Re: controlling the tie "gap" [and a possible bug?]

[David Kastrup]

Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> On my setup (Mac OS X, Lilypond 2.19.80), the code
>
> \version "2.18.2"
> \fixed c'' { e4*4/5( d c)( d e) }
>
> gives
>
> *

No, it doesn't.  The image shows the same kind of symptom as the code
does but is clearly from different code.

> 1. Is the crossing of the ties a bug?

Those are not ties but slurs.  It's ugly enough that I'd say so.

> 2. Regardless, is there a way I can make all ties to begin a little
> bit further to the right and end a little further to the left of the
> centre of each notehead, so there is a gap between consecutive ties?

Probably tweaking Slur.details will do it but people more versed in
doing such things are likely to pitch in.

-- 
David Kastrup