Causing a slur to cover more than two notes on the second page makes it extend off of the screen
I am able to place a slur (which by default covers the note that you place it on and the following note) on any page. On the first page I am able to drag the right hand end of the slur to another note further down the score (e.g. in time) and the graphical representation of the slur stays intact over the beginning through the note that it has ended on. On the second page, when I move the right hand portion of the slur to cover (say) an additional note, the curve of the slur goes off of the page, wildly moving to the right leaving the current page by about an additional half page width. I can zoom out and move it in close, then zoom in and better fix the geometry. But this is tedious.
Is there a solution for this problem that any one can offer me? Many thank's in advance.
Sincerely,
Charles
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The offical way of lengthening a slur is by using SHIFT+Right arrow to move the end point to the note you require.
Dragging the line with the mouse does not do this although IMO it should :)
This could be one of the reasons you are having problems.
If you attach the score you are working on to your next post that would enable us to see exactly what the problem is and be of more help to you.
Regards
Michael
In reply to The offical way of by ChurchOrganist
but I noticed that it worked fine without the shift. It still does not work with the shift.
On line #48 of the score is an example slur that I just cannot move without it flying off of the page.
I started out using the development builds (2.0 currently #5403), and apparently can't go back because even the prerelease will not open the files that this creates.
Many thanks in advance!
Charles
In reply to Yes, I started using SHIFT + Right arrow by cpk
It's stated everywhere in big letters. Don't use nightly build for serious work! Tomorrow, someone might commit a fix somewhere and the score you made with r5403 will not work anymore except in r5403... and you will be locked.
In reply to It's stated everywhere in big by [DELETED] 5
You might get out by XML export/import
In reply to Yes, I started using SHIFT + Right arrow by cpk
It appears to be working OK in R5395
Haven't downloaded anything later yet as I tend only to have time for that at weekends.
Have you tried exporting as XML and then loading into 1.1/1.2 ?
In reply to It appears to be working OK by ChurchOrganist
It does not keep the same information, some pages with just two staff lines. Also, when I try to add a slur it crashes. This is in the pre-releae 1.2 version.
I have tried to find old development release builds, but they only seem to go back one week for OS X. I suppose that i would need to get the that version R5395 from Git and recompile it?
It looks ok and the slurs can be expanded in that version?
Again Thank You,
Charles
In reply to I tried the export.... by cpk
Exported ok from r5395 and imported into 1.2 prerelease
I have had to remove line and page breaks but other than that the score is behaving properly.
Result is attached.
In reply to I tried the export.... by cpk
The crash with slurs in the 1.2 prerelease happens only if you try dragging slurs from the palette. The usual and more efficient way of entering slurs is by clicking the first note and pressing "S", as described in the Handbook.
I would reiterate what lasconic says - if you are playing around just for fun, by all means, try nightly builds, but if you're trying to actually get things done, use the released version - currently 1.1, but the pre-release 1.2 is also at least as stable overall (more so, really).
In reply to Yes, I started using SHIFT + Right arrow by cpk
Arrow without shift is for making fine adjustments only - it doesn't change which notes the slur is attached to, just where the slur starts and ends relative to those notes.
I opened your score in the most recent nightly build I have installed and there is one slur in measure 48 - between the first two notes. Shift-arrow does exactly what it is supposed to every time I tried.