Re: accidental too far away from notehead

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Werner LEMBERG" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 6:23 AM
Subject: accidental too far away from notehead


> Please consider this code:
>
>  \version "2.17.10"
>
>  \relative c''' {
>    << { <gis cis eis gis>2 } \\
>       { eis,2              } >>
>  }
>
> Attached you can find an image.  I think this is a formatting bug of
> lilypond: The e sharp in the second voice should be directly placed in
> front of the notehead since it is not part of the chord.  However, I'm
> not sure, thus I'm writing to this mailing list :-)
>
> Is there a possibility to make lilypond automatically move the
> accidental in the lower voice to the right so that it is not aligned
> with the accidentals of the upper voice?
>
>
>    Werner


That's definitely a bug in accidental placement.  The general rule is that 
the accidental should be as close to the note it affects as it can be, 
allowing for other accidentals that move it away.  In the case of the eis, 
that rule is broken.

--
Phil Holmes