Re: lilypond 2.12.1 - strange result - missing line breaks

[Michal Dwuznik]

On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 20:30, Marc Hohl<address@hidden> wrote:
> Michał Dwużnik schrieb:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> after quite a long time of not using lilypond I got back to "engraving".
>> Attached example (modified SATB example, proven to work with other
>> pieces) produces somewhat surprising result
>>  - printout with second line extending to the right well past the edge
>> of the page...
>> How should I hint lilypond to break the lines and get good result?
>>
>
> Such weird output is mostly due to the fact of assigning the wrong or no
> length to a note.
> In the tenor voice, you coded des4.( c4 bes2) which is surely too much for a
> 4/4 bar.

Thank you for pinpointing the root cause.

> Second, you forced a line break in the soprano voice in the middle of a bar.
>
This is purely my error, noted only after sending, sorry.

> To avoid such errors, it is better and more readable to write every bar in a
> separate line,
> and you can end every bar with a "|" to force bar checks.
>
That's indeed a great hint for future.

Regards
Michal


PS: The good thing I realized is that the mistake I made shown me
clearly I'm typesetting sth more complicated than the last time. Which
somehow makes me feeling good ;)