Re: [Denemo-devel] Did the syntax for slash chords change in 1.2?

[Richard Shann]

On Sat, 2015-10-17 at 14:27 -0400, Bric wrote:
> On 10/16/2015 08:54 AM, Richard Shann wrote:
> > On Fri, 2015-10-16 at 05:55 -0400, Bric wrote:
> >> On 12/09/2014 05:46 AM, Richard Shann wrote:
> >>> On Tue, 2014-12-09 at 10:17 +0000, Richard Shann wrote:
> >>>> On Tue, 2014-12-09 at 09:37 +0000, Richard Shann wrote:
> >>>>> On Tue, 2014-12-09 at 02:40 +0000, Lets Eat Hay wrote:
> >>>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> In 1.1.8 I could add chord symbol markings for a slash chord
> >>>>>> (inversion) such as "c:/e" to a note and it would typeset as the chord
> >>>>>> symbol "C/E" above the staff. In 1.2, this is no longer working for
> >>>>>> me. It seems to interpret it as two separate chords - C followed by E.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I notice that in 1.1.8, the LilyPond code that gets generated is
> >>>>>> "c1:/e", but in 1.2, the generated LilyPond is "c2: e2". Is this a bug
> >>>>> yes, I think it is a regression brought about by this commit
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=denemo.git;a=commit;h=d6882883f4b6de3f930b4315138a9ac149d574f7
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> author  Richard Shann <address@hidden>  
> >>>>>         Wed, 10 Sep 2014 10:05:12 +0000 (11:05 +0100)
> >>>>> committer       Richard Shann <address@hidden>  
> >>>>>         Wed, 10 Sep 2014 10:05:12 +0000 (11:05 +0100)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This allows you to change chord on a single note, but it seems it counts
> >>>>> the slash character as whitespace ...
> >>>>> Please log a bug report for this
> >>>> No need!
> >>>> I had a few minutes to look into this before leaving and it is a simple
> >>>> typo \ for / in the source code - it was supposed to be counting tab
> >>>> (\t) as white space, but instead counted backslash
> >>> backslash=>forward slash :)
> >>>
> >>>>    and t as whitespace
> >>>> (/t) ...
> >>>> I have fixed this now in git.
> >>>>
> >>>> Richard
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> >> Hi, guys:
> >>
> >> Are the "slash chords" chord symbols (e.g.,  "E/G#") supposed to be
> >> working now?
> >>
> >> I can't get them rendered correctly, using the code bits in this
> >> thread.  It renders only the "E" in the above example.
> >>
> >> Or is it a matter of denemo versions?  I am using denemo version 1.19,
> >> lilypond 2.19.3
> > There have been two releases of Denemo since then, and there is about to
> > be the major 2.0 release
> >
> > Please try
> >
> > http://denemo.org/~jjbenham/gub/uploads/denemo-mingw-2.0.0.zip
> 
> On MS windows the above initially unzipped and ran somehow; 
> subsequently, i can't find the executable to launch it.
The instructions are at
http://www.denemo.org/downloads-page/

the executable is a batch file called Denemo.bat in the top level
folder.
> 
> I ran the 1.2.4 binary on linux; seems to run OK.
> 
> Newly discovered problem:

does this refer to 1.2.4?

>  when there is a chord in the middle of a 
> measure, the subsequent chords get misaligned

I can reproduce this - I've asked the LilyPond user list about it.
Workaround is to use a chord staff (Staffs/Voices->Staff
Properties->Chord Symbols).
The Bass inversion is then added via the Chords menu.

Richard



> 
> Chords positioned on the first note of a measure are aligned correctly, 
> but positioning a chord mid-measure messes things up.
> 
> Attaching a PNG where  my "f1:/g" chord is in the middle of the first 
> measure, and the Dm chord is attached to the first note of the second 
> measure (F), but in the render window the Dm chord is bumped down, 
> across the 2nd-3rd bar boundary.  If I remove the mid-measure chord, the 
> Dm chord is rendered correctly, above the first note of the second measure.
> 
> (Should I start a new thread?)
> 
> 
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