Noeck <noeck.marb...@gmx.de> writes: >> Well, one does not need numbers. One can just use a tag- or tweak- like >> command on elements that should be included in the icon, and then the >> bounding rectangle of all those is taken. Possibly always including the >> staff lines on the given stretch. >> > > I considered that, too. My reasoning might be wrong, but it was as follows: > > 1. there should be a fixed aspect ratio for a proper thumbnail look on > an overview page, this is easier with numbers of pixels instead of > bounding boxes. (desired aspect ratio still to be defined) > > 2. for a first visual impression, the whole object is often not > necessary. In the example I gave, the hairpin does not have to be very > long (not the whole hairpin needs to be shown), just the combination of > hairpin and text must be visible > > 3. one can still invent some automatic default way to generate such an > icon, in case the snippet-author did not supply the information. But a > human decision what is the best part/detail will show a clearer message > in 95% of the cases.
With that image, you'd tag the \pppp and the poco. That _is_ a human decision. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user