On Tue, 2020-11-10 at 10:14 -0400, Robert Lewis wrote: > Hello Richard - > > On Monday, 9 November 2020 16:27:20 AST you wrote: > > On Mon, 2020-11-09 at 09:57 -0400, Robert Lewis wrote: > > > Hello - > > > > > > OS: Debian Stretch (64-bit) > > > Denemo v. 2.4.0 > > > > > > Thank you for all your work on Denemo -- I couldn't do without > > > it. > > > > > > I'm trying to write out an unmeasured piece for a solo > > > instrument, > > > but the > > > staff does not continue to scroll once I enter notes beyond the > > > width > > > of the > > > window. > > > > What you have not realized is that the Denemo "measures" are not > > really > > measures, but just convenient chunks that let Denemo display the > > music. > > Actual measure barlines are created automatically by the LilyPond > > typesetter - this is discussed in the manual (Fn1). To understand > > this, > > create a new score in 4/4 and put 5 quarter notes in the first bar > > and > > three in the second and look at the PDF. > > Yes, I do understand how this works. > > > The command you want is > > > > Command: Unmeasured Staffs (Off/On) > > Makes the staffs accept any duration per Denemo measure and > > typesets as > > a cadenza. Equivalent to Cadenza Time from the first bar. > > Location: Object Menu ▶ Time Signatures > > Internal Name: Unmeasured > > > > (you could find this by typing "Unmeasured" into the Command Center > > search box). > > That is the command I'm using. > > The problem is that the staff does not move the left so I can > continue to see > the notes I enter without using either of the two methods I described > below in > my first message. I'm sorry if I'm not being clear, but I don't know > how else > to describe it. > > However, I have found a solution: > . use any time signature > . enter all the notes, articulations, etc. (ignoring the bar lines) > . go back to the beginning > . use the Unmeasured command > . I can now scroll through the entire piece > (and use "allow line break" and "line break" as needed for the > PDF) > > I don't know why scrolling doesn't work when starting out with > Unmeasured, but > since my solution works, please consider this solved.
Well, it would be good to know what's going on to avoid the same problem arising for others. (I've included the list here, so that those listening in can find your solution). I've just tested a new score setting Unmeasured Staff and adding notes/measures until it scrolls as I go off the right hand side. The most likely source of the problem would be the Gtk version: If you do denemo --version in a terminal what versions does it show? I get: GNU Denemo version 2.4.4 Gtk versions runtime: 3.22.11, compiled against: 3.22.11, It would be good to know if some change in Gtk is causing scrolling to fail. Richard