Re: flatten ties ~ proportional notation.

[Neil Puttock]

Hi Rob,

2008/12/18 Rob Canning <address@hidden>:
> hello,
>
> i would like to replace ties between notes with a line connecting note
> heads. i'm not sure how to go about this. should i try and flatten the curve
> of the tie, make it slightly thicker and change its relative possition to
> the notehead or is there a better way.
> is there some sort of global override i can do to change all ties to this
> style.

Sounds a bit like a glissando. ;)

There are lots of interesting Tie 'details in scm/define-grobs.scm
which you might find useful; for example, overriding 'height-limit
will flatten a tie:

\override Tie #'(details heigh-limit) = #0

This is a bit lozenge-shaped, but I don't think you'll get a perfectly
straight line since ties are made from two bezier curves sandwiched
together.

Regards,
Neil