Hi Urs,
>> But this really _is_ helping to find suitable values for the >> control-points. >> > I'm very glad to hear this! > >> * Although I know bezier curves from vector graphics software, I >> also was convinced that the 'control-points' were four points on >> the curve that define its shape. >> > Initially I did too... > * In fact the first and last are such points, whereas the middle two >> 'control-points' are the 'handles'. >> -> Is this explained somewhere? >> * From seeing the crosses I now realize that (when using your >> function) all four offsets are relative to LilyPond's original >> decision. >> Well, if you think about it, that's quite obvious, but I always >> assumed that if I change one offset the other control-points would >> be affected accordingly. >> But in fact they aren't. So if I for example raise the endpoint of >> a slur, the third control-point may well get below the slur. >> This makes me understand the seemingly strange behaviour of the >> slurs when fiddling with the offsets. > > * -> Probably it'll greatly improve my 'tweaking experience', even >> if I have seen this only once, not to speak if I manage to include >> this in a real-life workflow ... >> So, many thanks once more, David! >> > You're very welcome! I've been playing around with it a bit myself, and I'm becoming more and more convinced that something like this would be a very useful feature. You can also use it to show you the effect of changing other properties. For example, you can see the effects of overriding 'height-limit and 'eccentricity. I'm finding it very instructive. At least one thing, which I did do right now: > I compiled one score with and without your cross setting, and comparing > the two pdfs with Alt-Tab showed that the layout was perfectly identical - > except for the additional crosses. > So obviously the crosses are added after LilyPond decides about the layout. > I'm very glad to hear this! My worry was that the crosses might push staves further apart in extreme situations. Thanks for trying this out! -David _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond