Re: forcing hshift

[Mats Bengtsson]

> On Sun, 23 Jun 2002 22:13:45 Rune Zedeler wrote:
> > David Raleigh Arnold wrote:
> > 
> > > With a 5/4 tuplet, center point of the 3rd and 4th notes should
> > > be exactly the same as the center point of the 4th and 5th notes
> > > in the 7/4 tuplet.
> > 
> > What?!
> > No, they don't occur at the same time, and hence they should not be
> > aligned.
> 
> Their centers ought to be aligned, even though there is no note there,
> because in such a case it is essential to be able to visually divide
> the measure in half.  They have the same center, exactly midway
> as I described.
> A note dividing the 3rd note of a quintuplet is at exactly the
> same time as a note dividing the 4th note of a septuplet.

Since we are dealing with fine details here, you have to be 
very precise in your description. I agree that the center of
the duration of the notes is at the same time, but since the
note head position is determined by the start of the note, 
they should not be exactly aligned.

I'm sorry to say, but just as Rune I don't understand exactly
what you request. If you can clearly formulate some general 
principles that would (in your opinion) improve the layout,
it would be easy to implement and try the ideas. Right now
it's impossible (at least to me) to understand exactly what
you're complaining about.


   /Mats