Re: staccato dots over beams

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> The solution is definitely too generic.  Look at the attached
>> example.  The `toward-stem-shift' applies to all Script grobs which
>> is clearly wrong.  In particular, accents shouldn't be shifted at
>> all.  Depending on the articulation symbol we need different
>> values.
> 
> We already have different settings:  staccato dots are shifted
> (slightly off-centre of the stem position); all other scripts are
> centred on the notehead.

Oh, thanks!  I've missed that somehow.

> If you want to add more settings for different scripts, then all
> that's required is to add 'toward-stem-shift settings in script.scm.

How can I \override this for a particular glyph, avoiding changes to
script.scm?

>> BTW, looking into the full score of `Wozzeck', I've noticed
>> different values of `toward-stem-shift', depending on the direction
>> of the beam.  See attached image.  I'm not sure whether this
>> happens in polyphonic situations only.
> 
> Is it consistently applied?

Yes, I think so.

> In any case, it's easily implemented as a tweak to the standard
> 'X-offset callback (see attached file).

Very nice!  This should probably go to the LSR.


    Werner