Re: slur to 2 alternatives

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

On 2012-09-26 00:25, David Kastrup wrote:
> Urs Liska <address@hidden> writes:
> > before you try this out, please search for a \shape Slur function.
> > We discussed it here on the list, but as far as I know it is now also
> > built in.
> > It _massively_ simplifies the handling of the control points.
> > And judging from your screenshot you will need it because it can
> > correctly handle the parts of a broken slur.
>
> Incidentally: was there a rationale for making it an override rather
> than a tweak applied to a slur or phrasing slur?

Probably because the first kind of "hardcore" default-modification that 
we teach newcomers are overrides. We hardly ever mention tweaks. In 
fact, even I am usually using \once\override instead of a \tweak, which 
would be much easier and more correct in most cases.

It's simply that I have got used to overrides, but not to tweaks.
The other reason in my case is that sometimes I need two or more 
overrides at once, which I store in a variable ("poor-man's command") or 
I need a parameter, so I need to use a music function. AFAIK, both cases 
cannot easily be done with tweak...

Another reason against tweaks is that they tear apart the note and the 
articulation, so that it is much harder later on (during the 
proof-reading phase) to read at a glance.

Cheers,
Reinhold


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