Re: Flying ties

[James Worlton]

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 10:59 AM, James <address@hidden> wrote:
> James
>
> On 13 April 2012 16:30, James Worlton <address@hidden> wrote:
>> I've found some odd tie behavior--not sure if it's known currently.
>> Sorry, currently I can't test whether it also happens in earlier
>> versions.
>>
>> The following code creates a "flying tie" situation around the upper
>> and lower notes of the chord, in other words the ties lie far outside
>> the staff. This happens probably because of the accidentals on the new
>> line--if you take the \key out, removing the accidentals, the ties
>> stay close to the notes:
>>
>> \version "2.15.36"
>> \score {
>>  \new Staff {
>>    \relative a' {
>>      \key des \major
>>      <a d f>1~ \break
>>      q1
>>    }
>>  }
>> }
>>
>> James Worlton
>>
>
> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=379
>
> is one of many tie issues
>
> or if not this one
>
> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=2&q=ties&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Stars+Owner+Patch+Needs+Summary&cells=tiles
>
> one of these will probably be this.
>
> It's also an area on our Google Summer of Code page
>
> http://lilypond.org/gsoc.html
>
> Not that 'helps' you.
>
> James

Ah, okay. Sorry for the noise. I wish I had some coding skills and/or
money to help the situation.

James Worlton