Re: programming error: Improbable offset for stencil:

[Laura Conrad]

>>>>> "LC" == Laura Conrad <address@hidden> writes:

    LC> The attached lilypond file gives a bunch of errors of the form:

    LC> programming error: Improbable offset for stencil: -1073741857.600000 
staff space
    LC> Setting to zero.
    LC> continuing, cross fingers

    LC> and then comes up with a pdf file where the first system is
    LC> illegible.
    LC> 
<http://serpent.laymusic.org/~newlily/music/ingalls/night/score-perform-bugreport.pdf>

    LC> A very similar score, with lyrics laid out a little bit
    LC> differently
    LC> 
<http://serpent.laymusic.org/~newlily/music/ingalls/night/score-aminor.ly>,
    LC> comes out fine.


The bug turns out to happen when there are some staves with lyrics
attached and some without.  A workaround is to insert:

        \addlyrics { 
          \dummyverse } 

Where:

dummyverse = \lyricmode {
_ _
}

under the staves with no lyrics.  

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