On Tue, 2020-11-10 at 16:04 +0000, Joe Wilkinson wrote: > I've just tried with Windows 10, Denemo version October 23rd. > An Unmeasured staff fills happily with crotchets but they do > disappear > off the right hand edge and don't appear on a lower line if I pull > the > red line up (which would normally show the further bars.If I Spilt > the > measure at cursor the second line appears but goes off the edge > again > unless split again yes - that's right, that's how it is, you can only put so many notes into a Denemo display bar before it won't fit on the screen, so you have to use the shortcut "n" to start a new "bar" - these aren't bars in the music as that is unmeasured and won't show bars except where you insert them. I thin the OP understands this.
Richard > Best wishes > Joe WIlkinson > > On 10/11/2020 15:13, Richard Shann wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > > > >
