VSD wrote:
All,
it seems that Lilypond still manages the tied chords poorly, and the
ties in chords collide very often.
e.g. see:
http://personales.ya.com/v_s_d/tied_chords.png
imho this problem should be solved to avoid "poor looking" spots in
the otherwise gorgeously engraved lilypond scores, so I would be
willing to sponsor a feature which helps to improve this issue.
Anyone would like to join forces (budget) with me to help me to
afford the sponsoring? :)
Hi,
I have taken a closer look at tie formatting in the beautiful Wiener
Urtext of Brahms op 119 that I have (the piece has lots and lots of
ties). I think that I can cook something that closely mimicks this
style, and solves the existing problems with seconds in chords. The
trickiest bit is that ties should avoid staff lines, and which means
that short ties should completely be inside the spaces, while long
ties should cross the staff line, to have their horizontal part in the
center of the space.
If anyone is interested, I can put up a scan of the Brahms piece.
Implementing this (and figuring out the mechanism) is somewhat involved
so I have to charge EUR 450 to implement it. AFAICS, we already have
pledges for 300 EUR, so an additional EUR 150 is still needed. Of
course, contributions of smaller amounts (eg 3 people contributing 50
euro) are also welcome.
Hans' suggested to move the attachment points horizontally for
seconds. That would make things less ugly, but it is contrary to the
engraving conventions.