On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 8:09 PM Dan Eble <dan@lyric.works> wrote: > > Should slurs require Stem_engraver? > > No: https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/3760#note_339794300 > Yes: > https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/1800#note_1227831830 > > I'm looking for some input from old-timers to help decide this so I can avoid > wasting more time on broken or unacceptable solutions.
I have no definite opinion either, and I created this mess ;-) In general, the formatting code tries to be lenient when Grobs are missing, and looks for fallbacks. This means that adding some support for finding the extremal head without a stem is fine, albeit that not all formatting may turn out correctly. In retrospect, I don't know if the NoteColumn grob has been a great idea: as time progressed, the original function of NoteColumn (provide the extents of a notehead + stem + flag) has been usurped by various more sophisticated mechanisms. -- Han-Wen Nienhuys - hanw...@gmail.com - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen
