On Sun, Mar 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM Werner LEMBERG <
wl@gnu.org> wrote:
> My question is, does the modified way look better?
No, it doesn't for me. A dot with such a large vertical distance is
something I've never seen, even in the most dense situations.
> Should it be LilyPond's default behavior?
I don't think so. For me, it is a serious deviation from standard
appearance, probably confusing the casual reader.
If the dot placement is the problem, what about this: Change moveDottedNoteA to:
%%%
moveDottedNoteA = \once {
\override NoteColumn.force-hshift = -1.5
\override Dots.extra-offset = #'(-0.3 . 0.2)
}
%%%
I've attached what that looks like. I have found one reference that places the dots the first way I modified them and a second that places them this second way. I haven't found any references that do it the standard LilyPond way, but I've only looked at two. The piece is J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, Fugue 18 measures 17 and 18 (and other measures) if anyone wants to look it up.
To be clear, I'm open to whatever the consensus is, and Werner, your opinion is one I regard highly.
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