Slurs are better than ties at automatically avoiding collisions

2011-04-10 Thread Nick Payne
See below. If I have a tie between the two Gs in the top voice, it collides with the beam. If I fake the tie with a slur, it automatically avoids the beam. \version 2.13.58 \relative c'' { { g'2 ~ g } \\ { s1 } \\ { b,8 g a b ~ b a b a } \\ { g,2 g } } \relative c'' { { g'2(

Re: Slurs are better than ties at automatically avoiding collisions

2011-04-10 Thread bruys .
Dear Nick, Looks like a good thing to try, when in difficulty. There isn't any collision avoidance occurring, of course; slurs are usually placed further away from the notes than ties. If you make the middle voices vacant, you can see this. Regards, bruys \version 2.12.3 \relative c'' { {

Re: Slurs are better than ties at automatically avoiding collisions

2011-04-10 Thread Phil Holmes
Nick Payne nick.pa...@internode.on.net wrote in message news:4da16be1.7010...@internode.on.net... See below. If I have a tie between the two Gs in the top voice, it collides with the beam. If I fake the tie with a slur, it automatically avoids the beam. \version 2.13.58 \relative c'' { { g'2

Re: Slurs are better than ties at automatically avoiding collisions

2011-04-10 Thread Nick Payne
On 10/04/11 22:09, Phil Holmes wrote: Nick Payne nick.pa...@internode.on.net wrote in message news:4da16be1.7010...@internode.on.net... See below. If I have a tie between the two Gs in the top voice, it collides with the beam. If I fake the tie with a slur, it automatically avoids the beam.

Re: Slurs are better than ties at automatically avoiding collisions

2011-04-10 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: Nick Payne nick.pa...@internode.on.net To: lilypond-user@gnu.org 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

Re: Slurs are better than ties at automatically avoiding collisions

2011-04-10 Thread Nick Payne
On 10/04/11 23:33, Phil Holmes wrote: - Original Message - From: Nick Payne nick.pa...@internode.on.net To: lilypond-user@gnu.org 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