Re: which grob for dots?

[Mats Bengtsson]

> > Why do you want to move everything like this, it seems that you would
> > introduce collisions with the bar lines. I guess there are better 
> > ways to
> > obtain what you really want to do.
>
> Ok, I'd like to hear how! Take a look at the attached gif. My client 
> prefers this semi-uncorrect notation since it improves readability 
> compared to the correct notation with 1.000 ties. 

Can't you just add an "s16" at the beginning of the voice? If you have 
bar checks,
LilyPond will give lots of warnings but the layout should be correct anyway.

  /Mats