Re: Flatten a tie without hardcoding control points?

2012-04-22 Thread James
James On 22 April 2012 04:50, James Harkins wrote: > At Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:24:50 +0100, > James wrote: >> If you can come up with a simple example, we (or you even) could add >> it to the LilyPond snippet repository > > Like this, perhaps? I can add it if this looks OK. I guess - I am no judge,

Re: Flatten a tie without hardcoding control points?

2012-04-21 Thread James Harkins
At Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:24:50 +0100, James wrote: > If you can come up with a simple example, we (or you even) could add > it to the LilyPond snippet repository Like this, perhaps? I can add it if this looks OK. \version "2.15.36" \include "english.ly" \relative c'' { % normal tie d4 ~ % L

Re: Flatten a tie without hardcoding control points?

2012-04-21 Thread James
James, On 21 April 2012 07:51, James Harkins wrote: > At Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:31:20 -0500, > David Nalesnik wrote: >> Hi James, >> >> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 3:32 AM, James Harkins wrote: >> >>     Maybe a simple question: Is there a way to flatten the curve of a tie >> that is as easy as >>    

Re: Flatten a tie without hardcoding control points?

2012-04-20 Thread James Harkins
At Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:31:20 -0500, David Nalesnik wrote: > Hi James, > > On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 3:32 AM, James Harkins wrote: > > Maybe a simple question: Is there a way to flatten the curve of a tie > that is as easy as > overriding "ratio" for slurs? > > You can override 'ratio for

Re: Flatten a tie without hardcoding control points?

2012-04-20 Thread David Kastrup
David Nalesnik writes: > Hi, > > Oops--should have included the version.  I'm using 2.15.37.  With > 2.14.2 and before you need the dollar sign: High time we get 2.16 out. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https:

Re: Flatten a tie without hardcoding control points?

2012-04-20 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi, Oops--should have included the version. I'm using 2.15.37. With 2.14.2 and before you need the dollar sign: > > shapeTie = > #(define-music-function (parser location offsets) (list?) > #{ >\once \override Tie #'control-points = #(alter-curve $offsets) > #}) > > -David ___

Re: Flatten a tie without hardcoding control points?

2012-04-20 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi James, On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 3:32 AM, James Harkins wrote: > Maybe a simple question: Is there a way to flatten the curve of a tie that > is as easy as overriding "ratio" for slurs? You can override 'ratio for ties too: \override Tie #'details #'ratio = #0.2 Another possibility is to o

Flatten a tie without hardcoding control points?

2012-04-20 Thread James Harkins
Maybe a simple question: Is there a way to flatten the curve of a tie that is as easy as overriding "ratio" for slurs? I found "control-points" and this does change the tie's shape. But, I don't need to modify the x-extent, only the y-extent. It looks to me as if overriding the control points m