Re: ties over dots

[Laura Conrad]

>>>>> "Mats" == Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden> writes:

    >> The attached lilypond file has a dotted half note tied to a half
    >> note.  This is probably non-standard notation by modern standards, but
    >> it's what John Dowland did, so I transcribed it that way.
    >> Unfortunately, the way lily typeset it, everybody at the rehearsal
    >> missed the dot at least once, because it's too close to the tie.
    >> 
    >> Is this a bug, or is there a good way to move the dot or the tie?

    Mats> According to the documentation, there's a property x-gap
    Mats> to determine the horizontal gap between notehead and tie, with 
    Mats> default value 0.2. Try (untested):

    Mats> Staff.Tie \set #'x-gap = #0.4

Either I don't understand this, or it doesn't work.  What I did was
add the line:

\property Staff.Tie \set #'x-gap = #0.4

to the file I sent last night. In the section where I'm setting other
properties. The output looks identical to the original to me.  Is this
what you meant, or should I have done something else?

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