On Fri, 09 Feb 2007 20:34:32 +0100 Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Mark Knoop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 1. There seems to have been a decision made at some point to merge > > note heads in some cases (see collision-head-chords.ly in the > > regression tests and the second chord in the example code below). I > > personally find this ugly and cannot find an example in my library > > of published music where an engraver has taken this same decision. I > > prefer the forked stem solution - see the attached picture. I would > > be interested in others' opinions on this, and advice as to any > > possible workarounds. > > Unfortunately, there isn't any support for forked stems in LilyPond > at the moment, but the feature has been requested a number of times > over the years.
Is there any indication as to the priority this feature has in the minds of developers? i.e. Is it something that might appear within a year, or not for at least five years? > > 2. Forcing the display of all accidentals with ! demonstrates a > > collision bug - perhaps forced accidentals are bypassing the > > accidental collision code? > > If you try > <fis' fes'>4 > you will realize that it doesn't have anything to do with forced > accidentals per se. Rather, it seems like a bug that you don't > get a natural if you do > <fis f> There does not appear to be an issue in the bug list - should I report this? > > 3. These points are both related to a feature request for a new > > accidental style which is common in quite a lot of contemporary > > music. That is, accidentals, including naturals, before _every_ > > note, excepting immediate repetitions. > > See the section on Automatic Accidentals. You probably want something > close to > #(set-accidental-style 'forget) > however, the tricky aspect is the "except immediate repetitions" > which isn't supported as far as I know. Yes, #(set-accidental-style 'forget) is the closest option, but that does not print _any_ natural signs. At the moment my best option is to just use ! everywhere. Regards, Mark -- Mark Knoop _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
