[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: many users don't know about \shape
From: |
David Kastrup |
Subject: |
Re: many users don't know about \shape |
Date: |
Sun, 12 May 2013 06:42:24 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
Janek Warchoł <address@hidden> writes:
> 2013/5/11 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
>> Janek Warchoł <address@hidden> writes:
>>> 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.
>>
>> Not if there is a change in line/page breaking.
>
> Sure, but it's still about a thousand times more reliable than
> overriding control-points directly.
Hardly. It's slightly more benign against different amonuts of
stretching/shrinking, but when the slur positioning algorithm changes,
relative changes to control points will give unpredictable results.
--
David Kastrup
- Re: many users don't know about \shape, (continued)
Re: many users don't know about \shape, Thomas Morley, 2013/05/10
Re: many users don't know about \shape, David Kastrup, 2013/05/10
- Re: many users don't know about \shape, Janek Warchoł, 2013/05/11
- Re: many users don't know about \shape, Janek Warchoł, 2013/05/11
- Re: many users don't know about \shape,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: many users don't know about \shape, David Nalesnik, 2013/05/12
- Re: many users don't know about \shape, Urs Liska, 2013/05/12
- Re: many users don't know about \shape, David Kastrup, 2013/05/12
- Re: many users don't know about \shape, Janek Warchoł, 2013/05/12
Re: many users don't know about \shape, Federico Bruni, 2013/05/11
Re: many users don't know about \shape, Janek Warchoł, 2013/05/11
Re: many users don't know about \shape, Urs Liska, 2013/05/11
Re: many users don't know about \shape, David Kastrup, 2013/05/11
Re:many users don't know about \shape, Kevin Patrick Barry, 2013/05/11