Re: [Finale] Multiple Time Sigs]

Hi Scott, Thanks for your help. That's the look I want but it would obviously be better if it could be accomplished in a time signature w/out the help of an expression. I experimented with using some other expressions instead of the time signature plus sign, but as far as I can tell, any item us

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

Hi Jari, FWIW, I have had the bug strike without doing any of these things. I have also had the bug strike having done one or more of these things. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 23 Jan 2005, at 4:54 AM, Jari Williamsson wrote: Christopher Smith wrote: Oh, we've tried! Here are

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

[EMAIL PROTECTED] / 05.1.23 / 05:32 PM wrote: FreeBSDPanther is using FreeBSD 5. Ha-ha. Didn't know that :-) It's kinda confusing since pre Jag had all the BSD man docs. I actually never installed FreeBSD I bought so I even don't know if BSD and FreeBSD shares man docs. Hiro, I'd love to hear

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

On 22 Jan 2005 at 21:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My theory is that at this point, there is a problem with the way Finale has been programmed. . . . I think *that's* indisputable! . . . A problem, which results in the Overwrite Bug, that when there is more memory in a machine, doesn't occur. B

Re: [Finale] PDF disaster

At 01:15 PM 1/23/05 -0800, Richard Yates wrote: >> http://maltedmedia.com/images/finale/kvt-ownps0-print-to-pdf-2400dpi.pdf >> >> The last one shows perfectly onscreen at all resolutions with Reader 5. >> (Only meant to print page 1, but printed all 7 pages with the 600dpi.) > >Well, it's true that

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

On 23 Jan 2005 at 19:18, A-NO-NE Music wrote: > David W. Fenton / 05.1.23 / 06:56 PM wrote: > > >Applications don't call the VM. The OS does, based on the memory > >requirements of the applications the OS is running. > > Perhaps you would elaborate why a huge chunk of vm is set when certain > ap

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

On 22 Jan 2005 at 21:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My theory is that at this point, there is a problem with the way > Finale has been programmed. . . . I think *that's* indisputable! > . . . A problem, which results in the Overwrite > Bug, that when there is more memory in a machine, doesn't oc

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

On 23 Jan 2005 at 11:49, Christopher Smith wrote: > On Jan 21, 2005, at 6:20 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > On 21 Jan 2005 at 23:15, Jari Williamsson wrote: > > > >> A-NO-NE Music wrote: > >> > >>> Someone pointed out the bug seems to be caused by the array > >>> pointer, and I have the same fe

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

On 23 Jan 2005 at 1:59, A-NO-NE Music wrote: > David W. Fenton / 05.1.22 / 07:37 PM wrote: > > >Mac users are probably confused about virtual memory because of the > >way it was bolted onto Mac OS as an extension that often conflicted > >with applications. > > > >You're now living in a completely

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

[EMAIL PROTECTED] / 05.1.23 / 05:32 PM wrote: >FreeBSDPanther is using FreeBSD 5. Ha-ha. Didn't know that :-) It's kinda confusing since pre Jag had all the BSD man docs. I actually never installed FreeBSD I bought so I even don't know if BSD and FreeBSD shares man docs. >Hiro, I'd love to

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

[EMAIL PROTECTED] / 05.1.23 / 05:14 PM wrote: Apple's Darwin kernel is based on FreeBSD I thought it was BSD, not FreeBSD, no? FreeBSDPanther is using FreeBSD 5. Hiro, I'd love to hear more from you too about how Finale is using memory...and this whole topic. You seem to know much about this

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

[EMAIL PROTECTED] / 05.1.23 / 05:14 PM wrote: >Apple's Darwin kernel is based on FreeBSD I thought it was BSD, not FreeBSD, no? -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA ___ Finale mailing

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

David W. Fenton / 05.1.22 / 07:37 PM wrote: Mac users are probably confused about virtual memory because of the way it was bolted onto Mac OS as an extension that often conflicted with applications. You're now living in a completely different world, one where the apps don't know anything about mana

