Re: Horizontal spacing depends on stem 'direction

[Dmytro O. Redchuk]

On Thu 22 Sep 2011, 09:40 David Kastrup wrote:
> In my opinion, this report is invalid.  Since Lilypond does optical
> justification of noteheads (cf node "Optical Spacing" in the Lilypond
> Essay), of _course_ its spacing depends on the stem direction.  And of
> _course_ this implies that there will be a small borderline where page
> break decisions _also_ differ depending on the stem direction.
> 
> A human engraver will make a random decision, and stick with this
> decision even when one stem is flipped around for the next iteration,
> changing the spacing slightly.
> 
> Lilypond does not remember what it did last time around with that score,
> and it does not throw dice.
Please, I think it would be great it you added your opinion to tracker. I've
marked this issue as "needs-evidence" -- but this "evidence" should not be
lost.

Thank you!

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