Re: Make Tie a Slur

[Nils]

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:47:57 +0200
schrieb Urs Liska <address@hidden>:

> Am 21.04.2012 17:53, schrieb Pavel Roskin:
> > Quoting Nils <address@hidden>:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I have 70 pieces with ties and slurs here. They are already in
> >> Lilypond with the correct syntax.
> >>
> >> Now my publisher says he wants that ties look like slurs.
> >> I couldn't disagree more but I have no choice here.
> >>
> >> Any suggestions how make the ties look like slurs without changing
> >> them all manually?
> >
> > It may be possible to write an engraver that would get tie events, 
> > hide ties and create slurs instead.  But I see little motivation to
> > do something that won't improve music typesetting.
> >
> > You may want to replace ties with macros that can expand to a slur
> > or to a tie.
> >
> > %% Insane publisher
> > %tieStart = (
> > %tieEnd = )
> >
> > % Sane publisher
> > tieStart = ~
> > tieEnd = {}
> >
> > { c'' \tieStart c'' \tieEnd }
> >
> I don't think this is something the OP wants to do as he has 70
> finished pieces.
> What he wants is a general override to achieve the desired look,
> isn't it?
> 
> Nils, you might get help if you tell us what it is you want to
> achieve. Maybe post images of the current and the desired output?
> 
> Best
> Urs

The end results are ties that look like slurs. And slurs should look
like slurs as well :) The idea is a more curved version. When I asked
the publisher for an example he told me the real slurs are perfectly
fine. He sees no distinction between a slur and a tie. For him it is
only the context which decides if it is a slur or a tie. This is so
wrong, but what can I do...

While it is not impossible to regexp my way through the files I would
be happy to find a less intrusive solution since I want to use the
files for myself in the end privately. With real ties.

Nils