Re: [Finale] non standard key sigs & list problems

Here's how to make a key signature showing B natural, E flat, A flat: - In the Key Signature dialog, choose "Nonstandard...". - Click the bottom arrow three times to make a normal C-minor key signature appear: Bb, Eb, Ab. - Click "Next" twice. - "Linear Key Format 2" should now be showing. - Click

Re: [Finale] PDF disaster

> http://maltedmedia.com/images/finale/kvt-ownps0-print-to-pdf-2400dpi.pdf > > The last one shows perfectly onscreen at all resolutions with Reader 5. > (Only meant to print page 1, but printed all 7 pages with the 600dpi.) Well, it's true that they don't display with unequal widths, but the staff

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

At 12:28 PM 01/23/2005, A-NO-NE Music wrote: >Not on Word Mac version. If you try to open the same doc, it will >replace the open one. In the effect, it does Revert to Saved. Not *open* the same doc, just a new window. In WinWord, I can do Window | New Window, which is exactly the same menu comm

Re: [Finale] PDF disaster

Re previous message, here are three PDF files. http://maltedmedia.com/images/finale/kvt-ownps0-print-to-ps-then-distill.pdf http://maltedmedia.com/images/finale/kvt-ownps0-print-to-pdf-600dpi.pdf http://maltedmedia.com/images/finale/kvt-ownps0-print-to-pdf-2400dpi.pdf The last one shows perfectly

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

On Jan 23, 2005, at 1:08 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [answering Christopher Smith] Safari leaks memory? I don't think it does anymorebut it was a problem as far as I know up until 10.3.5 and possibly 10.3.6. But I'm hearing that this was fixed in 10.3.7. I'm not exactly a computer geek, s

Re: [Finale] PDF disaster

At 08:27 PM 1/23/05 +0100, d. collins wrote: >As if I had nothing better to do, I continued to fool around with Finale >and PDFs. Amusingly, I checked my old mailboxes and found exactly the same >questions making the rounds three years ago, with the same suspects (in >particular Jari, the other

Re: [Finale] Size of lyrics

On Jan 22, 2005, at 4:37 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: I've worked over the years with choral music from diverse publishers, and in most cases, the lyrics have seemed to be set in a type size such that a lower case "o" or "e" is about one space high. But is anyone aware of any study as to whether

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

On Jan 23, 2005, at 1:08 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [answering Christopher Smith] Safari leaks memory? I don't think it does anymorebut it was a problem as far as I know up until 10.3.5 and possibly 10.3.6. But I'm hearing that this was fixed in 10.3.7. I'm not exactly a computer geek, so

Re: [Finale] Page size

Þann 23.1.2005 kl. 06:05 ritaði Allen Fisher: From the Appendix of the user manual: [Page Sizes] This section contains the page size name, Width and Height (followed by a semicolon), Top Margin, Bottom Margin, Left Margin, Right Margin, and a Left Margin for single-instrument documents. The Top an

Re: [Finale] Stupid Bug > Shape Designer

> No it's Mac too, and it's not just you. I'm on mac, I was wondering if it occured on Windows too. Simon Troup Digital Music Art - Finale IRC channel server: irc.chatspike.net port: 6667 channel: #Finale -

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

> >So you can easily copy music from one part of a document to another, for > >example, by having two windows open and visible. This is not unusual; Word > >lets you do the same thing. > > > Not on Word Mac version. If you try to open the same doc, it will > replace the open one. In the effect, i

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

Jari Williamsson / 05.1.23 / 00:41 PM wrote: >> Not on Word Mac version. If you try to open the same doc, it will >> replace the open one. In the effect, it does Revert to Saved. > >In both Word and Finale (in Windows at least), you use "Window/New Window" I see. But Finale let you open the sam

Re: [Finale] Stupid Bug > Shape Designer

Does not happen in FinWin2004 > 1) Go to the shape designer and create a new shape that uses any music carachter from any music font. > 2) Click on the view perentage drop list. > > ... when I do this the drop list carachters are in the font that last used with the text tool in the shape designer.

