On 9/13/10 11:16 AM, "Trevor Daniels" <t.dani...@treda.co.uk> wrote:
> > > Neil Puttock wrote Monday, September 13, 2010 4:48 PM > >> That's an illegal merge, since it obscures the duration of the >> minim. > >> In Nick's example, setting >> 'ignore-collision allows the noteheads to be stuck on top of each >> other with no regard for the individual durations: hence the >> quaver >> obscures the minim. This means the merge commands are irrelevant, >> since the merging code never gets called. > > Just to avoid confusion, let's state this clearly. Nick's original > example showed a minim (half-note) being merged with a quaver > (eighth-note). That is allowed, as both durations are clear (in > fact > there's an example of this in LM 4.5.3 Real music example.) No > need to use 'ignore-collision, as this produces no error messages. > > Merging a crotchet (quarter-note) with a quaver is also fine, no > error > messages. > > But merging a minim (half-note) with a crotchet (quarter-note) is > not > allowed, and LilyPond will not do it, as it would not be possible to > tell the duration of one or other of the notes, whether the note > head > were open or filled in. It would be incorrect typesetting to force > this > with 'ignore-collision. What does 'merge-differently-headed mean, then? Carl _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
