Hi, Unfortunately my skills are not enough to install Frescobaldi on a Mac but I observed exactly the same behavior using Lilypond via jEdit. IMHO this points towards some cause within the software that Frescobaldi AND JEdit are dependent on. Though I don't have any idea which one.
I thought this might help to narrow down the cause for the described behavior. Best regards, Kai ... von unterwegs gesendet! Am 20.08.2012 um 06:12 schrieb James Harkins <jamshar...@gmail.com>: > First off, I've switched from Emacs LilyPond-mode to Frescobaldi 2. Amazing, > incredible work! SO much easier to write. (And I love the ease of updating > via git.) > > But... I'm not sure if this is the right place to report a small confusing > behavior in Frescobaldi 2. Sometimes, when opening a ly file, the > corresponding PDF (which does exist on disk) is not simultaneously opened in > the Music View. But, sometimes it does open. I haven't been able to figure > out any consistent criterion that would cause one behavior or the other. My > best guess is that the source file might have a later "modified" timestamp > than the PDF, but I don't have solid proof of that. > > I guess the ideal behavior I'd like to see is to open the PDF every time. If > the source file was modified later, an overlay could appear in the music view > saying that the music view might be out of date and the user should re-render > (ctrl-m). It might also make sense to disable clicking on the notes in that > case, since there is no guarantee that the PDF links will point to the right > place in the source file anymore. > > If that isn't feasible, then it would be better to clear the music view and > show some text to explain why the view is empty. > > Here's an example of where the current behavior gets really confusing: > > 1. Open one ly file. The music view shows the PDF corresponding to that file. > > 2. Open another ly file, but for some reason, the music view doesn't update. > Now you're looking at the source code for one file on the left and the > rendered result for a different file on the right, with no warning in the > interface that there is any discrepancy. ! > > This is picking a nit, I admit, and it's easily worked around by > re-rendering. But it's not ideal behavior, and if it's a very big project > that takes several minutes to render, the annoyance factor would increase. > > This doesn't change my opinion of Frescobaldi as an [expletive deleted] > brilliant editor! Seriously, a real joy to use. > > hjh > > > -- > James Harkins /// dewdrop world > jamshar...@dewdrop-world.net > http://www.dewdrop-world.net > > "Come said the Muse, > Sing me a song no poet has yet chanted, > Sing me the universal." -- Whitman > > blog: http://www.dewdrop-world.net/words > audio clips: http://www.dewdrop-world.net/audio > more audio: http://soundcloud.com/dewdrop_world/tracks > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
