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Re: bug report: partcombine and multi-measure rests
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David Kastrup |
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Re: bug report: partcombine and multi-measure rests |
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Sat, 24 Oct 2015 09:09:13 +0200 |
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Dan Eble <address@hidden> writes:
> Simon Albrecht <simon.albrecht <at> mail.de> writes:
>
>> On 18.10.2015 13:25, Gilberto Agostinho wrote:
>> > Hi Simon,
>> >
>> > Thanks for the reply. I am not sure I understand your answer, do you
>> > mean that in the tiny example I created I should simply have used a
>> > "Solo I" indication in the fourth bar instead of using rests?
>>
>> No, the solo indication should be created automatically by the
>> partcombiner. It isn’t in 2.19.15, but that’s a bug fixed in 2.19.16. Is
>> there any particular reason why you’d need to stick to that version?
>
> I would like to chime in with a reliable statement of help, but I am
> not very familiar with the implementation of the force commands. I
> vaguely recall that a force command overrides one particular decision
> of the part combiner *at the point it is used* rather than for the
> entire span of time until the next force command. I could be wrong.
>
> David K. should have a much better idea; I think he made changes in
> that area recently.
The behavior is the same as previously. The force commands work until
the next force command is made unless you use a "once" form (the input
syntax has changed, but "once" is contained in one form or another in
the resulting command).
> So if you could get his attention--maybe make a donation--he could
> probably help you. ;-)
Sadly, money does not direct my attention. At best my guilt but that's
a very unreliable force to reckon with.
--
David Kastrup