Re: strange vertical position of slur and tuplet number

[Patrick McCarty]

2010/10/25 Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden>:
>
> look at this snippet:
>
>  \relative c' {
>    e'2 e8 e e e |
>    e2 g8 g g g
>    \times 2/3 { \tupletUp b8( g!) b }
>  }
>
> Can someone please explain why the slur is above the tuplet number?

This is the slur that has the lowest score (penalty), out of 81
possible slur shapes.

That doesn't mean it's *correct* however...

> It looks like a bug, since even slight modifications of the rhythm in
> the two bars before the triplet yields the correct result (for
> example, replace `e2 g8 g g g' with `e2 g') �#| there is a collision
> then, but this is a different issue IMHO.

Yes, there is definitely a bug here.  A large penalty of "50" is added
to some of the betting-looking slurs to avoid "extra encompass"
objects, but I can't see what object these particular slurs are trying
to avoid in this case; removing the forced accidental still yields the
same penalty.

I will look at the issue more closely in a bit, and if I can't fix it,
I'll add this to the tracker.

Thanks,
Patrick