Re: horizontal spacing regression

[Trevor Daniels]

Jan Warchoł wrote Saturday, January 15, 2011 9:21 AM


> 2011/1/14 Keith OHara <address@hidden>:
>> The extra-spacing-height seems to do just the right thing. True, it gives
>> no extra space when the interval is larger {c be be f } but neither did
>> 2.12.3 and I think we don't need it there.
>
> No, in my opinion it's really bad!
> I mean, this
>
> \version "2.13.45"
> {
>  \override Accidental #'extra-spacing-height = #'(-0.5 . 0.5)
>  \repeat unfold 12 {f'8 bes' d'' f'' \noBreak }
> }
>
> looks to my eye worse than this:
>
>\version "2.13.45"
> {
>   \repeat unfold 12 {f'8 bes' d'' f'' \noBreak }
> }
> 
> I'd say that the optimal layout would be somewhere in between.

I agree somewhere inbeween would be optimal.  Perhaps something
like this (the override is just a frig to demonstrate my
preferred positioning, not a solution, of course):

{
  \repeat unfold 6 {
    \once \override NoteHead #'X-extent = #'(0 . 1.8)
    f'8 bes' d'' f'' \noBreak
    f'8 bes' d'' f'' \noBreak
  }
}

I realise this is not possible to achieve without
getting into the spacing code, though.  And this is
taking it beyond solving the regression, so it
should be a separate issue for 2.15.

Trevor