Re: Documentation on collision resolution

[Trevor Daniels]

Philip Potter wrote Saturday, December 12, 2009 10:33 AM


> I'm confused by the docs for collision resolution:
>
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Multiple-voices#Multiple-voices
>
> In the example, the c2 and c8 are not merged because they have
> different note-heads. But in the second bar, the e2 and e8 *are*
> merged, despite having different note-heads. Worse, they are given 
> a
> filled note-head, not an open minim-style notehead. I tried it out 
> on
> my install (2.12.2) and got the same result as the example. What
> causes this seeming inconsistency? Why is one merged and the other
> not?

This is surely a bug, caused by the presence of the third note,
the g'2, at the same musical moment.  If this is changed to s2
the c2 and c8 are correctly not merged.

Coping to the bug list for confirmation.

Trevor