Re: lengthening broken ties

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> In bar 2 you can see the effect of `minimum-length-after-break'.
> 
> You mean bar 4--bar 2 is the default.

Of course.  Typo.

>> Any chance to fix this?  BTW, if you compare bar 2 with bar 6, you
>> see exactly the opposite effect w.r.t. the default tie length: with
>> a time signature the tie looks OK but without it is far too
>> short...
>
> If you change 'minimum-length-after-break to 'minimum-length, you'll
> get exactly the same result with the second half of each tied chord.
> This isn't a problem with the patch, as I changed nothing relating
> to the reference points from which the distances are reckoned.

Well, it wasn't my intention to insinuate a faulty patch :-) It's
certainly a problem with lilypond proper.

> From your analysis it appear that LilyPond is taking the entire
> NonMusicalPaperColumn into account rather than just the right
> extent.  I'll have a look.  (This could be major!)

Thanks in advance!


    Werner