Section 1.285 "staccato" of the 2.19.15 LilyPond Music Glossary says: Staccato is indicated by a dot above or below the note head. Gardner Read ("Music Notation: A Manual of Modern Practice") agrees with this and has a little picture showing a stem-up note with a dot just beneath the note-head and a stem-down note with a dot just above the note-head.
Ordinarily, LP follows both Read's and its own guideline on the placement of the dot, e.g., the following snippet: \version "2.19.15" \relative c'' { g8-. a-. b-. c-. d-. e-. f-. g-. a-. b-. c-.} yields:
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However, the following snippet: \version "2.19.15" music = \relative c'' { << {\voiceOne g8-. a-. b-. c-. d-. e-. f-. g-. a4-. b-. c-. b-.} \new Voice { \voiceTwo g,2~ g2~ g2~ g2} >> \oneVoice } \score { \new ChoirStaff << \new Staff \music >> layout { } } yields:
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Besides being pretty ugly, this violates LP's own guidelines. Is there a way to get the second snippet to produce regular staccato dots?
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