Re: Tied harmonics in tablature - tracker issue

[Carl Sorensen]

On 11/3/10 9:34 AM, "Marc Hohl" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Am 03.11.2010 15:11, schrieb Carl Sorensen:
>> 
>> 
>> On 11/3/10 7:03 AM, "Marc Hohl"<address@hidden>  wrote:
>> 
>>   
>>> Hello list, hello Valentin (I think you are the master of the tracker),
>>> 
>>> Federico Bruni raised this issue long ago, see
>>> 
>>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2010-05/msg00355.html
>>> 
>>> I made some attempts to get this done, but the "almost" solution I
>>> reached didn't satisfy me completely (it looks to me rather hackish,
>>> there has to be a more genuine solution without shifting layers and stuff):
>>> 
>>> http://codereview.appspot.com/1669041
>>> 
>>> So I think it is best to add this to the tracker, so this issue won't be
>>> lost.
>>>     
>> Would you like more comments on the code now?
>>   
> IMHO, it should work as follows: if the TabNoteHead is a harmonic, there
> should be a
> gap *without* whiteout between the '(' and the fret number (and again
> between the number and ')',
> of course) which is as wide as the '<', whereas the parentheses and the
> fret number keep their
> whiteout. if the TabNoteHead is normal, the gap should be zero.

Wouldn't it be a sound approach to have the TabNoteHead for a harmonic
include both the number and the angle brackets, and then apply the
parentheses to the resulting grob?  I think this is probably the best
approach, though I could be wrong.

Thanks,

Carl