Re: Stem.note-collision-threshold

[Jean Abou Samra]

Hi Robert,


Le 11/03/2022 à 18:05, Robert Mengual a écrit :
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am developing a custom music notation in which distance between 
> notes is different from the standard one. Instead of the tipical 
> distance from C to D of 1, in mine for example this distance is 2/3.
>
> This of course causes notes in the same chord that are 1 tone away to 
> overlap. I wanted to fix this by overriding 
> Stem.note-collision-threshold to 1.5 (which would solve it). However, 
> it won't allow to pass float numbers. My question is, shouldn't it 
> allow them? Why not? 


Comparing floats is hazardous due to decimal precision issues. On the 
other hand, it might be possible to make it accept rational numbers like 
#3/2.


> In any case, does anyone know how might I approach this challenge in a 
> different way? I tried setting a different StaffSpacing but I was 
> unsuccessful as well.

Could you give a code example? It's not clear to me what different 
coordinate systems are being used.

Thanks,
Jean