Re: fret-diagram, big black line across 1:st fret (no capo specified)

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bluelegend" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 3:35 AM
Subject: fret-diagram, big black line across 1:st fret (no capo specified)


> Greetings fellow lilyponders.
> I am using Lilypond 2.12.3 (still the standard in Ubuntu Lucid I guess).
>
> Problem: When I try to add some standard fret-diagrams [practically 
> verbatim
> from the manual] there always appears a big ugly black line all across the
> 1:st fret.
> Tried to search but couldn't find any relevant previous posts. Help much
> appreciated.
>
> Below is a close to minimal example + the output:
>
> %Produces big black line across 1:st fret, although no capo specified
> \version "2.12.3"
> \paper{ ragged-right=##t }
>   {
>      c'1^\markup \fret-diagram-terse #"x;0;2;0;2;0;"
>      c'1^\markup \fret-diagram #"6-x;5-0;4-2;3-0;2-2;1-0;"
>      c'1^\markup \fret-diagram-terse #"0;3;2;0;1;0;"
>   }
>
> http://old.nabble.com/file/p33544697/strange_fretdiagram_output.png
>
>
> Best regards bluelegend :]


I know pretty much nothing about fret diagrams, but your zeroes looked 
suspicious to me.  I replaced them with a lower-case o and I lose the thick 
line and it seems to me I get the diagrams you want.

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Phil Holmes