On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 5:12 AM, James Harkins
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First off, I've switched from Emacs LilyPond-mode to Frescobaldi 2. Amazing, incredible work! SO much easier to write. (And I love the ease of updating via git.)
But... I'm not sure if this is the right place to report a small confusing behavior in Frescobaldi 2. Sometimes, when opening a ly file, the corresponding PDF (which does exist on disk) is not simultaneously opened in the Music View. But, sometimes it does open. I haven't been able to figure out any consistent criterion that would cause one behavior or the other. My best guess is that the source file might have a later "modified" timestamp than the PDF, but I don't have solid proof of that.
I guess the ideal behavior I'd like to see is to open the PDF every time. If the source file was modified later, an overlay could appear in the music view saying that the music view might be out of date and the user should re-render (ctrl-m). It might also make sense to disable clicking on the notes in that case, since there is no guarantee that the PDF links will point to the right place in the source file anymore.
If that isn't feasible, then it would be better to clear the music view and show some text to explain why the view is empty.
Here's an example of where the current behavior gets really confusing:
1. Open one ly file. The music view shows the PDF corresponding to that file.
2. Open another ly file, but for some reason, the music view doesn't update. Now you're looking at the source code for one file on the left and the rendered result for a different file on the right, with no warning in the interface that there is any discrepancy. !
This is picking a nit, I admit, and it's easily worked around by re-rendering. But it's not ideal behavior, and if it's a very big project that takes several minutes to render, the annoyance factor would increase.
This doesn't change my opinion of Frescobaldi as an [expletive deleted] brilliant editor! Seriously, a real joy to use.
hjh
I recall having this problem when using jEdit; perhaps it occurs when the .pdf has been moved from its original folder, or when the .ly and .pdf are in different folders?
Gerard