Re: Tie bug in Lilypond 2.7.18 for Windows still not resolved

[liang seng]

Hi, after installing version 2.7.23 for Windows, I have to say that the tie 
reformatting feature is still not satisfactory. I've attached 2 files for 
your reference.
Testa.pdf is generated by version 2.6.3 for Windows (the source file content 
is at the start of this thread) while Testb.pdf is generated by version 
2.7.23
As you can see, there is a big difference in the ties in both files. I don't 
know about the horizontal distance between the end of ties and the 
noteheads, but don't you agree that the ties generated by 2.6.3 look better? 
If you take a downward tie as an example, the 2.6.3 version looks better 
because the tie always starts and terminates on or below the lowest point of 
the notehead. While in the 2.7.23 version, they start and end in the 
midpoint of a notehead. While this is correct for ties in notes within a 
chord, this is clearly not correct for ties attached to the outermost notes 
of a chord or when there is only a single note. (Which in the case of the 
attached files, upward and downward ties show the same problem in Testb.pdf 
)
Clearly, a mechanism has to be created in order to tell Lilypond how to 
differentiate between whether to apply a tie to a note either as the note is 
inside a chord or as the outermost notes of a chord. I'm not a computer 
expert, but is there a way to tell Lilypond this? I hope I'm making myself 
clear as this is beginning to annoy me.

Testa.pdf
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Testb.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document