Re: Beam collision scoring (issue4174043)

[David Kastrup]

Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> writes:

> [Resending to lilypond-devel since it doesn't appear to have reached
>  the list (it's missing in
>  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2011-02/)]
>
>> I tried this patch on half a dozen piano and orchestral scores and
>> saw no bad side-effects.
>
> The attached image (from
> IMSLP00014-Beethoven__L.v._-_Piano_Sonata_14.pdf) shows another
> solution – smaller beams – to avoid the crossing of beams and stems.
> Maybe this can be implemented too?

It would appear to make sense mostly when the stems have been shrunk
ridiculously.  In that case, putting some "perspective" thinning on the
beams might work out.  However, multiple beams (anything but eighths)
would then stop aligning sensibly with the staff lines.

-- 
David Kastrup