Re: Optical spacing fails at tight situations

[Carl Sorensen]

On 1/17/11 4:18 PM, "James Bailey" <address@hidden> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Jan 14, 2011, at 12:30 AM, Carl Sorensen wrote:
> 
>> On 1/13/11 2:16 PM, "Janek Warchoł" <address@hidden>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> The distances are not equal. Optical corrections are made there.
>>> 
>> OK, you got me interested so I spent some time I didn't have on this.  I
>> must be a LilyPond addict.
>> 
>> It appears that the optical spacing *is* being added during note-spacing.cc.
>> I assume (although I haven't tracked it down) that it is eliminated later
>> when the spacing is adjusted using the springs-and-rods algorithm.
>> 
>> The spacing parameter that affects this is NoteSpacing
>> #'same-direction-correction.
>> 
>> Presumably, if we want to keep the optical spacing in tightly-packed music
>> we'll have to make changes in the springs-and-rods code for a staff line.
>> 
>> HTH,
>> 
>> Carl
>> 
> Some pre-work before my tuesday duties. Is this a feature, bug, or
> currently-working-but-could-be-improved behavior? And should I add it to the
> tracker?

I guess I'd call it a bug, with low priority.  I haven't checked to see if
it's a regression.

Thanks,

Carl