Decrease Space Between Dot and End Measure Line?
Hey Gang:
I must say you are doing a SUPER job with this program. I see some of the problems and am thankful mine seems minor to most. I am using 2.0.1 to create a 4-part barbershop arrangement. ( Tenor & Lead on top staff, Bari & Bass on bottom. I've been able to figure out most things on my own accept this...
I'm trying to DECREASE the space between dotted notes and the end measure line? I've made the system wide adjustment using "note to barline distance" so normal notes have moved closer to the end of the measure.
BUT... anytime the last note in the measure is a dotted note of any duration, the spacing will not decrease?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Keep up the GREAT work!
Tom Roan / Certified Chorus Director
Barbershop Harmony Society
Clearwater, Florida USA
Comments
Seems you detected a bug.
In reply to Seems you detected a bug. by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks for your help & response Jojo... I hope this helps get it worked out? Tom
In reply to Thanks for your help & by tomroe1
Could you enter it into the issue tracker?
Hmm, I'm not seeing this. For me, both dotted and other notes respond to that setting, although neither all the way to 0 - there is a certain minimum space associated with each note it seems (sane for minimum distance between notes). Can you post the specific score you are having problems with?
Is there a reason you are trying to change this setting, BTW?
In reply to Hmm, I'm not seeing this. by Marc Sabatella
note to barline distance at 1sp:
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note to barline distance at 0sp:
So it isn't dotted notes that are not affected, but flagged notes that are?
In reply to note to barline distance at by Jojo-Schmitz
I don't think the setting should be thought as literally setting a distance between the last pixel of the note and the first pixel of the barline. Each note has a certain amount of space that it needs to its right based on its duration; think of the note to barline distance setting as being applied *after* that instrinsic space. The longer the note, the more space that it gets. It would be very wrong for a half note at the end of the measure to be placed the same distance from the barline as a sixteenth, for example. So you can't expect the note to barline distance to literally control the distance from the last ntoe to the barline for all notes - that would produce incorrect notation.
In reply to I don't think the setting by Marc Sabatella
It does look though as if that setting has no influence whatsoever to 'normal' and dotted notes
In reply to It does look though as if by Jojo-Schmitz
How so? Try turing it up to 5sp...
I think you're simply seeing that minimum amount of space attributable to the duration that I mentioned. Or set it to 0 and try entering a set of 32nd notes on the last beat (no flags). Or end a dotted sixteenth as the last note. It's not about whether the note is dotted, flagged, or neither - it's about duration, plain and simple.
In reply to How so? Try turing it up to by Marc Sabatella
Hey Guys:
I've attached the score I'm working with in 2.0.1
I am perfectly fine with the way it is. I just thought I'd mention it because it was causing problems before I adjusted various stretch to best suit my needs.
I will admit that I'm legally blind and have always done things by ear when possible. I haven't really looked at music since high school 35 years ago. Now as a chorus Director, I'm needing to reacquaint myself with scores.
Mark's comment about the actual note dilatation changing the distance between the last note and end bar is something I'd never heard, so I looked at 4 different published arrangements of other songs. The rule applied for 2 of them, but also didn't apply for 2 of them. So I can't really comment on that?
Again, I'm totally satisfied with my score the way it is. I'm just following up in case the powers that be decide they want to change anything about it. I'm VERY thankful for your help, and all you do!
Respectfully
Tom Roan / Certified Director
Barbershop Harmony Society
In reply to Hey Guys: I've attached the by tomroe1
just curious: what does 'legally blind' mean, could it be illegal to be blind?
Ah, seems to mean 'officially blind' having some kind of certificate or (legal) status. Like being allowed to participate in the Paralympics, right?
In reply to just curious: what does by Jojo-Schmitz
*heh* Yes, this is an American thing. The government actually has a legal definition of blindness.
In reply to *heh* Yes, this is an by Isaac Weiss
"Officially"... normal vision is considered 20/20. Legally blind refers to anyone who's vision is less than 20/200. It means their vision is poor enough to receive the same benefits of a totally blind person. Its also the threshold for getting a driver's license. My whole family is legally blind. I am totally blind in one eye, with my other eye being 20/400.
"Unofficially"... it means I thankfully can get around without bumping into walls, but I do seem to bump into pretty girls quite often? ( Oops... I'm sooo sorry! )
In reply to "Officially"... normal vision by tomroe1
;-)