Re: controlling the tie "gap" [and a possible bug?]

[David Kastrup]

Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi David,
>
>  No, it doesn't.  The image shows the same kind of symptom
>
>  as the code does but is clearly from different code.
>
> Hmmm… I just compiled it again, and it gave the same thing. Here’s a
> screenshot from Frescobaldi with the code on the left and compiled
> image on the right:

As I did say: the image shows the same kind of sympton as the code does
but is clearly from different code, having a bar line between fourth and
fifth note.

> What am I saying that’s incorrect?

The image did not correspond to the code.

>  1. Is the crossing of the ties a bug?
>
>  Those are not ties but slurs.

I did state that this looks ugly enough to count as a bug.  It does beg
the question why one would use consecutive slurs rather than one large
one, though.

>  Probably tweaking Slur.details will do it

> It’s definitely been a long day (week? month??), and I’m currently ill
> (strep throat)…

Hopefully whatever prescription accompanied the diagnosis will work
well.  Of course, they do tend to take a toll of their own.

> I’ve been tweaking Tie.details to [obviously] no avail.

Well, this does show the value of pedantry in naming things.  Computers
can be quite obstinate in doing what you tell them rather than what you
mean.

-- 
David Kastrup