Re: Strange rest dots behaviour - bug?

[Mats Bengtsson]

Erik Sandberg wrote:
> On Monday 09 May 2005 13.46, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
>
> > I can confirm the bug on Cygwin 2.4.3 as well as Erik's observation
> > that it doesn't happen in 2.4.6. Unfortunately, I have no idea on
> > what could have changed between the versions that affects this.
>
>
> Is there a difference between different versions of gs? Does the dvi output 
> look bad as well?

Thomas says so if you look a few lines below! Also, since the dots are
placed at their default position, I definitely suspect a bug in
LilyPond.

   /Mats

> Erik
>
>
> >    /Mats
> >
> > Thomas Scharkowski wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Erik,
> > >
> > > I looked at "testrest.dvi" with MikTex Yap and get the same output.
> > >
> > > Thomas
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Sunday 08 May 2005 19.38, Thomas Scharkowski wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello list,
> > > > >
> > > > > sorry for the long example, but I could not shorten more.
> > > > > In bar 9 and 10 of the attached example the rests in voice "Bass"
> > > > > are shifted, but the dots remain at the default position. If I
> > > > > delete or shorten voice "Middle" the problem disappears.
> > > >
> > > > Looks like a nasty bug. I tried it with a recent 2.5.x version as well
> > > > as with 2.4.2 and 2.4.6, and the problem doesn't appear there.
> > > >
> > > > The next version 2.6 will soon be released, and the problem _might_
> > > > have been fixed there. If you upgrade to 2.6, please tell us again if
> > > > anything similar ever occurs again.
> > > >
> > > > Erik
> > > >
> > > > (btw: the problem could be related to the ps->pdf generation process,
> > > > I have seen displaced objects before. Could you check what the .ps or
> > > > .dvi output look like? If they look good, a solution to your problem
> > > > could be to download a newer or older version of ghostscript.)
> > >
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