Re: Issue 1230 in lilypond: Dot may collide with flag with some stem's 'length values

[Keith OHara]

-Eluze <eluzew <at> gmail.com> writes:

> to me the dots seem to far away from noteheads and the regular distance of
> equivalent durations is broken without a need (2nd measure)

Yes, the dots are too far from the note heads.  The code uses rectangular
boxes in place of the real shapes of the flags to decide how for the dots 
need to move to clear the flag.  Improving this is issue 2148, I think.

> - wouldn't it
> sometimes be nicer to move the dot down and keep it near the notehead?

It is non-standard to lower the dots for up-pointing stems, even if
there is a flag, so I think LilyPond should not lower the dots unless
we explicitly use an \override.