Re: [PATCH] Ligature brackets

[Han-Wen]

address@hidden writes:
> However, the horizontal alignment is critical.  I definitely do not want
> to model a ligature (like \[ c d e \]) as a single grob, since text
> scripts like fermata on the last note of a ligature (something like
> \[ c d e ^\fermata \]) would not work any more: the fermata would be
> aligned to the left edge of the ligature (above the c) rather than to the
> right edge (above the e).  But the c, d and e must be glued together
> (maybe using loose columns?).
> 
> A year ago, I asked, if something similar like GraceContext would be a
> solution to this problem.  Maybe I should ask again, now that the
> implementation of graces has been rewritten?

Grace context doesn't exist anymore. To me, the best idea seems to
simply set fixed-distance spacing  for the appropriate columns, or if
variable spacing is needed, some specialized routines for medieval spacing.

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Han-Wen Nienhuys   |   address@hidden   |   http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen