Re: sponsoring better tied chords?

[Hans Aberg]

On 10 Aug 2005, at 01:14, Steve D wrote:

> > it seems that Lilypond still manages the tied chords poorly, and  
> > the ties
> > in chords collide very often.

> ... I have attached a PNG image that
> illustrates the default behavior of LilyPond 2.6.3 with respect to  
> ties
> and chords, especially with respect to intervals of a second, and  
> below
> that, in the same image, is an example of what I would like to be able
> to achieve with respect to those same types of chords.

Looking through your images, especially the rightmost, there might be  
a fairly simple principle by which the problem can be fixed:

When one note-head (outside the two stems) is in a position such that  
the tie will pass through another note-head, one simply draws the tie  
as if the note-head is on the other side of the stem (i.e., in  
between the two stems).

Would that work?

  Hans Aberg