Re: slurs, key signatures, and bugs 379 & 427

[Valentin Villenave]

2008/5/15 Andrew Hawryluk <address@hidden>:
> When a slur crosses a line break, the slur after the break begins
> before the key signature. Phrasing slurs, on the other hand, begin
> after the key signature. (This is not clear in any of the regression
> tests because the slur examples are all in C major.)

I hadn't noticed that; I guess this is intended, but is it really the
way slurs should be?

> how much work would it
> be to change ordinary slurs to begin after the key signature? I
> believe that this would solve two bugs simultaneously:
>
> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=379
> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=427
>
> and it would greatly assist me in notating vocal music, where the two
> kinds of slurs are not directly interchangeable (phrasing slurs do not
> cause melismas).

As far as I'm concerned, I've given up using automatic melismas.
Setting ignoreMelismata allows more flexibility -- and you can use
both slurs and phrasing slurs without being bothered...

Cheers,
Valentin