Re: beginning a score with grace notes creates error

[Donald J. Stewart]

That was it. I was unaware of that bug.

It took me a few tries to get it working correctly -- as I have different 
numbers of grace notes, which also required copying the spacers to measures 
with fewer grace notes and matching correct number of 'events' -- but I think 
I got it sorted out!

On Tuesday, January 9, 2024 1:14:52 AM PST Richard Shann wrote:
> On Mon, 2024-01-08 at 16:16 -0800, Donald J. Stewart wrote:
> > When I insert grace notes at the beginning of a piece with multiple
> > staves, I
> > get a very strange error.
> 
> This is a notorious LilyPond bug called "Issue 34" (*)
> Use
> Command: Install Grace Note Hint
> Installs grace note spacer rests in other voices to work around a
> problem with typesetting grace notes with non-music objects that appear
> at the same moment.
> Location: Object Menu ▶ Notes/Rests ▶ Grace Notes
> Internal Name: InstallGraceNoteHint
> 
> To fix the problem.
> Richard
> (*)you can do an internet search for "lilypond issue 34" if you want to
> get an idea of its notoriety.
> 
> > I haven't had any grace note errors in other similar scores, but I
> > also
> > haven't started a piece with grace notes before.
> > 
> > When I start a simple one line test score, the error doesn't seem to
> > occur.
> > 
> > I've attached screenshots and the denemo file.
> > 
> > 
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