Re: Issue 1792 in lilypond: dot-notehead collision

[lilypond]

Comment #5 on issue 1792 by address@hidden: dot-notehead collision
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1792

With the fix above for this issue, the behavior matches the documentation.

"prefer-dotted-right (boolean) :  For note collisions, prefer to shift  
dotted up-note to the right, rather than shifting just the dot."

The second beat of the example had no collisions, so the code follows the  
usual rule keep simultaneous note-heads vertically aligned.  This makes  
sense to me, because voice-crossings are rare, and rhythms tend to repeat,  
so this way keeps the note-head positioning in its usual pattern whenever  
possible.

Changing both code and docs to further favor dots on the right, as Neil  
suggests, could be done (but I don't want to because I like  
prefer-dotted-right=#f sometimes).