2009/7/24 Valentin Villenave <v.villen...@gmail.com>: >> Another point is the horizontal position: If the line is placed above the >> stem, it seems better to me to have both in one horizontal position (not >> centered above the NoteHead), though I can't recognize any clear conventions >> for it up to now. > > I think this would be a terrible idea. All articulation marks are > centered with the note head. As a musician, I'd be terribly confused > if I were to suddently encounter an articulation mark that's centered > with the stem.
It's not correct that articulations are always centered with the note head. See http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=218 and the examples attached there. This is precisely what toward-stem-shift was introduced for. :-) Max _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel