Re: horizontal alignment of dynamics attached to skips

[Neil Puttock]

On 9 February 2011 14:56, Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden> wrote:

> Is this the same issue as #631?
> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=631
> AFAICS #631 does not have a  Dynamics  context but the problem seems to
> be the same (misalignment of dynamic attached to a skip).
> I do not see in #631 comments that this may be related to #620 IIUC
> Neil's comment.
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2009-12/msg00322.html

They're both related to issue 620, though the collision with the
barline in #631 is an extra complication.

> Can't the solution of (fixed) issue #1194 be used also in this case, as
> I read comment #5 in this issue:
>
>> "This is the same problem you get with the Dynamics context, where the
>> dynamics are aligned to paper columns.

No.  That issue was easy to remedy, since the NoteColumn was already
present; it was simple to extract the correct object (rest) to align
to.

In the case of the Dynamics context or a new voice using skips,
neither can see the NoteColumn grobs from any of the voices with
`real' notes; instead, the dynamics fall on the nearest paper column
(since the Paper_column_engraver collects every item and checks
whether it already has a horizontal parent).

Cheers,
Neil