Re: Is this ugly?

[Mike Solomon]

On Dec 3, 2013, at 12:42 PM, Martin Tarenskeen <address@hidden> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Tue, 3 Dec 2013, Urs Liska wrote:
> 
>> Am 03.12.2013 10:30, schrieb Janek Warchoł:
>>> 2013/12/3 Karol Majewski <address@hidden>:
>>>> \version "2.17.96"
>>>> 
>>>> {
>>>>  a'8 ( b'4. ) r2
>>>> }
>>>> 
>>>> Look at the slur. It goes through stem and flag. Shouldn't it start above 
>> the stem? Not sure..
>>> Imo this is ugly, but i'm not sure how it should look like...
>>> Janek
>>> 
>> I don't _know_ either, but I think to become acceptable it would definitely 
>> need more horizontal space between.
> 
> Don't know if it is a good solution, but would it be possible for LilyPond to 
> not really avoid similar collisions, but by creating small gaps in a slur or 
> tie where it crosses other objects like stems and beams?
> 
> I remember I have seen something like that in (probably) an older 
> hand-engraved score. I will try to find the example in my books, or create an 
> example with some graphics editing.

This’ll do the trick:

\relative c'' {
  \override Flag.whiteout = ##t
  \override Staff.StaffSymbol.layer = #5
  a8( b4.) r2 |
}


Cheers,
MS