Re: Setting X-offset and Y-offset graphically.

[David Nalesnik]

Hi,

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Janek Warchoł <address@hidden> wrote:

2013/4/23 Richard Shann <address@hidden>:

> On Sun, 2013-04-21 at 22:11 +0200, Janek Warchoł wrote:
>> > what would be the nicest syntax using that data?
>>
>> \shape by David Nalesnik (it's awesome!)  Docs are here:
>> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/modifying-shapes
>> note that \shape syntax is a bit different in 2.16.
>
> I have had a little read of that documentation and it seems that \shape
> does not use the same data. It seems that to use \shape you would need
> to know the default values of the control points, which I guess could
> only be gotten with running LilyPond ...

I'm not sure what you mean.

I'm a little confused here too.  I watched the demo (very cool, BTW!) and you are starting with a default curve, if I'm not mistaken.  Couldn't the results of dragging the various control points be expressed as displacements to the curve you started with, rather than as absolute values?  Then adjustments would be made automatically with a change in layout.

--David