Re: Chapter "Collision resolution"

[Trevor Daniels]

David Kastrup wrote Wednesday, January 12, 2011 4:23 PM


> "Trevor Daniels" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > LilyPond currently has a documented restriction that
> > merging cannot take place if there are three or more
> > notes in the same note column.  Here there are three,
> > so the third note has to be moved out to permit the
> > first two notes to merge.  See the Real music example
> > in the Learning Manual where this is explained.
>
> Is there an insurmountable technical reason for this restriction? 
> It
> seems rather arbitrary.

Well, I guess it's just because it's more difficult
to handle than arbitrary, but I don't know.  I'll
have to hand further discussion over to those more
familiar with the internals than I am.

Trevor