Re: Odd spacing with dynamics

[Colin Hall]

Jay Anderson writes:

> \version "2.17.14"
>
> \paper
> {
>   tagline = ##f
> }
>
> filler = \repeat unfold 6 {c4 c c c | \noBreak}
>
> \score
> {
>   \new Staff \relative c'
>   {
>     c4 c c c | \noBreak
>     c c2 c8 c |
>     \filler
>   }
> }
>
> \score
> {
>   \new Staff \relative c'
>   {
>     c4 c c c | \noBreak
>     <<
>       {c c2 c8 c |}
>       {s2\< s\> s1*0\!}
>     >>
>     \filler
>   }
> }
>
> In the second score above the half note is moved too close to the
> eighth notes. This is a somewhat contrived example, but it looks worse
> in a larger score I have on a line that gets a bit compressed.
>
> I'm not sure if this is a known issue or not.

There has been a lot of discussion of this lately and it may well be a
known issue, Jay, I'm not sure.

I've created a tracker anyway. If it is a duplicate then the developers
will sort it out. See:

https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3288

Cheers,
Colin.

-- 
Colin Hall