Re: Property/ies to control the shape of ties/slurs

[Urs Liska]

Am 23.11.2015 um 10:39 schrieb David Kastrup:
> Urs Liska <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I don't seem to be able to find the right property to control the shape
>> of ties.
>>
>> I would like to make the default appearance of ties less flat than what
>> you see in the first attachment. I *think* what I want is having a
>> steeper slope. But reading through the IR for tie and tie-interface I
>> didn't see anything.
>>
>> Using
>>     \shape #'((0 . 0) (0 . .75) (0 . .75) (0 . 0)) Tie
>>
>> results in the second attachment, which is what I'd like to achieve. But
>> I don't want to use \shape but set some properties so I can put it in a
>> stylesheet.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
> Uh, \shape ... Tie _is_ an override.  You don't get closer to "set some
> properties" than that.
>

Maybe I wasn't clear: I want to alter the default shape of ties to have
a steeper slope. \shape is not an override but a \once \override and has
to be applied to individual ties. But I want to change the appearance in
a stylesheet.

Urs