\header {

  texidoc = "In chords, ties keep closer to the note head vertically,
but never collide with heads or stems.  Seconds are formatted up/@/down;
the rest of the ties are positioned according to their vertical
position.

The code does not handle all cases.  Sometimes ties will printed on top
of or very close to each other.  This happens in the last chords of
each system."

}

\version "2.19.22"

\paper {
  indent = #0.0
  ragged-right = ##t
}



generateTiePattern
= #(define-music-function (is-long chords) (boolean? ly:music?)

    "

translate x y z to x~x y~y z~z

" 
    
  (define (chord->tied-chord chord)
    (let*
	((ch1 (ly:music-deep-copy chord))
	 (ch2 (ly:music-deep-copy chord))
	 (dur1 (ly:make-duration
		(if is-long
		    1 2)))
	 (dur2 (ly:make-duration
		(if is-long
		    3 2))))

      (for-each (lambda (e)
		  (ly:music-set-property! e 'duration dur1))
		(ly:music-property ch1 'elements))

      (for-each (lambda (e)
		  (ly:music-set-property! e 'duration dur2))
		(ly:music-property ch2 'elements))
      
      (set! (ly:music-property ch1 'elements)
	    (cons
	     (make-music 'TieEvent)
	     (ly:music-property ch1 'elements)))

      (list ch1 ch2)))

  (make-music 'SequentialMusic 'elements (append-map
					  chord->tied-chord (ly:music-property  chords 'elements))))

baseChords =
\applyMusic #(lambda (mus)
	      (ly:music-property mus 'element))
\relative {
  <c'' e>  
  <b c e>
  <a c e>
  <a b e>
  <a b e f>
  <a c d f>
  <a c e f>
  <f a e' f>
  <c e f a> 
  <c e g a>
  <f b e a>
}

testShort =
{
  \key c \major
  \generateTiePattern ##f \baseChords
}  

testLong =
{
  \key c \major
  \generateTiePattern ##t \baseChords
}  

\new Voice
{
  \time 2/4

  \testShort \break
  \transpose c d \testShort \break
  \time 5/8
  \testLong \break
  \transpose c d \testLong \break
}