Why not set one of the notes to a different enharmonic pitch?  It's
certainly much kinder to the musician who's trying to play the composition.

 \include "english.ly"
{
\clef treble
\time 4/4
<<
{ fs'4 }
\\
{ es'4 }
>>
}


Cheers,
Mike


On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 7:00 AM, Phil Holmes <[email protected]> wrote:

> Please reply to the user group as well.
>
> As is often pointed out, it's free software and the fixes depend on who is
> working for nothing on the code.
>
> I wouldn't think it would crop up frequently.
>
> I made a workaround with a combination of forcing the accidentals to be
> displayed, and then using force-hshift and extra-offset and a few other
> tweaks to make it work.
>
> My example is pretty complicated, because I also autogenerate the code, but
> you're welcome to a copy if you want.
>
> --
> Phil Holmes
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marco Correia" <
> [email protected]>
> To: "Phil Holmes" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 10:29 AM
> Subject: Re: Odd output
>
>
>  Thanks!
>>
>> I can't believe that this is seen as a low priority enhancement...! This
>> completely renders lilypond unusable for the task I need it, which is to
>> serve
>> as a printer for computer generated music. The output is not ugly - it is
>> plain wrong!
>>
>> Why doesn't the accidental_engraver looks into other voices as well?
>>
>> Maybe I can workaround it by doing an extra pass before writing the
>> lilypond
>> code to check if this kind of problem may occur... But now I wonder what
>> other
>> kind of potential problems may occur with this accidental_engraver
>> algorithm...
>>
>> Anyway, I just wanted to say that I think this problem deserves more
>> consideration.
>>
>> Thank you!
>> Marco
>>
>> On Friday 10 December 2010, you wrote:
>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Marco Correia" <[email protected]>
>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 12:35 AM
>>> Subject: Odd output
>>>
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > I just started using lilypond, so it is very possible that I'm making
>>> > some mistake.
>>> >
>>> > When compiling this example:
>>> >
>>> > \include "english.ly"
>>> > {
>>> > \clef treble
>>> > \time 4/4
>>> > <<
>>> > { fs'4 }
>>> > \\
>>> > { f'4 }
>>> >
>>> > }
>>> >
>>> > I see two notes on fs (occupying the same position but with stems up >
>>> and
>>> > down). There is no indication that f is there.
>>> >
>>> > Is this supposed to/ how do I fix it?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks!
>>> > Marco
>>>
>>> This was one of the first issues I raised, in June this year.  I think it
>>> was my first bug report:
>>>
>>> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1134
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Phil Holmes
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Marco Correia <[email protected]>
>>
>>
>
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