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

[David Kastrup]

Urs Liska <address@hidden> writes:

> 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.

\once is ignored in context definitions/modifications.

At any rate, you can also play with settings height-limit and ratio.

-- 
David Kastrup