Please note that I understand that it is LilyPond's intended behavior to never merge a quarter note and a half note regardless of how properties are set. I also understand why this should be the default behavior. I guess I don't understand why setting 'merge-differently-headed should not override the default behavior for quarter notes as well as flagged notes. I've attached a snippet of some old sheet music which does merge a quarter note and a half note. While in some contexts it might be ambiguous, in this case, it is not.
BTW, I have figured out how to fake the behavior that I want. Ted > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Gilles THIBAULT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Ted Stanion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <lilypond-user@gnu.org> > Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 09:27:38 +0100 > Subject: Re: Why Is This Merge Behavior Different? > > Can someone explain to me why the eighth note and half > > note have their heads merged in the first measure while the quarter > > note and the half note in the second measure do not? > > \relative c'' > > { > > \new Voice << { > > c8 c4. > > \override Staff.NoteCollision #'merge-differently-headed = ##t > > c8 c4. > > \override Staff.NoteCollision #'merge-differently-headed = ##f > > c4 c4 > > \override Staff.NoteCollision #'merge-differently-headed = ##t > > \override Staff.NoteCollision #'merge-differently-dotted = ##t > > c4 c4 } \\ > > { c2 c2 c2 c2 } >> > Yes it seems strange but i think it is on purpose. > With a eighth note and a half note, the little hook of the eighth note > (sorry don't remember how you call that in english) lets you to understand > the duration of each merged notes. > There is no way to distinguish a quarter note and a half note if they are > merged. It can make believe you that it is 2 half notes. > (of course reading forward in the measure let you imagine the real duration > of each note) > > Gilles >
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