Re: why chords with notes of different duration is not supported?

[David Kastrup]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

> For the record, I append the patch.  I tested it just slightly.  One
> area that could be problematic is what happens in Midi, and what total
> time is assigned to the construct when typesetting (should likely be
> the shortest, and probably is just undefined in the current state of
> the patch).

Postscriptum: strike that "problematic" idea.  The stem engraver is not
involved with timing of parallel passages at all.

So the patch will merely reduce the number of warnings.  I also
apparently was wrong about the stems merely overlapping: you _do_ get a
common stem already, just with a stern warning.  My patch merely removes
the warning when the common stem does not result in an ambiguous visual
representation.  It does not affect the output at all.

So I misremembered a few things.  The patch is not really invasive as it
only makes Lilypond be quiet when things work out according to what one
can find in string notation.

-- 
David Kastrup