Re: Fingering output change 2.17.9 -> 2.17.10

[Nick Payne]

On 14/01/13 17:31, Keith OHara wrote:
> Nick Payne <nick.payne <at> internode.on.net> writes:
>
> > To indicate guide fingering I've been using the code below. In 2.17.10,
> > the fingering with guide is placed above the stem even though
> > Fingering.add-stem-support = ##f. In 2.17.9 and earlier it was placed at
> > the same height as normal fingering.
> Mike changed the fingering placement  so that they go as close as they fit,
> for issue <http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2764>
>
> It looks like your custom fingering stencil has a faked (shifted) extent
> so that it lines up as you wish.  The fingering will fit, but its faked
> extent interferes with the stem.  If I narrow the faked extent a bit, the
> fingering slides down along the stem.

With multiple voices on a single staff that change causes another 
problem. Build the example below on 2.16 and the fingering indications 
are adjacent but don't overlap. Build it on 2.17 and the spreading of 
the fingering in the top voice causes the fingering for the E and G to 
overlap. It would be nice to be able to disable this spreading when it's 
not needed - in this situation it's not, and causes a problem that 
didn't exist before:

\relative c'{
  <<
    {
      \set fingeringOrientations = #'(left)
      <b'-0 g-0>2
    }
    \\
    {
      \set fingeringOrientations = #'(left)
      <e,-2>
    }
  >>
}