fs'8^2 e' ds'4^4 e'8 fs'^2
b4 cs'8 ds' e'4^4 d'8^4 c'
b2. }
}

\score {
       \context Staff = guitar <
                \property Staff.instrument = "Guitar"
                \global
                \top
                >
        \paper { pagenumber = no
                 % \outputproperty #(make-type-checker 'staff-symbol-interface) 
#'thickness = #'(0.4)
                 linewidth = 18.0 \cm
                 textheight = 9.0 \in
                }
        \midi  { \tempo 4=94 }
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D. Raleigh Arnold dra@ http://www.openguitar.com  address@hidden