On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 12:44 AM, David Kastrup <[email protected]> wrote: > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> writes: > >> The regtest that worries me most is les-nereides.ly. >> >> There is a comment starting on line 827 of axis-group-engraver.cc from >> Joe (vintage 2008) that describes this scenario. It's just that excess >> spacing has always hid it. It is now the time to tackle it head on, >> as w/ the new skyline patch this type of scenario will come up more >> often. > > You appear worried about the slur through the fingerings. Yes, that is > an ugly collision. But it is "merely" a collision. Much more worrying > in my opinion is that the staffs in the first third of the page are > crammed into each other so tightly that it becomes quite hard to guess > which of the interleaved material belongs to top and which to bottom > system. This generally looks like a non-existent staff-staff-spacing > only kept apart by collision avoidance. > > We _really_ need a smart padding strategy reducing this effect which is > _far_ too pronounced to produce readable scores.
I definitely agree. Actually, a while ago i have posted an idea of how the solution might look like: http://www.freeimagehosting.net/tsr21 and the description http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2012-03/msg00507.html I was a bit surprised to see only moderate amount of interest. How do you like this "area" approach? Janek _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
