Re: TupletBracket.shorten-pair with strange output

[David Nalesnik]

Harm,

On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 1:53 PM, Thomas Morley <address@hidden> wrote:
> The following gives strange output, see attached.
>
> \version "2.19.58"
>
> {
>     \override TupletBracket.shorten-pair = #'(10 . 0)
>     \tuplet 1/1 {
>         c'1 c'1
>     }
> }
>
> I would have expected the whole bracket to be (much) smaller, instead
> only the part of the bracket left from TupletNumber is affected.
>

This behavior is ugly but expected.  You're requesting that the left
end of the bracket be moved 10 staff-spaces to the right and the right
end be moved 0 ss.

The way to shorten the bracket would be something like:

 \override TupletBracket.shorten-pair = #'(2 . 2)

Maybe there should be a cap on the amount that a bracket can be
shortened to prevent the inversion in your example?  The bracket
either won't shorten any more or that part of it disappears?

HTH,
David