Re: Tie bug in Lilypond 2.7.18 for Windows still not resolved

[Erik Sandberg]

On Wednesday 21 December 2005 13.21, liang seng wrote:
> Hi, after installing version 2.7.23 for Windows, I have to say that the tie
> reformatting feature is still not satisfactory. I've attached 2 files for
> your reference.
> Testa.pdf is generated by version 2.6.3 for Windows (the source file
> content is at the start of this thread) while Testb.pdf is generated by
> version 2.7.23

In the future, please send compilable .ly snippets as well; that makes it 
easier for us to reproduce your problem.

> As you can see, there is a big difference in the ties in both files. I
> don't know about the horizontal distance between the end of ties and the
> noteheads, but don't you agree that the ties generated by 2.6.3 look
> better? If you take a downward tie as an example, the 2.6.3 version looks
> better because the tie always starts and terminates on or below the lowest
> point of the notehead. While in the 2.7.23 version, they start and end in
> the midpoint of a notehead. While this is correct for ties in notes within
> a chord, this is clearly not correct for ties attached to the outermost
> notes of a chord or when there is only a single note. 

Are you sure about this rule? Try e.g.:
\relative { << {c'2~c} \\ {c,~c}>> <c c,>~<c c,> }

The ties between the chords look good IMHO (do you disagree?)

Your problem might be that the chord has no stem; this makes it look like 
polyphony. You can always use polyphonic notation (<<c\\c,>> iso. <c c,>) if 
you want polyphony-style ties.

(disclaimer: I am no typesetting expert, so I don't know what ties are 
supposed to look like)

-- 
Erik Sandberg
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