Re: Issue 2148 in lilypond: object outlines shouldn't be rectangular

[lilypond]

Comment #2 on issue 2148 by address@hidden: object outlines  
shouldn't be rectangular
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2148

For the brave of heart, I have been composing animated scores for a gig in  
february that have required me to use more accurate outline information.  A  
sketch is up on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j02mVRksdI (best viewed in  
full screen).

The code to make this is in Python, so I'd need to port it over to C++.   
And by I, I mean "I'd need a team of 3-4 people" - I don't have time to  
spearhead a rewrite of the Stencil and Skyline class.  If I get 3-4  
volunteers, then we can get this thing done in a few months: the good news  
is that it's really just these two classes that'd need overhaul - one  
wouldn't need to change method names, but rather create overloaded  
functions for more specific outlines and change the way distances are  
calculated under the hood.