Re: Bug or feature?

[David Kastrup]

"Carl D. Sorensen" <address@hidden> writes:

> On 3/8/09 6:10 AM, "David Kastrup" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> 
>> 
>> Hi, I have no idea whether or not the following result is user error or
>> a misfeature.  When typesetting the following, in the transposed variant
>> some chord diagrams are pretty, some chord diagrams are absurd.  Is this
>> supposed to actually work?  If not, what is?
>
> This is a bug.  What you have done should work, but it doesn't. The bug
> occurs because the transpose changes the octave of the d chord to d', so the
> predefined fretboard doesn't apply any more and it calcuates an automatic
> fretboard.
>
> Please file a simple bug report.  I have a potential solution in mind, and
> hope to get it fixed in the next week or so.

The most straightforward thing probably would be to generally transpose
so that the lowest note sits in a default octave before doing the chord
recognition for the fretboard engraver.

-- 
David Kastrup