Re: Centering bass figures on whole notes and longer (issue 325070043 by address@hidden)

[Richard Shann]

On Sat, 2017-07-15 at 01:50 -0700, address@hidden wrote:
> On 2017/07/15 08:06:41, richard_rshann.plus.com wrote:
> 
> > So I think you could validly object that you didn't like them being
> > treated differently.
> 
> If you look at the following, namely the colored BassFigures
> 
> cbf = \once \override BassFigure.color = #red
> <<
>    \relative c' { c1 c8 d e f g f e d c1 c1 }
>    \figures { <_!>2 <_!>2 \cbf <_!>1 <_!>2 <_!>2 \cbf <_!>1 }
> 
> 
> You'll see your patch improves the second colored BassFigure, but the
> first one is turned worse.

Ah, yes I see. If you create a single figure of a duration to cover a
whole series of shorter duration notes you run into trouble. A better
approach to the problem would be needed to avoid you having to re-code
the bass figure duration to match the note it applies to.

Richard