Re: Going back in MIDI time error: disappeared?

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Federico Bruni" <address@hidden>
To: "lilypond-user" <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 3:28 PM
Subject: Going back in MIDI time error: disappeared?


> NR 1.2.6, Grace notes, section Known problems:
>
> """
> Each grace note in MIDI output has a length of 1/4 of its actual duration. 
> If the combined length of the grace notes is greater than the length of 
> the preceding note a “Going back in MIDI time” error will be generated. 
> Either make the grace notes shorter in duration, for example:
>
> \acciaccatura { c'8[ d' e' f' g'] }
> becomes:
>
> \acciaccatura { c'16[ d' e' f' g'] }
> """
>
> I'm trying to reproduce such an error, just to check if I've understood it 
> correctly, but I can't.
> The combined length of grace notes, in first example, is 5/8. So if I put 
> a shorter note before the grace expression I should produce an error?
>
> \version "2.17.10"
>
> {
>   c'16
>   \acciaccatura { c'8[ d' e' f' g'] }
> }
>
> It's not working.
> I think I'm totally missing the point.
>
> Secondly, I can't find that message in the lilypond.pot file, even though 
> I remember I've come across it some time ago:
>
> cd po
> git grep -i 'midi time'
>
> Where is it?
>
>
> Finally, searching the archives and the tracker I've found that I cannot 
> reproduce in 2.17.10 the error in the examples posted. See for example:
> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1412
>
> Can you help me?
> --
> Federico

If I use the exact example at the top of Issue 1412, I get the error on 
Windows with both downloaded 2.17.9 and a self-built test version of 2.17.10

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Phil Holmes