Re: slur/downbow collision

[Graham Percival]

On 27-Sep-04, at 3:53 PM, Erik Sandberg wrote:

> I guess both your recent reports are actually the same problem; 
> scripts do
> collide with slurs. This bug is in cvs as slur-script.
>
> The bug is marked as wontfix, see:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2004-09/msg00201.html
>
> Any objections are welcome.

OK, I'll object.  :)

(assuming this is "wontfix" as in "delete the bug report and forget 
about
the problem".  If "wontfix" means "we'll have a look at it after the 
next stable
release", then that's fine)

If we're going to move scripts based on the slurs, then let's do it
right.  If we were still using the old slur code -- that wasn't 
supposed to
look at scripts -- then I wouldn't complain.  But if we're going to 
partly move
scripts to avoid collisions with slurs, then why not completely move 
them to
avoid collisions?

Wouldn't we just need to increase the default value of the padding on 
an object
(either the slur or the script) to fix this?  I don't know how LilyPond 
does its
magic, though, so if it would be more complicated than that I could 
understand
postponing the bug until after the next big release.  But I think it 
_is_ a bug,
and it would be nice if it was fixed at some point in the (distant?) 
future.

Cheers,
- Graham