Re: Tied accidentals (in chords) spaced as if they were visible

[Marcus Macauley]

Not to nag, but is this planned to be fixed for the 2.8 release?

I ask because it persists in 2.7.39, and I don't know if it's a new bug (I  
first noticed it while using 2.7.38) or an old one.

Marcus


On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 05:24:22 -0800, Marcus Macauley <address@hidden>  
wrote:

> This is probably related to the "Release-critical accidentals spacing  
> bug"  
> (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2006-03/msg00039.html),  
> but here's a telling example:
>
> \version "2.7.38"
> \layout {ragged-right = ##t}
> {
> <fis' ais' cis''>2~ <fis' ais' cis''>~ | <fis' ais' cis''>~ <fis' ais'  
> cis'' gis'>
> }
>
> It seems that when a chord with accidentals is tied across the barline,  
> or when a new note is added to the chord, the spacing accounts for the  
> old accidentals as if they were repeated. Notice that in the example  
> above, the second chord doesn't have any extra space (it's mid-measure  
> and doesn't add any new notes), while the third and fourth chords have  
> just enough extra space to accomodate all the accidentals, whether or  
> not visible.
>
> Marcus