Re: Adjusting the upper tie of an octave

[Janek Warchoł]

BTW this ugly tie is a well-known case in my report on bad tie
formatting (in progress since 2012).  Time to make it publicly
available, i guess :)

2014-06-12 22:44 GMT+02:00 Janek Warchoł <address@hidden>:
> try changing the order of the notes (and ties) in the input.  Or use
> TieColumn.tie-configuration.  Or typeset stuff as separate voices
> (this is very ugly, but will give you fullest control).
> Yeah, i know - ugh...
> hth
> Janek
>
> 2014-06-12 21:22 GMT+02:00 Knute Snortum <address@hidden>:
>> And it looked so pretty!
>>
>> Okay, I'll try again.  This is the basic code without the tie adjustment:
>>
>> \relative c,, {
>>   \clef bass
>>   \acciaccatura { <ef ef' ~>8 } \tieDown <ef ef'>1 ~ | q1
>> }
>>
>> And this is how I tried to address the problem:
>>
>> \version "2.18.2"
>> \language "english"
>>
>> ignoreClash = \override NoteColumn.ignore-collision = ##t
>> adjustTie = \shape #'((0.0 . 0.0) (0.0 . 0.0) (0.0 . -0.5) (0.0 . -1.0)) Tie
>> stroke = \override Flag.stroke-style = #"grace"
>>
>> \relative c,, {
>>   \clef bass
>>   <<
>>     {
>>       \ignoreClash
>>       \tieDown
>>       \stroke \grace { ef8 ~ } ef1 ~ | ef1
>>     }
>>     {
>>       \ignoreClash
>>       \tieDown
>>       \stroke \grace { ef'8 ~ } \adjustTie ef1 ~ | ef1
>>     }
>>   >>
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Knute Snortum
>> (via Gmail)
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 10:51 AM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>> Knute Snortum <address@hidden> writes:
>>>
>>> > I am trying to typeset an e flat octave with a starting gracenote and
>>> > held
>>> > for two bars.  This much seems fairly straightforward:
>>> >
>>> > *\relative* c,, *{*  *\clef* bass  *\acciaccatura* *{* <ef ef' *~*>8
>>> > *}* *\tieDown* <ef ef'>1 *~* | q1*}*
>>>
>>> Cough cough.
>>>
>>> > Knute Snortum
>>> > (via Gmail)
>>>
>>> Perhaps check your Gmail settings and/or use an attachment?  While the
>>> HTML version looks like syntax-highlighted source code, the plain text
>>> rendition is, well, somewhat too inventive?
>>>
>>> --
>>> David Kastrup
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> lilypond-user mailing list
>> address@hidden
>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
>>