Re: The ultimate slur shaping function.

[Jan-Peter Voigt]

Hi Janek,

this looks really great. I use some shortcuts, wrapping \shape, in my
typesettings - this might move it foreward a lot!
And probably I have an idea.

Best, Jan-Peter


Am 25.11.2013 01:42, schrieb Janek Warchoł:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm proud to announce the beginning of a new era in tweaking LilyPond slurs!
> Thanks to sponsoring from Kieren, Alexander and Ben, I was able to
> improve Lily's \shape function (originally written by David Nalesnik,
> who also helped me with these improvements) - it's now possible to
> shape slurs in many ways, some of which are considerably more robust
> and generic than simple offsets used until now.
> 
> In addition to improved \shape, I've also written a function that
> allows to simply specify slur attachment points (as per Kieren's
> request - this feature returns to LilyPond after being removed about 8
> years ago).
> 
> See the attachments; the pdfs containing demonstrations of new
> capabilities and user documentation are here:
> http://lilypond-stuff.1065243.n5.nabble.com/file/n5705621/shapeII-examples.pdf
> http://lilypond-stuff.1065243.n5.nabble.com/file/n5705621/slur-attachments-examples.pdf
> 
> Please test the functions and send me your opinions and feedback.
> Maybe I could improve them even more :-)
> 
> best,
> Janek
> 
> PS Here's the original email in which I had announced this project:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2013-10/msg00637.html
> I apologize that it took so much time - I was waiting for some
> reviews, and also had to finish some other tasks.
>