Re: Slurs are better than ties at automatically avoiding collisions

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "Nick Payne" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: Slurs are better than ties at automatically avoiding collisions


> On 10/04/11 22:09, Phil Holmes wrote:

> > Have you tested whether it actually avoids the beam better, or if it's
> > not just simply placed differently anyway?

> Yes, the slur really does avoid collisions much better. Here's png
> output from the actual score where I encountered the problem - all
> elements are being placed automatically with no overrides. When using a
> tie, it collides with the beam and the fingering. Replace the ties with
> slurs, and the slur is automatically displaced upwards from its normal
> location to avoid both the beam and fingering.
>
> Nick

OK.  Added as http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1606


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Phil Holmes