Re: [SPAM] Re: Exact stem length?

[Urs Liska]

Am 26.03.2014 21:38, schrieb Piaras Hoban:
> Urs and Fredrik, thanks for input on this -much appreciated.
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> I'm going to think about stem-distribution for a few days and see if a good
> solution comes to mind.
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> Urs you raised the issue of horizontal spacing in the snippet... perhaps
> just using a very short base duration for the stemmedGlissando will help
> here?

I'll try that. The fundamental issue with it is that the stemmed 
glissando actually shouldn't be in any way linked to the timing of the 
main music.

> As for now, I've re-jigged this a bit to make it work more like
> \afterGrace, as I think they are sisters.
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> Overall it should be more robust and it appears more in line with how I
> usually see these things notated in scores nowadays.

The image looks absolutely marvelous - much more than what I initially 
wanted, can be used for a number of different notational uses.
If we (that is probably mainly you) get this to a reasonably stable 
state it is definitely a worthwile enhancement of the LilyPond toolkit!

Best and thanks so far
Urs

> all best,
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> On 26 March 2014 14:45, Fredrik Wallberg <address@hidden> wrote:
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> > Piaras: looks wonderful, thanks for sharing.
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> > > > haven't added it (it shouldn't be too difficult) as I tend to prefer
> > > > functions that don't have long lists of arguments which I can never
> > > > remember :)
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> > It is *possible* to have optional arguments with default values:
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> > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/extending/scheme-function-definitions
> > and
> > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/extending/scheme-function-usage
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> > Though in this case, a wrapper (like Urs suggested) is probably not a bad
> > idea.
> > My scheme is a bit rusty (actually, it was never that good), but I'm
> > going to take a closer look at it as soon as I have time.
> >
> > / Fredrik
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