Re: Dot-notehead collision

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On Mar 15, 2011, at 5:04 PM, Phil Holmes wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor Daniels" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>; "lilypond-user" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:24 PM
> Subject: Re: Dot-notehead collision
> 
> 
>> 
>> address@hidden wrote Tuesday, March 15, 2011 5:00 PM
>> 
>>> \relative c' { \time 3/4 << { <cis a'>4 <b fis'>2 } \\ { d2. } >> }
>>> 
>>> Produces the attached output.  Is there a way to get it so that the dot 
>>> does not collide with the notehead (w/o resorting to extra offsets and the 
>>> like)?
>> 
>> I don't think so.  You'll need 'force-hshift.
>> 
>> Trevor
> 
> 
> Agreed. I tried a number of other things, but h-shift worked out of the box.
> 
> 

Perhaps a stupid question - in traditional engraving, is there ever an instance 
where, in 2 voice polyphony, the note column w/ a downward pointing stem is 
placed to the right of note column with an upward pointing stem?  I hacked a 
solution that does this and it looks much clearer than moving in the other 
direction (see attached).  However, if it is not Kosher, I'll scrub it.

\relative c' { \time 3/4 << { <cis a'>4 <b fis'>2 }
\\ { \once \override Voice . NoteColumn #'force-hshift = #1.25 d2. } >> }

\relative c' { \time 3/4 << { <cis a'>4 <b fis'>2 }
\\ { \once \override Voice . NoteColumn #'force-hshift = #-1.25 d2. } >> }

Cheers,
Mike