I agree with you, but it seems to me that the terms you use, 'functionality' and 'looks' got mixed up in this thread. With the latest revision of 2.7.9 I think the functionality aspect is pretty close to 'good' as far as I can tell.
/henrik Bec and John Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Henrik, > > It does seem that maybe trying to accommodate everyone's preference is a lost > cause. Customisability should definitely be present. > > However, ties/slurs should "function" first and look beautiful second! :) > With 2.7.7 I've been forced to not avoid some problems because they are too > serious (not in the > screenshots I sent previously). For instance, where a tie is in the same > space in the staff as the note but slurs on adjacent notes are (very > attractively) going over the > notes - this creates a visually unbalanced look, and worse the tie is likely > to go unnoticed. > > I think the things I've noticed, and the screenshots you posted, definitely > expose things that need to be fixed. > > - John > > I have been following this discussion with interest and I have a few > thoughts. I don't think it is possible to accomodate all styles and > personal preferences when it comes to ties which I think this thread is > proof of. I am sure the sponsored rewrite included in 2.7.7 led to a > better situation for some (maybe all) users, but in the score I'm > currently working on it lead to more collisions and less > consistency (see the attached .png's). > > Now, I'm _not_ complaining, I'm > OK with it. In the music that I'm working with I'm used to having to > spend much time figuring out, sometimes unorthodox ways of notating > things. So, the only thing I need is a good way of manually altering the > defaults and this is what the tie-configuration property does. Another > suggestion could be to allow for altering the defaults > globally and thus make it possible for users to accomodate the tie > behaviour to the set of rules that works for them. > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user