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Re: Bug with alternativeRestores
From: |
James Lowe |
Subject: |
Re: Bug with alternativeRestores |
Date: |
Fri, 27 Apr 2018 11:48:30 +0100 (BST) |
Hello,
I've created
https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/5315
To track this issue.
Thank you.
James
On Mon, 23 Apr 2018 22:19:05 +0100 (BST), "James Lowe" <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello Steven
>
> On Mon, 23 Apr 2018 19:33:34 +0000, Steven Weber <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > No, that is the problem. If you look at the file, you'll see in the first
> > example, I switch the time from 2/2 to 3/4 in the first alternative, and
> > then Lilypond automatically returns the second alternative to 2/2 time.
> > However, when I do the metadata/notes in separate variables, the automatic
> > switch from 3/4 back to 2/2 does not occur (and hence, you get all the
> > barcheck errors).
> >
> > --Steven
> >
> > On 4/23/18, 11:59 AM, "James Lowe" <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 19:53:05 +0000, Steven Weber <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > > AlternativeRestores seem to work fine as long as your metadata &
> > notes are in the same block. If you separate them into a metadata variable
> > and a notes variable, the second alternative is always in the same time
> > signature as the first alternative.
> > >
> > > This is against lilypond 2.19.81 on Windows.
> > >
> > > --Steven
> >
> > Your example is giving me barcheck errors for those entries using the
> > \skip values.
> >
> > Is this just a problem with your example?
> >
> > James
> >
> >
>
> We also had this reported by another user last year - something was nagging
> me at the back of my brain that I'd seen this recently, and so I dug back
> through the bug list emails and found it:
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2017-09/msg00022.html
>
> (not so recent I guess)
>
> and I didn't see any reply/confirmation of this being a bug by those that
> know about development.
>
> The workaround from the other user is to explicitly put the time signature
> directly in the alternate's construct .
>
> e.g
>
> metadata =
> {
> \time 2/2
> \clef bass
>
> \repeat volta 2 { \skip 1*2/2*1 | }
> \alternative
> {
> { \time 3/4 \skip 1*3/4*1 | }
> { \time 2/2 \skip 1*2/2*1 | } % <---- add the \time 2/2 here
> }
> \skip 1*2/2*1 |
> }
>
> notes =
> {
> \repeat volta 2 { c2 e | }
> \alternative
> {
> { f4 e d | }
> { \time 2/2 f2 d | } % <---- add the \time 2/2 here
> }
> g1 |
> }
>
> Then it compiles (without bar check warnings) OK as far as I can tell.
>
> I think that LilyPond is just not able to cope with the ambiguity of the mix
> of time signatures in the alternate repeats when you use a << >> construct.
>
> So the issue is (again I think I am not qualified to say for certain) not
> with the alternate restores but the simultaneous construct but I don't think
> this is a bug but a feature.
>
> Maybe others in the dev team can comment and perhaps we can add something to
> the doc (if it is not a bug) as a 'Known issue'.
>
> Regards
>
> James
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