Re: Delaying the onset of a glissando mark

[Richard Shann]

On Sun, 2024-12-22 at 16:41 +0000, Mark Knoop wrote:
> 
> 
> At 15:04 on 22 Dec 2024, Richard Shann wrote:
> > On Sun, 2024-12-22 at 12:04 +0000, Richard Shann wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2024-12-22 at 11:51 +0000, Richard Shann wrote:
> > > > Is there a neat way to start a glissando mark further from the
> > > > note
> > > > than the default?
> > > I've found it - sorry:
> > > 
> > > \once\override Glissando.bound-details.left.padding = #2.5
> 
> > I found this as an example, but I haven't been able to
> > find a list of bound-details.xxx.yyy to know if I can
> > control the height of the left hand start point.  Setting
> > the left.padding does not leave the start of the gliss
> > line at the height of the note, is there some other
> > bound-details.left.xxx that might do that? Or should I be
> > padding the note itself?
> 
> > Here is the gliss with padding set:
> 
> > \version "2.24"
> 
> > {
> >   f''2
> >   \once\override Glissando.bound-details.left.padding = #2.5
> >   f''2\glissando
> >   f'2
> > }
> 
> I can't test this at the moment, but you might be better off using a
> hidden note to start the gliss. Something like:
> 
> {
>   f''2*1/4
>   \once \hideNotes
>   f''2*3/4\glissando
>   f'2
> }

That works very nicely! Thank you.

Richard



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> Mark Knoop