Re: [Denemo-devel] cursor showing in bad position

[Richard Shann]

On Sat, 2011-02-05 at 08:17 +0000, Richard Shann wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 20:10 +0100, Nils Gey wrote:
> > As I said in IRC:
> > A full measure followed by an empty one. The full measures Appending
> > position seems to be in the empty one.
> 
> Hmm, what I see in this position is the blue cursor placed where a note
> will go if you insert one - namely the following measure. This seems to
> me to be a Good Thing.
> What seems bad, is that it describes this on the status line as
> "Appending" when, in fact, you will not append to the bar if you try at
> that point, it will go on to the next bar.
> Ah - it does with my shortcuts - perhaps the problem is if you do a
> command (do we have one?) that will insert at the end of a full measure?
> 
> My fix would be for the status bar to be fixed, so that if you are after
> the last object in a full measure it does not say appending - I think
> this is the "offend" position.
> 
> But report back on what happens in your profile when you insert another
> note in this position.
I have just tested inserting a keysig change when before an empty
measure, and this does indeed insert before the barline, while the
cursor is indicating that the insertion point is after. So the problem
is the insertion point depends on what you insert and how.
Richard




> 
> Richard
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > If you don't see this we might have a different problem with your
> > version :) Because what I said recently about the cursor showing in
> > wrong position after changing a keysig with the mouse in another staff
> > is absolutly true and super-easy to spot.
> > 
> > Nils
> > 
> > Am Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:24:04 +0000
> > schrieb Richard Shann <address@hidden>:
> > 
> > > from irc:
> > > <Nils^> it has one, but the graphic is wrong
> > > <Nils^> the cursor is already in the empty measure
> > > <rshann> yes - I think that is "known" :(
> > > 
> > > Nils - can you give a precise description of the circumstance for this
> > > bad cursor positioning? In what precise conditions does it arise
> > > (objects in this measure, objects in next measure, appending/not
> > > appending...)
> > > 
> > > I am sure I have seen this from time to time, but need a specific
> > > target to go for fixing it (without causing trouble elsewhere).
> > > 
> > > Richard
> > > 
> > > 
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