[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > > When you do d^"\\textsharp" the sign is now put almost a cm to the
> > > left, probably because of some recently added "intelligence" in the
> > > program that tries to estimate the physical extent of the text.
> > > See for example the third last bar of gallina.
> > >
> >
> > Maybe it should be made into a script, eg
> >
> > c4^\sharp_\flat
>
> A good idea, but in many examples it won't help, since you want
> to typeset e.g. d^"\\textsharp 6".
> Another example is the ^"\\stringcircle{4}" macro described last
> week on this list. Why do you calculate the length of the text
> anyhow? To avoid collisions? If the scripts are typeset left aligned,
> which they should be (!?), most of the problem disappears.
>
No. A lot of important scripts (^ and .) should be centered on the
notehead. We could move the centering to LaTeX again, but I think I
would rather move the opposite way: to have more intelligence (without
quotes :-) in lilypond
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