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Ports: #34787 (alternative fix)
Resolves: #34590

Manually edited ChordLines were either missing entirely from a part or shown without the edit. That's because the user-edited shape was kept in ChordLine::LayoutData::path together with a m_modified flag that told the layout not to regenerate it. Layout data isn't copied when cloning into parts, and property propagation didn't set the flag.

This was patched in #34787 for 4.7, but this PR replaces that with an alternative, deeper fix:

  • The user's edits are stored as four real properties, Pid::CHORD_LINE_GRIP_OFFSET*. They're offsets from the default shape, in spatium units scaled by the chord's mag.
  • Layout builds the default shape and adds the offsets. m_modified, m_lengthX and m_lengthY are removed (the last two weren't actually used for anything, I think).
  • Dragging a grip only changes its offset, so undo and copying to parts should work like any other property.
  • Edited chord lines now scale with spatium, staff size and small/grace notes.
  • Saving writes <gripOffset*> instead of <Path>. Old files' <Path> is converted to grip offsets on read.

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ChordLine now represents shape changes as four grip offsets. Layout builds chord-line paths from default points and those offsets. Legacy readers convert path data to offsets, and the writer serializes nonzero offsets as point tags. The change also removes the PATH property and the EngravingItem.path API. Tests cover editing, rendering, serialization, legacy conversion, part propagation, undo, and reset.

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Legacy files with Path before subtype can retain an altered chord-line shape after conversion. This narrow compatibility issue should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging.

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Review comments at @src/engraving/rendering/single/singlelayout.cpp:
- Line 879: Update the CHORDLINE path in SingleLayout::layout(ChordLine*) to
pass item->baseLength() to TLayout::layoutChordLinePath instead of
item->spatium(), preserving the chord-scaled rendering and grip offsets.

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- Line 2619: Move the `compat::CompatUtils::readChordLinePath(l, e)` conversion
so it runs after all ChordLine properties, including `subtype`, have been read;
preserve the legacy points during property parsing and convert them only once
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}
ldata->path = path;
l->setModified(true);
compat::CompatUtils::readChordLinePath(l, e);

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Convert legacy <Path> after reading subtype.

defaultPoints() depends on subtype, but readChordLinePath() converts the path before later ChordLine properties are read. If an accepted legacy file places <Path> before <subtype>, the stored grip offsets can describe a different shape and persist that change on save. straight does not affect defaultPoints().

The legacy writer emits <subtype> before <Path>, so this affects only files with a different accepted ordering. Preserve the legacy points and convert them after all ChordLine properties are read.

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Move the `compat::CompatUtils::readChordLinePath(l, e)` conversion so it runs
after all ChordLine properties, including `subtype`, have been read; preserve
the legacy points during property parsing and convert them only once
`defaultPoints()` can use the final subtype.

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CHORD_LINE_TYPE,
CHORD_LINE_STRAIGHT,
CHORD_LINE_WAVY,
CHORD_LINE_GRIP_OFFSET1,

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I think it might be worth making these generic and also using them in place of SLUR_UOFFx, as they're the same thing. If a property doesn't need to be explicitly for a certain type, we should avoid that. There would be a bit of compat hassle, but shouldn't be very difficult

return false;
case Pid::PLAY:
return true;
case Pid::CHORD_LINE_GRIP_OFFSET1:

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We can remove these defaults, as EngravingObject should return the same for all P_TYPE::POINT properties


ChordLine::Points ChordLine::defaultPoints() const
{
const double x = isToTheLeft() ? -1.2 : 1.2; // let the symbols extend a bit more horizontally

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Suggested change
const double x = isToTheLeft() ? -1.2 : 1.2; // let the symbols extend a bit more horizontally
const Spatium x = isToTheLeft() ? -1.2_sp : 1.2_sp; // let the symbols extend a bit more horizontally

Same for y. We'll also need to convert this back to a double with .val() when returning the points. (We should really think about introducing a point holding Spatium values - I've felt the need for this elsewhere too)
Bit of a nitpick, but I really want to keep the difference between units of spatium and absolute renderer units clear as there have been a lot of bugs resulting from confusing these in the past.

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Manually edited Slides or pitch-bending jazz articulations (Fall, Doit etc.) don't appear in Parts

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