Re: Problem with understanding results with multiple voices and Note_heads_engraver

[David Bellows]

> Before mentioning where one problem is, I suspect that I'm not
handling the multiple voices properly so that could be a problem as
well.

> The offending code in mwe.ly appears to be the following:

Ok, I discovered that there was an easier way to code multiple voices
across staves and now all the problems are gone. Still an interesting
problem, I suppose, but I've moved on.

Dave Bellows

On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 6:31 PM, David Bellows <address@hidden> wrote:
> I've attached mwe.ly and mwe.png. I'm using Lilypond 2.19.49 but I've
> observed the same results in other versions including 2.18.
>
> Before mentioning where one problem is, I suspect that I'm not
> handling the multiple voices properly so that could be a problem as
> well.
>
> The offending code in mwe.ly appears to be the following:
>
> \context { \Voice \remove "Note_heads_engraver" \consists
> "Completion_heads_engraver" \remove "Rest_engraver" \consists
> "Completion_rest_engraver"}
>
> Remove this line and the it prints out as you'd expect with those two
> B's as 16th notes in the lower staff. Here's the thing, the Lilypond
> code is generated automatically by my software and it's rare that
> notes fit within the bar lines so I always have that line included so
> that Lilypond prints things out accurately no matter what happens at
> bar lines (Lilypond automatically splits up and ties notes across bar
> lines and it does it really, really well).
>
> So I'm not sure if I've formed that line incorrectly or if there is
> something else going on or a combination of things.
>
> Thanks for any help,
> David Bellows