Re: Slurs collision with note heads

[Simon Albrecht]

On 04.05.2016 20:18, N.S. wrote:
> There is «still a collision between the tie and a couple of stems».
> I was trying to find some advice in Lilypond manual, and as far as I 
> know there is a whiteout property for such cases,

Such intersections of stems and ties/slurs are pretty common and I don’t 
see any need to use whiteout here. It’s a bit of a visual distraction.

> but I don't know how to use it for stems. Probably you can give an 
> example?

Sure:

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\version "2.19.39"

\new Staff {
  \clef bass
  \time 3/4
  <<
    {
      as4 g f |
      g as b |
      as g2
    }
    \\
    {
      <d_~ c'^~>2.
      <d_~ c'^~>
      <d c'>
    }
  >>
}

\layout {
  \context {
    \Voice
    \override Stem.layer = -2
    \override Tie.layer = -3
    \override Stem.whiteout = 1
  }
}

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Best, Simon