Re: \parenthesize collision with dots

[Urs Liska]

Am 20.12.2013 21:25, schrieb James:
> On 18/12/13 06:18, Urs Liska wrote:
> > Am 18.12.2013 07:15, schrieb Mike Solomon:
> > > On Dec 18, 2013, at 1:00 AM, Urs Liska <address@hidden> wrote:
> > >
> > > > If I parentesize a dotted note with
> > > >
> > > > { \parenthesize f'2. }
> > > >
> > > > the right paren collides with the dot.
> > > >
> > > > Urs
> > > Do you want the dot to shift to avoid the collision or the
> > > parenthesis to encompass the dot?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > MS
> >
> > Hm, from the example itself it would seem better to shift the dot, but
> > I'm not sure about the tradeoffs when you have a more complex
> > situation, i.e. with more than one dot, e.g.
> >
> > { < \parenthesize f'2. a'> }
> >
> > Urs
> >
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> Well there was
>
> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=155
>
> Is this applicable? If so we could change the subject to reflect dots
> and accidentals - I don't know if dots and accidentals are the same
> 'family' of attached objects or if it warrants a separate tracker.
>
> James

From a user's perspective I'd say it is _one_ issue that \parenthesize 
should take care of what to enclose. However, I don't know if these are 
two different things from the implementation POV (i.e. if the two 
problems can/should be solved together).


Urs