Re: dashed ties and line breaks

[TaoCG]

David Nalesnik-2 wrote
> Hi Tao,
> 
> On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 5:08 AM, TaoCG <

> tao_lilyponduser@

> > wrote:
>> I was trying to make a tie dashed before and solid after a line break.
>> I tried \tieHalfDashed but it makes both ties half dashed.
>> Is there any way to do this?
>>
> 
> This is a case where you can use \alterBroken, which is a function new
> to 2.16.  This command allows you to make changes to the parts of
> broken spanners independently.  Here, I've applied LilyPond's default
> settings for a dashed tie to the first part of the broken spanner, and
> settings for an ordinary tie to the second.  (Alternatively, you can
> just leave out the second group of settings, but I put it in in case
> you want to see what to modify if you want to do something special to
> the last half of the tie.)
> 
> There's been a syntax change in the latest development version, which
> allows for greater flexibility.  You can now use the command as a
> tweak (thanks to David Kastrup).
> 
> I show both versions below.  (Note that running convert-ly on an older
> file will update the syntax automatically.)
> 
> \version "2.16.0"
> 
> \relative c'' {
>   \once \alterBroken Tie #'dash-definition #'( ((0 1 0.4 0.75)) ((0 1 1
> 1)) )
> % or \once \alterBroken Tie #'dash-definition #'( ((0 1 0.4 0.75)) ()
> % or  \once \alterBroken Tie #'dash-definition #'( ((0 1 0.4 0.75)) )
>  )
>   c1~
>   \break
>   c
> }
> 
> \version "2.17.6"
> 
> \relative c'' {
>   \once \alterBroken #'dash-definition #'( ((0 1 0.4 0.75)) ((0 1 1 1)) )
> Tie
>   c1~
>   \break
>   c
> }
> 
> 
> HTH,
> David
> 
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Cool, thanks for the explanation and examples.



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