Re: many users don't know about \shape

[Janek Warchoł]

2013/5/11 Federico Bruni <address@hidden>:
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> 2013/5/11 Janek Warchoł <address@hidden>
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>> I'm 100% for automated typesetting: it's my dream and the very reason
>> why i'm using LilyPond.
>> However, my experience (particularly with Fried project) shows that
>> with regard to slurs and ties, LilyPond is very far from automated
>> typesetting. If you want publication quality, you _have_ to tweak the
>> output quite heavily - would you rather do this via setting
>> control-points directly?  Actually, \shape is quite close to the
>> spirit of automated engraving, because if the layout changes slightly,
>> \shape modifications usually "adapt" and still produce good results.
>> Even with \shape, correcting ties and slurs is still the most
>> time-consuming task in preparing the Fried material for publication.
>> Quite frankly, if we didn't have \shape, i'd say that LilyPond was
>> incapable of handling Fried project :(
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>
> I think I missed this project, all I can find is this:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2013-04/msg00177.html
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> Would you present it in the next LilyPond report? (does anybody still work
> on it?)

Sure, we're working on it with Urs (progressing slowly).
It'd be nice for LilyPond Report, but frankly i think we should rather
create a multi-author blog - it would be easier to keep it active.

janek