Re: Should Dot_column_engraver be in Voice instead of Staff?

[David Kastrup]

Andrew Hawryluk <address@hidden> writes:

> 2009/8/5 John Mandereau <address@hidden>:
>> dots.ly before
>> dots.ly after
>>
>> collision-mesh.ly before
>> collision-mesh.ly after
>
> I think even this simple case might fail if the dots were placed in
> the Voice context:
> << c''4. \\ b'4. >>
>
> In the example that Mark found, the non-aligned notes are certainly
> superior, but I'm not sure what rule would determine whether the
> alignment is desired for every case. Would it be as simple as 'keep
> the dots unaligned unless collisions result' ? I guess this would
> require significant surgery to the Dot_column_engraver, no?

Likely two engravers, one that does the work per voice, and one that
retries and cleans up if the per-voice engraving sucks.

-- 
David Kastrup