Re: [PATCH] Fix for bug #218 (center staccato over stem instead of notehead)

[Maximilian Albert]

2008/12/7 Till Rettig <address@hidden>:

> This is great news, I remember I have a piece where the dots are for a realy
> long passage on the top and they look so strange centered by the head. But,
> as Reinhold pointed out, I think they should still be slightly off the stem
> by some amount.  Actually I would hope you figure out how to apply this only
> to staccato dots and find a good default value -- or then there could be a
> switch like \typographicalStaccatoOn/Off.

With Neil's suggestion (which is implemented in the last patch) it's
no problem at all to apply it only to staccato notes by default - just
add the line

      (shifted-towards-stem . 0.5)

in scm/script.scm anywhere in the block belonging to "staccato". This
places dots in the middle between note head and stem (for different
positions, replace the value 0.5 with whatever you like best). Only so
far I don't know how to change this value interactively in the .ly
file, but I'm sure someone can tell us.

> Please also write some bit for the documentation so the simple user will be
> able to use it. :-)

Yes, I'll do so when the way to solve this bug/problem is settled
(perhaps there are some other hidden pitfalls in the last patch).

> Thanks for your efforts!

The same to you! From what I gather you're among the most active ones
on this list and the German community owes you a lot for all your
translation (and other) efforts!

Max