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Re: Horizontal spacing depends on stem 'direction
From: |
Dmytro O. Redchuk |
Subject: |
Re: Horizontal spacing depends on stem 'direction |
Date: |
Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:58:37 +0300 |
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Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) |
On Thu 22 Sep 2011, 09:40 David Kastrup wrote:
> In my opinion, this report is invalid. Since Lilypond does optical
> justification of noteheads (cf node "Optical Spacing" in the Lilypond
> Essay), of _course_ its spacing depends on the stem direction. And of
> _course_ this implies that there will be a small borderline where page
> break decisions _also_ differ depending on the stem direction.
>
> A human engraver will make a random decision, and stick with this
> decision even when one stem is flipped around for the next iteration,
> changing the spacing slightly.
>
> Lilypond does not remember what it did last time around with that score,
> and it does not throw dice.
Please, I think it would be great it you added your opinion to tracker. I've
marked this issue as "needs-evidence" -- but this "evidence" should not be
lost.
Thank you!
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Re: Horizontal spacing depends on stem 'direction, Dmytro O. Redchuk, 2011/09/22