Re: Usability Question

[Graham Percival]

Upro wrote:
> 1. The score has four voises. All have their own stems. I find it extremely
> complicated to arrange stems/notes in the same order (right to left), and
> stems in the correct direction. 

I personally would condense this down to one or possibly two voices. 
Somebody else might have other suggestions.

> 2. I have not found an easy way to change the placement of ties (over or
> below the notes)

You can set the #'direction of ties in the latest unstable version; I'm 
not certain if this new feature exists in stable yet.

> 3. I have also not found a neatly usable command to try to make a score into
> one page, or to force a system/line brake.

Err, \break ?
You can try to make the whole score fit onto a single page by changing 
the font size.

> 4. I have not found a way to make a tie from within a polyphonic passage
> into a neiboring honophone section. I used a workaraond by keeping the
> adjacent passage within the polyphonic sectin, but I would like to find a
> way to avoid that.

You could fake this with invisible notes.

> I would really appreciate concise and useful help. This is for maybe the
> most reknowned publisher and could also be a landmark for lilypond - if I
> can achioeve my goal with lilypond (and not Sibelius...).

I'm glad that you're using lilypond, but I recommend that you read the 
user manual a bit more carefully -- finding out how to force a linebreak 
is not hard!  There are many other commands and tips in the manual that 
will help you.

Cheers,
- Graham