Re: Dots are shifted to avoid non-existent ledger lines (with custom ledger line positions)

[Colin Campbell]

On 14-07-21 01:21 PM, Paul Morris wrote:
> Here's an obscure one: when ledger line positions have been overridden, the 
> positions of dots on dotted notes are still shifted to avoid ledger lines that 
> are no longer there.  They don't seem to be shifted based on actual ledger line 
> positions.
>
> -Paul
>
>
> \version "2.18.2"
>
> greenNote =  \once \override NoteHead.color = #green
>
> \markup { Dots are shifted to avoid non-existent ledger lines (see green 
> notes). }
>
> \new Staff \with {
>    \override StaffSymbol.line-positions = #'(-4 0 4)
>    \override StaffSymbol.ledger-positions = #'(-4 0 4)
> }
> \relative f' {
>    \time 12/4
>    c,4. d e
>    \greenNote f
>    g a b
>    \greenNote c
>    g''
>    \greenNote a
>    b c d
>    \greenNote e
>    f g
> }
>
> \markup { Dots are not being shifted based on actual ledger line positions.}
>
> \new Staff \with {
>    \override StaffSymbol.ledger-positions = #'(-3 -1 1 3 5)
> }
> \relative f' {
>    c, d e f g a b c
> }

Reported as Issue 4040 
<https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=4040>: Dots 
ignoring shifted ledger lines

Cheers,
Colin

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