Re: increasing the distance between tie and note generally

[Neil Puttock]

2009/3/30 Stefan Thomas <address@hidden>:
> Dear community,
> in the below quoted snippet the position of the tie isn't convincing,
> in my opinion. It should be al little further apart from the
> notes. Off couse I could type \override Tie #'staff-position all the
> time, but I would be interested in tweaking it generally.
> Is there a possibilitie?

Try this:

\override Tie #'staff-position =
#(lambda (grob)
   (let* ((head (ly:grob-parent (ly:grob-original grob) X))
          (head-pos (ly:grob-staff-position head)))
     (cond
      ((>= head-pos 3)  (+ head-pos 2.5))
      ((<= head-pos -3) (- head-pos 2.5)))))

Regards,
Neil