Re: divisi staves and notehead merge (issue 3518 revisited)

[Werner LEMBERG]

Any takers?


    Werner


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> Please have a look at the `divisi-staves.ly' regression test, which is
> the solution to
> 
>   https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3518
> 
> [Actually, this file contains undocumented features that deserves
> documentation due to its importance for orchestral music...]
> 
> I want a variation of this, namely solo violin + gli altri:
> 
> 
>   boring = \set Staff.keepAliveInterfaces = #'()
>   tricky = \unset Staff.keepAliveInterfaces
> 
>   violsolo=\relative d' {
>     \boring \repeat unfold 100 d4
>     \tricky <d g'>2
>     \boring \repeat unfold 98 d4
>     \bar "|."
>   }
> 
>   viol=\relative d' {
>     \boring \repeat unfold 100 d4
>     \tricky d4 d4
>     \boring \repeat unfold 98 d4
>     \bar "|."
>   }
> 
>   \score {
>     \new StaffGroup \with { \consists "Keep_alive_together_engraver" }
>     <<
>       \new Staff \with { instrumentName = "Violin solo"
>                          shortInstrumentName = "V solo"
>                          \override VerticalAxisGroup.remove-empty = ##t
>                          \override VerticalAxisGroup.remove-first = ##t
>                          \override VerticalAxisGroup.remove-layer = 1
>                        } \violsolo
> 
>       \new Staff \with { instrumentName = "Violin gli altri"
>                          shortInstrumentName = "V"
>                          \override VerticalAxisGroup.remove-empty = ##t
>                          \override VerticalAxisGroup.remove-first = ##t
>                          \override VerticalAxisGroup.remove-layer = 1
>                        } \viol
>       \new Staff \with { instrumentName = "Violin"
>                          shortInstrumentName = "V"
>                          \override VerticalAxisGroup.remove-layer = 2
>                        } << \violsolo \viol >>
>     >>
>     \layout {
>       short-indent = 2\cm
>       indent = 3\cm
>     }
>   }
> 
> 
> Note the missing `\\' in `<< \violsolo \viol >>'.  The attached image
> shows the result, which is not yet what I would like to have.  Now my
> question: Does lilypond have already a property to make the noteheads
> merge even if the stems are in the same direction?  Or can you advise
> a better solution?
> 
> 
> 
>     Werner