Hi, I have a bunch of works I did before 1.4.12, when the polyphonic music had to be done manually, without <x \\ y>. Recently I have ported a few works that used the old syntax, to use the modern < \\ > syntax instead. Though the music should be exactly equivalent, it happens that the spacing is different between the versions (and it happens that the difference is significant, e.g. one version can occupy more space than the other).
The difference between the notes can be something like this (though it only happens in more complex examples): Old notes: \context Staff <{\context Voice = A a \stemUp b \stemBoth d \stemUp e \stemBoth g} {\context Voice = B \stemDown s c s f s}> New notes : \context Staff {a <b \\ c> d <e \\ f> g} Is this a behaviour you might consider a bug? (lilypond solves an optimization problem, and if pieces that should be considered equivalent end up in different solutions, then something might be bad). If you are interested, I could try to find a Real Example, but I won't if you don't need it (unnecessary work is not good). Erik _______________________________________________ Bug-lilypond mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond