Re: Controlling hairpin length

[David Sumbler]

On Fri, 2016-01-22 at 11:15 +0100, Thomas Morley wrote:
> 2016-01-21 16:54 GMT+01:00 David Sumbler <address@hidden>:
> 
> > I have tried substituting \! for my \invP markings, and replacing my
> > tweaked -\ten markings with standard -- marks.
> 
> Please, tell me exactly how \ten is defined.
> 
> Cheers,
>   Harm

I have:

ten = \tweak Script.font-size #2 --

and

invP = \tweak stencil ##f \p

But, as I said, I have tried replacing these with orthodox - (tenuto)
and \! markings, and I still get the problem with the long hairpins.

Is there any way in Lilypond of directly specifying the actual length of
a hairpin - not a maximum or minimum length, but the precise length that
is required?  I fear that there is not, but it would be jolly useful if
there were!

David