Re: more stems piercing text

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On 21 avr. 2013, at 11:26, Janek Warchoł <address@hidden> wrote:

> 2013/4/19 Keith OHara <address@hidden>:
>>> Another minimal example from
>>> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2795#c16
>>> 
>>> \paper { indent = 0\mm
>>>  line-width = 41\mm
>>>  ragged-right = ##f }
>>> \score { << \new Staff { g1_"retaliate" }
>>>     \new Staff << { e''4 e''' r2 } \\ e'1 >> >> }
>>> 
>>> Workaround
>>>  \override DynamicTextSpanner #'skyline-horizontal-padding = #0.5
>> 
>> Oops, the correct override is
>>    \override TextScript #'skyline-horizontal-padding = #0.2
>> where 0.2 is the value Janek is considering.
> 
> +1, this value seems very reasonable.
> 
> 
> 2013/4/19 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
>> "Keith OHara" <address@hidden> writes:
>>> David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
>>>> Would it make sense if the "skyline horizontal padding" was only applied
>>>> in inward direction and/or limited/clipped by the outward padding?  In
>>>> that case, one could use comparatively larger values for stopping
>>>> interleaving while not causing outward problems.
>>>> 
>>> Not in this case, because the near-collision is just as disturbing if
>>> the word ends at the 'i' "retali" and a stem comes within the usual
>>> inter-letter space.
>> 
>> Nobody precludes us from padding the full script with a regular padding
>> as well.  I'd just think that usually we want larger horizontal padding
>> inside than outside.  I mean, going between letters is really bad, but I
>> also don't want stuff to fit in between the stems of "dd", for example.
> 
> Indeed, i've arrived at a similar conclusion: we need padding both
> inwards and outwards, but they need different values.  I think it
> would be a reasonable thing to do.
> 
> cheers,
> Janek

Just a note to say that I do not have much time these days to follow the 
discussion about this, but if someone sends me an e-mail saying "write a patch 
that does thing X" I'll do it.

Cheers,
MS