Re: Denemo freezes my Plasma 5.8 desktop manager.

[Richard Shann]

On Sun, 2020-11-08 at 14:51 -0500, Dirk Mittler wrote:
> 
> On 11/8/20 12:52 PM, Richard Shann wrote:
> > On Sun, 2020-11-08 at 12:39 -0500, Dirk Mittler wrote:
> > > On 11/8/20 10:53 AM, Richard Shann wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 2020-11-08 at 10:21 -0500, Dirk Mittler wrote:
> > > > > Hello again,
> > > > > 
> > > > > On 11/8/20 9:22 AM, Richard Shann wrote:
> > > > > > On Sun, 2020-11-08 at 06:51 -0500, Dirk Mittler wrote:
> > > > > > > Hello.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I have just started experimenting with Denemo, and have
> > > > > > > custom-
> > > > > > > compiled
> > > > > > > version 2.4. My desktop manager is Plasma 5.8 .
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> 
> [...]
> 
> > > > I didn't mean that the MIDI file was crazy, just the LilyPond
> > > > file that 
> > 
> > results from Denemo trying to import it!
> > I haven't tried Denemo's MIDI import for quite a few years - as I
> > recall I devised an "assisted MIDI import" where you could import
> > each
> > track one at a time and intervene if there were problems. I don't
> > see
> > that in the current version of the program, it really looks like
> > MIDI
> > import has suffered some bit rot.
> > 
> > Richard
> > 
> 
> I have a question for you, that might be completely off-topic, in
> that 
> the answer might simply be No.
> 
> I can visualize and tolerate many types of program malfunctions,
> just 
> not, my desktop manager freezing in such a way that I need to issue
> a 
> 'reboot' command as root. But, I could visualize something almost as 
> bizarre.
> 
> Is there any possibility that, rather than simply opening the MIDI
> File 
> as a Data file, Denemo tries to use File-Type Associations on it?

No, that's not at all possible, Denemo parses the file via the libsmf
library and then tries to ascribe notes to the MIDI note NoteOn/off
messages parsed...
It would run into problems with things like a long drone lasting over
bars, as it might try to find a long enough duration by adding dots!

Richard