Re: avoid slur help

[James E. Bailey]

Am 26.12.2008 um 23:59 schrieb Graham Percival:
> Well, first start off with a simple example:
>
> \version "2.11.65"
> \relative c'' {
>    c4(
>    \once \set suggestAccidentals = ##t
>    cis d4.) c8
> }
>
> Hmm, it prints an error message.  It would be helpful to report
> this to the bug list.

You know, I never know if those things are actual bugs, or simply due  
to my lack of understanding how the program works. I never know if  
what I'm seeing is erroneous output, or erroneous input.

> Then try to make it behave properly:
>
> \version "2.11.65"
> \relative c'' {
>    \override AccidentalSuggestion #'avoid-slur = #'inside
>    c4(
>    \once \set suggestAccidentals = ##t
>    cis d4.) c8
> }
> …use some ugly hack with #'extra-offset and the Slur
> overrides to get the output you want.

This is the point at which I asked the list for help. I didn't come  
to the concept of using #'extra-offset on my own, and a simple "try  
using #'extra-offset for the slur" would probably have sufficed to  
point me in the direction I needed (in fact, jonathan kulp suggested  
it, and came very close to what I ended up using as my workaround. I  
did get useful help. But, from our resident chairman of the not-warm- 
and-fuzzy committee, I got premeditated sarcasm that related to a  
completely different issue, and when I forced the point of how *not*  
helpful that information was, I got tons of examples of how my  
problem was *not* solved, and a suggestion to do something that had  
already been suggested and illustrated. So, while this time, our  
resident not-warm-and-fuzzy committee chairman did provide examples  
so we didn't have to guess what he meant, he still omitted the  
easiest part of helping which could have simple been,  \override  
TextScript #'extra-offset = #'( 0.0 . -5.0), instead of the wonderful  
instruction in how to properly use lilypond.