Re: 2.17.1 regtests

[Janek Warchoł]

On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:27 AM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> With nereides, one problem actually is that the padding is vertical
> padding.  This makes the following line pairs considered as having the
> same distance:
>
> -------------------------
> -------------------------
>
> \\
>  \\
>   \\
>    \\
>     \\
>      \\
>       \\
>        \\
>         \\
>          \\
>
> And we actually need _more_ clearance horizontally since staff line
> direction favors optically distinguishing vertically adjacent elements
> from different staffs.

Yep, the fact that Lily measures vertical distance so strictly is a
problem.  However, "area spacing" which i suggest doesn't suffer from
this problem at all, see here:
http://i.imgur.com/TFWt4.jpg (200 KB)
(i hope that the description and logic is clear)

> I think the interstaff horizontal padding values should be moderate
> inside of a treble/bass PianoStaff or ChoirStaff (less need for padding
> if the staffgroup has a continuity of pitches), higher within an
> arbitrary StaffGroup, and even higher between different systems.

+1

cheers,
Janek