Re: Possible bug? Engraving forgets symbol

[Xavier Scheuer]

On 25 October 2010 12:53, Mat Simon <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I'm quite sure the following minimal sample gets wrongly engraved with the
> latest 2.12.3  release - that is packaged in Ubuntu 10.10 (amd64)
>
> My english in terms of musical voabulary is rather bad, I hope you
> understand
> what I'd like to show you, here it goes:
>
> \version "2.12.3"
> \score {
>  \relative c'' {
>    cis,
>    c       % done right: There is "unsharp" symbol
>    cis     % re-do another cis
>    c'      % write c but higher this time -> annotation missing (a
> musian would play a cis instead)
>    }
>
>  \layout { }
> }

Hi!

No, this is not a bug.  This is standard engraving practice.
Musicians should be aware of this convention: accidentals only apply
to notes in the same measure and _at the same octave_.
This is by far the most common convention, IMO.

But many other conventions exists.
You should have a look at NR 1.1.3 Displaying pitches > Automatic
accidentals
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/displaying-pitches.html#automatic-accidentals

and use
  #(set-accidental-style 'modern)
for instance.


> Unfortunately I haven't been able to compile latest stable from source
> on maverick
> yet. But I'd be happy to see if someone else also sees this (as a) bug
> and then do another
> try from source. :-)

You do not need to compile from source.
A simple shell script is provided to install easily LilyPond on various
OS, including Ubuntu (use Linux x86).

Go there for the latest development version release:
http://lilypond.org/development.html
Download "Linux x86: LilyPond 2.13.36-1"
and then
  sudo sh lilypond-2.13.36-1.linux-x86.sh
and here you are: lastest development version is now installed!

Cheers,
Xavier

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Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden>