Re: Dot Staccato x Slur

[Valentin Villenave]

2008/3/6, Zenith <address@hidden>:
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>  I used the laster version... 1.11.41.

OK. Thanks for having investigated this; having looked at your
indications, I'm not a specialist but I think there's no bug at stake
here.

The thing you marked in blue is explained by what I said about the
inside/outside the staff difference: outside the staff, the dots are
place as close as possible to the noteheads; inside the staff this
behavior is no longer applied, to prevent dots from colliding with
staff lines.

As for the thing you marked in red, I suppose this is related too: the
dot on the d is placed above the staff (and therefore above the slur)
to avoid a collision with the topmost staff-line.

>  It seems to be very strange to me the irregular distance of the dots....
>  sometimes the dots are almost touching the notes... and these notes are not
>  inside the staff lines...

Yes, perhaps you misunderstood my point: the dots-almost-touching the
notes *is* actually the default behavior, that is changed only when
the notes are inside the staff.

However, I assume you know how to chang the default offset of the
staccato dots, if you happen to prefer the dots to be a bit less close
to noteheads.

(By the way, I noticed you use capital letters in your titles; since
you're using the last development versions, I may suggest typing your
titles normally and using the \smallCaps command instead - IMO the
result is much better-looking).

Cheers,
Valentin