Re: Fingering output change 2.17.9 -> 2.17.10

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On 14 janv. 2013, at 09:05, Nick Payne <address@hidden> wrote:

> 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>
>    }
>  >>
> }

Hmm...seems like the type of thing where my Fingering_column_engraver should be 
shifted to the staff level...
Try:

\layout {
  \context {
    \Voice
    \remove "Fingering_column_engraver"
  }
  \context {
    \Staff
    \consists "Fingering_column_engraver"
  }
}

I'll propose a patch...

Cheers,
MS