Re: Spacing bug in 2.8.2?

[Mats Bengtsson]

Kieren MacMillan wrote:

> ...
> However, in general I have felt that beginning- and end-of-measure  
> spacing has altered dramatically (not for the better) in the past  
> version or so -- you may remember several postings (by me and others)  
> on this issue.
>
> For example, I now find that:
>
>     1. nearly *every* "carry-over" slur and tie essentially  
> disappears (n.b., this behavior is seen in Shamus's example as well);
>     2. accidentals, arpeggios, etc., attached to a measure's first  
> note are almost always within only a few points of the bar line  
> itself (and in some cases actually *touch* the bar line!);
>     3. noteheads themselves sometimes (but much less often than  other 
> Objects) seem too close to the bar line (leading and trailing).
>
> None of these were a problem a few versions ago -- I would really  
> love to know what has happened to effect this change, and where the  
> spacing code is located so I could revert this.

The simple answer is probably that the changes you have noticed
are side-effects of several changes to the algorithms, that
presumably have improved lots of other aspects of the layout.

  /Mats