I agree that in the examples you gave the accidentals look a lot better in the 2.12 versions.
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Keith E OHara <k-ohara5...@oco.net> wrote: > In "First impressions of alpha test" I wrote: > >> On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:41:24 -0700, Joe Neeman <joenee...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Do you consider this desirable? >>> >> >> Personally, I have a neutral opinion on the aggressive tucking. >> > > Well, opinions change over time. It is a subtle thing, but I think the old > naive spacing around accidentals makes an easier-to-read page. Here are two > dense measures of Debussy that are a little difficult to space. > > Moving the notes over the clef-change is a good thing, of course. > > The stem-accidental collisions do not occur unless the beam crosses staffs, > even if it is kneed, so they might be considered part of the cross-staff > issues. The spacing of the first three 16ths is probably a cross-staff > artifact as well. However, stems of cross-staff beams will always be > special cases in collision resolution, so they can cross a long hairpin > crescendo for example. So I suggest that keeping accidentals clear of other > note columns might be wisest. > > More simply, in the last three 16th notes (demisemiquavers) in the first > measure, I want the accidental to give me a bit of extra space for > readability. I was able to create a small example showing a case where > notes with an accidental in between were actually spaced closer together. (I > imagined the new spacing engine getting a little too excited: "can I fit > under the neighboring accidental? Yes! Oh boy lets slide these > together!!") > > So I favor less aggressive tucking of noteheads under other noteheads and > their attached accidentals, if that is an option. Other opinions? > -- > Keith > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > >
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