#315 Ancient porrectus should look like punctum

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Originally created by: *anonymous

Originally created by: *anonymous

Originally created by: gpermus@gmail.com

% Last note of porrectus (large E in section 7.7.10.2 of the manual),
% when only one space higher on staff than the previous note,
% appears like a solid blob. There should be a little white space
% between the notes, and this would be from curving that last note.
% Like a standard punctum.

\version "2.10.19"
\paper { ragged-right = ##t }
\include "gregorian-init.ly"
\score {
  <<
    \context VaticanaVoice = "cantus" {
      \clef "vaticana-do3"

      \[ \melisma  g \flexa f \pes g \melismaEnd \]
      \[ s8 \]

    } %//end of cantus
  >>
} %//end of score

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Originally posted by: gpermus@gmail.com

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Originally posted by: pkx1...@gmail.com

I think this is the same thing in 2.15.11 - see attached.

I am using

\include "gregorian.ly"
\score {
  <<
    \context VaticanaVoice = "cantus" {
      \clef "vaticana-do3"

      \[ \melisma  g \flexa f \pes g \melismaEnd \]
      \[ s8 \]

    } %//end of cantus
  >>
} %//end of score

Summary: Ancient porrectus should look like punctum
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Labels: -Type-Defect -Priority-Postponed Type-Ugly

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Originally posted by: PhilEHol...@googlemail.com

FWIW, there's quite a bit wrong with the shape of the porrectus.  See attached attempt to recreate the image from the Liber Usualis and compare with that.

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Originally posted by: pkx1...@gmail.com

When compiling with 2.19.8 as per the example in comment #2 I get a programming error

--snip

GNU LilyPond 2.19.8
Processing `test.ly'
Parsing...
Interpreting music...
programming error: Ligature_engraver::stop_translation_timestep (): junking empty ligature
continuing, cross fingers
Preprocessing graphical objects...
Finding the ideal number of pages...
Fitting music on 1 page...
Drawing systems...
Layout output to `test.ps'...
Converting to `./test.pdf'...
Success: compilation successfully completed

--snip--

Attached output

[Simon Albrecht]

• Description has changed:

Diff:

--- old
+++ new
@@ -2,22 +2,25 @@

 *Originally created by:* [gpermus@gmail.com](http://code.google.com/u/gpermus@gmail.com/)

-%% Last note of porrectus \(large E in section 7.7.10.2 of the manual\), when
-only
-%one space higher on staff than the previous note, appears like a solid blob. 
-%There should be a little white space between the notes, and this would be from
-%curving that last note.  Like a standard punctum.
+~~~~
+:::TeX
+% Last note of porrectus (large E in section 7.7.10.2 of the manual), when only
+% one space higher on staff than the previous note, appears like a solid blob.
+% There should be a little white space between the notes, and this would be from
+% curving that last note.  Like a standard punctum.

 \version "2.10.19"
-\paper\{ ragged-right=\#\#t \}
+\paper{ ragged-right = ##t }
 \include "gregorian-init.ly"
-\score \{ <<
-\context VaticanaVoice = "cantus" \{
-\clef "vaticana-do3"
+\score {
+  <<
+    \context VaticanaVoice = "cantus" {
+      \clef "vaticana-do3"

-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \\\[ \melisma&nbsp; g \flexa f \pes g \melismaEnd \\\]
+      \[ \melisma  g \flexa f \pes g \melismaEnd \]
+      \[ s8 \]

-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \\\[ s8 \\\]
-
-\} %//end of cantus
-&gt;&gt; \} %//end of score
+    } %//end of cantus
+  >>
+} %//end of score
+~~~~

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[Simon Albrecht]

• Description has changed:

Diff:

--- old
+++ new
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@

 ~~~~
 :::TeX
-% Last note of porrectus (large E in section 7.7.10.2 of the manual), when only
-% one space higher on staff than the previous note, appears like a solid blob.
-% There should be a little white space between the notes, and this would be from
-% curving that last note.  Like a standard punctum.
+% Last note of porrectus (large E in section 7.7.10.2 of the manual),
+% when only one space higher on staff than the previous note,
+% appears like a solid blob. There should be a little white space
+% between the notes, and this would be from curving that last note.
+% Like a standard punctum.

 \version "2.10.19"
-\paper{ ragged-right = ##t }
+\paper { ragged-right = ##t }
 \include "gregorian-init.ly"
 \score {
   <<