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

A-NO-NE Music wrote: Aaron Sherber / 05.1.23 / 11:33 AM wrote: So you can easily copy music from one part of a document to another, for example, by having two windows open and visible. This is not unusual; Word lets you do the same thing. Not on Word Mac version. If you try to open the same do

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

Aaron Sherber / 05.1.23 / 11:33 AM wrote: >So you can easily copy music from one part of a document to another, for >example, by having two windows open and visible. This is not unusual; Word >lets you do the same thing. Not on Word Mac version. If you try to open the same doc, it will replac

Re: [Finale] Stupid Bug > Shape Designer

On 23 Jan 2005, at 16:11, Simon Troup wrote: Here's a stupid bug ... 1) Go to the shape designer and create a new shape that uses any music carachter from any music font. 2) Click on the view perentage drop list. ... when I do this the drop list carachters are in the font that last used with the

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

A-NO-NE Music wrote: Jari Williamsson / 05.1.23 / 04:54 AM wrote: * Have you had multiple windows for the same document opened? I even didn't know this is possible. I just tried, and sure enough, Finale let you do this. But why? It's an easy way to copy sections of a piece to another

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

On Jan 21, 2005, at 6:20 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 21 Jan 2005 at 23:15, Jari Williamsson wrote: A-NO-NE Music wrote: Someone pointed out the bug seems to be caused by the array pointer, and I have the same feeling. As I've said earlier when this have been discussed, the window handle/ID starts

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

On Jan 23, 2005, at 4:54 AM, Jari Williamsson wrote: Christopher Smith wrote: Oh, we've tried! Here are some things that have cropped up, confirmed and unconfirmed by others: [...] Here are some more thoughts: * Have you closed any documents prior to when the bug occurs? Always. * Have you had mu

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

At 11:27 AM 01/23/2005, A-NO-NE Music wrote: >Jari Williamsson / 05.1.23 / 04:54 AM wrote: > >>* Have you had multiple windows for the same document opened? > > >I even didn't know this is possible. I just tried, and sure enough, >Finale let you do this. But why? So you can easily copy music fro

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

Jari Williamsson / 05.1.23 / 04:54 AM wrote: >* Have you had multiple windows for the same document opened? I even didn't know this is possible. I just tried, and sure enough, Finale let you do this. But why? -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA

[Finale] Stupid Bug > Shape Designer

Here's a stupid bug ... 1) Go to the shape designer and create a new shape that uses any music carachter from any music font. 2) Click on the view perentage drop list. ... when I do this the drop list carachters are in the font that last used with the text tool in the shape designer. Now, if I

Re: [Finale] non standard key sigs & list problems

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 22:21:39 -0800 (PST), Ryan Beard wrote: > Also, for some reason, i can't view the archives > anymore. So, please respond privately as well as to > the list. I think I figured out the problem with the list archives; it seems that they've been made private and password-protected

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

Christopher Smith wrote: Oh, we've tried! Here are some things that have cropped up, confirmed and unconfirmed by others: [...] Here are some more thoughts: * Have you closed any documents prior to when the bug occurs? * Have you had multiple windows for the same document opened? * Has any plug-i

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

Safari leaks memory? I don't think it does anymorebut it was a problem as far as I know up until 10.3.5 and possibly 10.3.6. But I'm hearing that this was fixed in 10.3.7. I'm not exactly a computer geek, so I don't know what this means. It is when an application, because of a bug, fails t

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

On Jan 22, 2005, at 7:07 AM, Jari Williamsson wrote: Perhaps it would be more productive if the Mac users who repeatedly experience this problem analyzed (in detail) what they did _prior_ to when the problem occured that is _different_ to what they do when it does _not_ happen. It can be any sil

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

Christopher Smith / 05.1.23 / 02:33 AM wrote: >I did not know that. You were right on to point that out to me. I ran >Terminal for the first time when Karen mentioned it a few posts ago. There are a few useful tools: MemoryStick: This wil