Re: [Denemo-devel] Compatibility with older versions

[Richard Shann]

When the slurs code was simplified Denemo would open the old format but
save in the new. There is an update script which simply opens all
the .denemo files and saves them.
Unfortunately, it seems that I failed to make a release during this
compatibility period. (I have found that I too have some files with
old-format slurs which I have never updated).
If you are dependent on ready-built binaries, there is a problem.
If you are able to build starting from git clone you can build a version
which loads the old and stores the new:

git checkout e6621377e40e98dd9ec0985e72b301f4878c97ce

then make distclean && autogen.sh && ./configure <your local-prefix....>
&& make && make install

then open with this version and save. (There is a script in bin that
will open and save recursively - I would make a backup before running
it!)

Things are supposed to stay compatible, but there was a problem over the
change to the repeat bar syntax - check that repeat bar lines are still
printing correctly, if not delete and re-run the repeat bar command you
need.

HTH (and sorry for the blunder in not releasing during the window of
compatibility, it has caught me out too).

Richard


On Sun, 2015-09-13 at 13:40 +0100, A Wons wrote:
> I've recently tried updating a score typeset in 2013 but it seems to
> have lost all the slurs. Judging by the xml, the old version had
> entries like
>               <slurs>
>                 <slur to="id43"/>
>               </slurs>
> 
> whereas later versions seem to use something like
> 
>               <slur-begin>1</slur-begin>
>               <notes>
> ...
>               <slur-end>1</slur-end>
> ...
>               </notes>
> 
> Editing an older format with a newer version seems to lose the slurs
> completely.
> 
> 
> Is there any easy way of converting from an older format? Are there
> any other incompatibilities?
> 
> 
> Thanks for all the hard work
> 
> Tony
> 
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