Re: New slur/tie behaviour

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > > IIRC, I've sent an algorithm to the list a few years ago whether
> > > ties should go up or down, depending on the vertical structure of
> > > a chord.  Maybe you can dig it out, and perhaps it helps in
> > > providing some constraints.
> >
> > IIRC, it was the algorithm that was present before I rewrote the
> > thing.  I thought it was rather too simplistic.
>
>
> Mhmm, I don't think so: The direction of slurs was always
> unsatisfactory :-)
>
> Cf.
>
>   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2004-01/msg00148.html

Well, AFAIK engraving conventions are:

  * outer ties point outward
  * double directions for seconds
  * direction otherwise determined by vertical position.

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