Re: bad incipit for `Rhythms' section

[David Kastrup]

Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> writes:

>>> The grace notes in the incipit for the `Rhythms' section are really
>>> badly positioned – I would consider this a bug actually...
>> 
>> Maybe we need a different afterGraceFraction value here?
>
> I think it's not only a problem of a different `afterGraceFraction'...

The main problem appears to be that there really does not appear to be a
point to align gracenotes unless they are sharing stems.

>> I mean, why isn't this an optional argument anyway?  How is this
>> aligned in the original?
>
> Attached is a scan from IMSLP (Schenker edition from UE).

Basically, not aligned at all with other staves.

> If I activate the commented-out line in `rhythms-headword.ly'
>
>   \override SpacingSpanner.strict-grace-spacing = ##t
>
> and insert some \breaks to mimick the appearance in notation.pdf, I
> get the attached result – which is ugly.  A bug?  IMHO, accidentals
> and grace notes must not collide.

"strict spacing" often implies collisions.

-- 
David Kastrup