I haven't really been paying attention to discussion about tie
formatting, but
isn't the tie here in the wrong space? The tie is placed next to the
c'' , but
wouldn't it look better in the higher space (ie where e'' normally
goes).
%% 2.7.10 binary packed on osx
\layout{ raggedright = ##t }
\relative c'' { e4 e8 c ~ c c e4 }