Re: various problems using lilypond 1.3.111

[Michael Vanier]

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> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 10:11:19 +0100
> From: Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden>
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm in the process of converting a variety of files from older lilypond
> > versions (1.2.16) to 1.3.111.  I'm running this on a generic RH Linux 6.1
> > system using python 2.0 and guile 1.4.  Here are some of the problems I've
> > been having.
> > 
> > 1) "convert-ly" doesn't work out-of-the-box because of changes in python
> >    2.0.  Specifically, the "append" list method will not wrap multiple
> >    arguments into a tuple; you have to specify it manually.  This means
> >    that all calls to append need extra parens around them e.g.
> > 
> >        conversions.append (
> >         (0,1,20), conv, 'deprecated \\textstyle, new \key syntax')
> > 
> >    should be
> > 
> >        conversions.append (
> >         ((0,1,20), conv, 'deprecated \\textstyle, new \key syntax'))
> > 
> >    After that the program works.  This should also be downward compatible
> >    with python 1.6.
> 
> Could you please send a patch to Han-Wen and Jan
> (diff -u convert-ly.py.orig convert-ly.py).

Done.

> 
> > 2) I've been unable to figure out a way to specify a bass clef for any .ly
> >    files.  The old system doesn't work, and I can't get any of the test
> >    files to give me a bass clef either (e.g. inputs/test/clefs.ly).  Side
> >    note: the test files don't have a single standard for this either, with
> >    some using
> > 
> >        \clef "bass";
> > 
> >    and others
> > 
> >        \clef bass;
> > 
> >    What is the correct way to do this?  The documentation barely mentions
> >    this. 
> > 
> >    BTW many of the test files generate fatal errors when run through
> >    ly2dvi.  I can supply a list if you're interested.
> 
> Please read the FAQ on messed up symbols at
> http://appel.lilypond.org/wiki/index.php?PostProcessing

I did, and I re-installed the fonts, but I still can't get a bass clef.
The notes that should be in the bass clef are shifted down so they appear
in a line with a treble clef and a lot of ledger lines at the bottom.

Mike