Re: Potential fix for issue 37

[David Kastrup]

Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> writes:

>>>> I'm not exactly sure what the desired output would be for issue
>>>> 37, but my code assumes that if there are collision problems, flat
>>>> beams look best.
>>> +1
>> 
>> Don't agree: the beams usually give an impression of the overall
>> pitch tendency.  Flat beams over a rising melody line look strange
>> and dead.  So I think it would be good if they usually kept their
>> natural angle, just with uniformly longer stems.
>
> I'm not sure whether using the `natural' angle is really that good –
> we are entering quite complicated formatting issues...  Perhaps
> applying a damping factor to make the beams less steep?

I think the usual beam slope calculation (which involves dampening)
should be more or less fine.  That's what I meant with "natural angle".

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David Kastrup