>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> The first one occurs with a slur over a triplet, where the third note is a
>> rest. I would like to extend the slur from the first note of the triplet to
>> the rest. However, lilypond complains and refuses to do it.
Jan> Well, she should, as far as I can see. I don't see what you want:
Jan> a slur to or over a rest doesn't make any sense to me. What should
Jan> the meaning of that be?
It is something that I was typesetting for my wife. She required that the
slur extends to the rest. I may ask her again what the difference should be.
>> Second, in the chord (written below as <c e g a b, >), the c, e and g belong
>> to one voice, while the others do not. Therefore, the note heads of c, e and
>> g should appear on the same side of the stem, while a and b should be on the
>> other side. I could not find a way to trick lilypond's resolution of
>> collision.
Jan> Well, how is Lily to know what notes belong to which voice, if you
Jan> don't tell her? Now, the cord is being treated as one voice. You
Jan> may want to try something like this:
[..stuff deleted..]
Not quite. Now we have two stems, one up and one down. This is really ugly.
How can I suppress the stem down?
Thanks,
-Harald