Bug report: measure numbering after repeat with alternative endings

2009-06-25 Thread Paul de Bruin
> I'm not top posting. %% BUG in Measure Numbering: %% after a \repeat ending in two \alternative measures, these two measures should bear the same number; %% however, Lilypond gives them subsequent numbers; the next section of the piece starts with a measure %% number one too high. %% Example,

Re: Bug report: measure numbering after repeat with alternative endings

2009-06-25 Thread Graham Percival
Please create a minimal example of this; turn on bar numbers on every bar, and then it should be showable in 4-5 bars. Cheers, - Graham On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 07:37:33PM +, Paul de Bruin wrote: > > I'm not top posting. > > %% BUG in Measure Numbering: > %% after a \repeat ending in two \alt

ReReRe: Bug report: measure numbering after repeat with alternative endings

2009-06-29 Thread Paul de Bruin
Dear Mats, Bertalan and Graham, Flooded with and surprised by instant reactions, I've given the problem (or is it a bug?) some more thought. Two points of view are possible: 1. The Programmer's view. A measure of music, like any other object in programming, should have a unique number. No ambig

Re: Bug report: measure numbering after repeat with alternative endings

2009-06-29 Thread Graham Percival
Added as #785. Now stop talking about what is done most often, and get a Frog to implement this tweakable option. :) Cheers, - Graham ___ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond

Re: ReReRe: Bug report: measure numbering after repeat with alternative endings

2009-06-27 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Paul de Bruin wrote: Dear Mats, Bertalan and Graham, Flooded with and surprised by instant reactions, I've given the problem (or is it a bug?) some more thought. Two points of view are possible: 1. The Programmer's view. A measure of music, like any other object in programming, should have

Re: ReReRe: Bug report: measure numbering after repeat with alternative endings

2009-06-27 Thread Mark Polesky
Mats Bengtsson wrote: > However, I just looked in a book on music typesetting ("Noter", by B. Tyboni, > which unfortunately only is available in Swedish), which says that it is most > common to do what you propose, namely to use the same measure numbers both in > the first and second ending. S

Re: ReReRe: Bug report: measure numbering after repeat with alternative endings

2009-06-27 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Op zaterdag 27-06-2009 om 14:54 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Mats Bengtsson: > I could also imagine the conductors view at a rehearsal. > Still, the > formulation "most common" indicates that both strategies are used. Right, so this could be a choice. From my experience in an orchestra, it of

Re: ReReRe: Bug report: measure numbering after repeat with alternative endings

2009-06-27 Thread Bernard Hurley
> Op zaterdag 27-06-2009 om 14:54 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Mats > Bengtsson: > > > I could also imagine the conductors view at a rehearsal. > Actually I think repeating the bar numbers can make it easier for a conductor because bar 17 (say) always follows bar 16 both first and second time.