Re: accidental too far away from notehead

2013-01-13 Thread Werner LEMBERG
>> If the distance exceeds a certain threshold (say, more than a >> ninth), I would rather suggest that the voices are treated >> independently, this is, that the accidental clusters are computed >> separately, as originally stated by David. > > Well, the point of aligning them vertically is to m

Re: accidental too far away from notehead

2013-01-13 Thread David Kastrup
Werner LEMBERG writes: >> Gould says Octave accidentals are easiest to read when they align. >> So this would make the current lilypond implementation correct. She >> also recommends changing the layout to prevent accidentals being too >> far from their notehead - so ideally lilypond would place

Re: accidental too far away from notehead

2013-01-13 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> Gould says Octave accidentals are easiest to read when they align. > So this would make the current lilypond implementation correct. She > also recommends changing the layout to prevent accidentals being too > far from their notehead - so ideally lilypond would place the upper > E# close to the

Re: accidental too far away from notehead

2013-01-13 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: To: Cc: "David Kastrup" ; Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 12:15 PM Subject: Re: accidental too far away from notehead On 13 janv. 2013, at 12:37, m...@mikesolomon.org wrote: On 13 janv. 2013, at 12:12, David Kastrup wrote: Werner LEMBE

Re: accidental too far away from notehead

2013-01-13 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 13 janv. 2013, at 12:37, m...@mikesolomon.org wrote: > > On 13 janv. 2013, at 12:12, David Kastrup wrote: > >> Werner LEMBERG writes: >> >>> Please consider this code: >>> >>> \version "2.17.10" >>> >>> \relative c''' { >>> << { 2 } \\ >>> { eis,2 } >> >>> } >>> >>> A

Re: accidental too far away from notehead

2013-01-13 Thread m...@mikesolomon.org
On 13 janv. 2013, at 12:12, David Kastrup wrote: > Werner LEMBERG writes: > >> Please consider this code: >> >> \version "2.17.10" >> >> \relative c''' { >><< { 2 } \\ >> { eis,2 } >> >> } >> >> Attached you can find an image. I think this is a formatting bug of >

Re: accidental too far away from notehead

2013-01-13 Thread David Kastrup
Werner LEMBERG writes: > Please consider this code: > > \version "2.17.10" > > \relative c''' { > << { 2 } \\ >{ eis,2 } >> > } > > Attached you can find an image. I think this is a formatting bug of > lilypond: The e sharp in the second voice should be directly pl

Re: accidental too far away from notehead

2013-01-13 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "Werner LEMBERG" To: Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 6:23 AM Subject: accidental too far away from notehead Please consider this code: \version "2.17.10" \relative c''' { << { 2 } \\ { eis,2 } >> } Attached you can find an image.

Re: accidental too far away from notehead

2013-01-12 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> Actually, after some thinking, I believe that the accidental of the > lowest note should be actually nearer to the note head even if it is > part of a chord. > > \relative c' { > <\tweak Accidental.X-offset #2.5 eis gis' cis eis gis>2 > } Now a technical question regarding the X-offset:

Re: accidental too far away from notehead

2013-01-12 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> I think this is a formatting bug of lilypond: The e sharp in the > second voice should be directly placed in front of the notehead > since it is not part of the chord. Actually, after some thinking, I believe that the accidental of the lowest note should be actually nearer to the note head even