On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Xavier Scheuer <x.sche...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I noticed this while replying to James.
>
> \override Hairpin #'minimum-length = #8 does not take into account the
> fact that a hairpin can be shortened by the presence of a DynamicText.
>
> "minimum-length" is applied not the real length of the hairpin, but to
> the length of the hairpin **if it would not have been shortened by the
> presence of a dynamic**. IMHO it should apply to the _real length_ of
> the hairpin (the printed one!), even if it is a "shortened hairpin"
> (hey, it is usually these "shortened hairpins" that we —the users— want
> to lengthen when we \override Hairpin #'minimum-length !!).
>
> It is not easy to explain this, I hope the following code will help you
> to understand better what I mean.
>
> %%%% Snippet
>
> \version "2.15.24"
>
> \relative c' {
> c1\< |
> c\mf |
> \override Hairpin #'minimum-length = #8
> c\> |
> % this "shortened" (due to the presence of the DynamicText) hairpin
> % does not have a _real_ minimum-length of #8 !
> c1\ppp\<^"too short!" |
> \override Hairpin #'minimum-length = #12
> c\fff\> |
> c\> |
> \revert Hairpin #'minimum-length
> c\mf\> |
> c\p
> }
>
> %%%% End of snippet
>
> Cheers,
> Xavier
>
> --
> Xavier Scheuer <x.sche...@gmail.com>
Greetings Xavier and list members -
This has been submitted as issue 2207 :
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2207
I designated it "ugly", but I'm not sure that's the best category.
Ralph
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