Re: \chordmode chords jumping about on PDF

[Dmytro O. Redchuk]

On Mon 18 Oct 2010, 12:37 James wrote:
> Hello
Hello,

> I am using Mac OSX Snow Leopard (10.6.x) with LilyPond 2.13.35
i could not reproduce this issue in linux, 3.13.39.

Please, anybody, what do you think about this?

Thanks!

> Here is the smallest example I could get down to
> 
> --
> 
> \version "2.13.35"
> 
> RH = \relative c'' {
>     \repeat unfold 30 { a8 a a a }
> }
> 
> LH = {
>    \clef bass
>    \repeat unfold 30 { a8 a a a }
> }
> 
> \score {
>    \new PianoStaff
>    <<
>     \chords { f1*5 bes :m }
>     \new Staff  \RH
>     \new Staff  \LH
>    >>
> }
> 
> ---
> 
> The symptom is after each compile the chord symbols move 'randomly'
> up and down on the next PDF output. No changes are made to the .ly
> file, the file is just compiled again and the chord symbols move.
> 
> If I use
> 
>     \chords { f1 bes :m } instead (as a test) then the jumping about
> isn't so weird - that is it does still jump up and down but it seems
> to be consistent - but it occurs every time I recompile.
> 
> All other notes in the score are fine.
> 
> I have attached a small screen-shot to show you what I mean, from
> left to right is the output of the PDF after each compile.
> 
> There is no pattern I can see, occasionally I get a message about
> --
> 
> Finding the ideal number of pages...
> Fitting music on 1 page...
> Drawing systems...
> programming error: insane spring min_distance requested, ignoring it
> continuing, cross fingers
> Layout output to `test.ps'...
> Converting to `./test.pdf'...
> 
> --
> 
> But there is no correlation to this message and the output.
> 
> Also I have tried this same file on Windows 7 and cannot (yet) get
> this to occur.
> 
> regards
> 
> James
> 


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