Re: [bug?] Line_interface::line

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> 
> 
> On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> 
> > address@hidden writes:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> > > 
> > > > address@hidden writes:
> > > > >   else
> > > > >     {
> > > > >       return make_line (thick, from, to);
> > > > >     }
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Are you sure that the "else" branch (i.e. making a solid line) should 
> > > > > be 
> > > > > regardless of the "style" property entered only if "scm_is_number 
> > > > > (dash_fraction)" evaluates to false?
> > > > 
> > > > I don't understand. If you want dashed lines, you should set
> > > > dash-fraction.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > No, the opposite.  I want a solid line, but I always get a dashed line:
> > 
> > then unset dash-fraction.
> > 
> 
> Well, ...
> 
> (1) There is no \unset command for grob properties (at least not that I 
>     know of).  Hence, I guess by "unset dash-fraction" you mean 
>     "\override TextSpanner #'dash-fraction = #'()"?  At least, this trick 
>     seems to do the job.


\revert TextSpanner #'dash-fraction

> (2) I think it is a design flaw that you have to unset the dash-fraction 
>     property (which, by default, is set to some value) in order to make 
>     the style property work.  If this intended, it should at least be 
>     clearly documented in the manual that changing the style property of 
>     TextSpanner by default has no effect.

I think I don't get the entire picture. Can you post a .ly snippet of
what you _would_  like to have working?

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