Re: bug? with Choir Staff

[Colin Hall]

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 08:29:10AM -0400, Aaron Laws wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Colin Hall <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:13:46PM +0200, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote:
> > > On 2012-08-21 17:56, Aaron wrote:
> > > >I used a Choir Staff to typeset http://sdrv.ms/SNz2VO (if you need the
> > > >  code, let me know).
> > > >My friend also used Choir Staff at a different size in a different
> > > >score with the same result.
> > > >The problem is that the vertical bar at the left of the system
> > > >is not seamlessly attached to the flanges at the top and bottom.
> > > >I'm accustomed to this type of problem on screen due to aliasing
> > > >issues or whatever else, but the problem persisted after printing.
> > > >
> > > >A much smaller issue is that after printing, the barlines are
> > > >slightly taller and shorter than the staff.
> > >
> > > I cannnot see the problem here on a Linux machine with the okular
> > > PDF viewer. Here the vertical line and the flanges are perfectly
> > > attached and the barlines do not exceed the staff lines.
> > >
> > > I would guess that this is a problem with your PDF viewer rather
> > > than with lilypond.
> >
> > Thanks for the help, Reinhold.
> >
> > Aaron, thanks for taking the time and effort to post a bug report
> > through Gmane.
> >
> > Following up on the comment from Reinhold, could you confirm what OS
> > you are using. Also, which PDF viewer you are using?
> >
> > Could you try a different viewer?
> >
> Thanks for the suggestions and repro effort.
> 
> The original printing (and viewing) was from Adobe Acrobat (pro) 9.
> Lilypond "\version 2.12" (I think), Windows.

So it seems there is an interoperability problem between Lilypond
2.12.2 on Windows and Acrobat 9 on Windows.

A key aim of the Lilypond project is to produce the most beautiful
automated typesetting possible, so this sort of ugly output from an
industry standard pdf viewer is regrettable.

> Well, I'm willing to say that Lilypond is doing his job! Thanks again.

OK, that's good!

There is a newer release of Lilypond, version 2.14.2 you could try:

http://lilypond.org/download.html

And the current development release 2.15.95 is in very good shape:

http://lilypond.org/development.html

I'm interested to check your pdf on a few viewers I have on my
systems. Could you send me your output pdf, please?

Cheers,
Colin.

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Colin Hall