> I've run into an interesting behavior of LilyPond (2.24.4 and
> 2.25.24) when you have dotted notes in a chord with an interval of a
> second. [...]
>
> My question is, does the modified way look better?
No, it doesn't for me. A dot with such a large vertical distance is
something I've never seen, even in the most dense situations.
> Should it be LilyPond's default behavior?
I don't think so. For me, it is a serious deviation from standard
appearance, probably confusing the casual reader.
Werner
