Re: Is the slur too close to the top note?

[Valentin Petzel]

Hello Knute,

this is a common issue with big slurs. To allow a better shape for the slur 
increase the height limit of the slur (grob path Slur.height-limit).

The problem here is that having a single height limit is not able to handle 
each possible situation well. What we might try to do is to heuristically try 
to guess a good value, depending on the length of the passage, the curve of the 
note heads and such.

Cheers,
Valentin

11.02.2022 01:53:45 Knute Snortum <ksnortum@gmail.com>:

> Hi all,
> 
> I have what I guess is a request for comment on how close this slur is
> to the topmost note.  If you engrave this input file...
> 
> %%%
> \version "2.23"
> \language "english"
> 
> \relative {
>   \clef bass
>   \key c \minor
>   c,16( g' c d ef g c d  ef d c g ef d c g) |
> }
> %%%
> 
> ...you get a slur that to my eye is much too close to the "ef" in the
> third beat (see attached). What do others think?  Is this just a case
> of "LilyPond sometimes doesn't render perfect slurs" or is there an
> algorithm that can be tweaked?
> 
> -- 
> Knute Snortum