Urs Liska <u...@openlilylib.org> writes: > Am 23.11.2015 um 11:20 schrieb David Kastrup: > >> At any rate, you can also play with settings height-limit and ratio. > > OK, I've now found out how height-limit and ratio play together. > Actually ratio is the setting to deal with the behaviour of curves of > different length. > > Interestingly I have to override Slur.height-limit but > Tie.details.height-limit > > But looking for another property of Slurs and Ties leads me to another > question: > Is this: > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/internals/slur > and > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/internals/slur_002dinterface > > really the reference for how I can change the appearance of slurs and ties? > > If that's true I think it's really awful. I know the IR is a *reference* > and not a tutorial but I'm sure that *noone* will be able to look up the > information for tweaks they need anything near efficiently. The majority > of properties is described in a completely inaccessible manner.
The IR is a programmers' reference. For power users, it's more like a last resort. Of course that does not mean that incomprehensible documentation strings are a feature rather than a problem, but it does mean that a) the organization of properties in a user-friendly way is not a priority: end users should rather get stuff like \shape to work with, or style files (which we don't really have). b) reworking this into a consistently friendly resource where each property description is reasonably understandable on its own is a large chunk of work. Some fly-by fixes will not suffice for making a dent in the overall character of the IR. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
