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Re: \override Beam #'consistent-slope = ##t should be default
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Re: \override Beam #'consistent-slope = ##t should be default |
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Sat, 22 Oct 2011 10:58:12 +0200 |
On Oct 21, 2011, at 6:15 PM, David Kastrup wrote:
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> commit 1d9a73b13ee576d28c0f41f5b243f2ebb1ff9fcf
> Author: Mike Solomon <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri Oct 21 09:03:43 2011 +0200
>
> Implements consistent beam slopes across line breaks.
>
> says
>
> To turn on this feature, use \override Beam #'consistent-slope = ##t.
>
> I think that is a mistake: unbroken beams naturally have consistent
> slope. So when breaking a beam across lines, Lilypond already gets to
> play with stem lengths to make the broken output strictly better than
> the unbroken output was.
>
> The best output might conceivingly be achieved by very slightly relaxing
> slope consistency. As long as we have no button for that, not relaxing
> it is a much saner visual choice than totally discarding it.
>
> I would not even offer a settable property for this as long as the only
> options are on and off.
>
Compile beam-feather-breaking.ly in input/regression with and without this
property - I think that the visual output changes enough to merit the on/off
existing in LilyPond, no?
Cheers,
MS
- \override Beam #'consistent-slope = ##t should be default, David Kastrup, 2011/10/21
- Re: \override Beam #'consistent-slope = ##t should be default,
address@hidden <=
- Re: \override Beam #'consistent-slope = ##t should be default, David Kastrup, 2011/10/22
- Re: \override Beam #'consistent-slope = ##t should be default, address@hidden, 2011/10/22
- Re: \override Beam #'consistent-slope = ##t should be default, Keith OHara, 2011/10/24
- Re: \override Beam #'consistent-slope = ##t should be default, mike, 2011/10/25
- Re: \override Beam #'consistent-slope = ##t should be default, address@hidden, 2011/10/25
- Re: \override Beam #'consistent-slope = ##t should be default, David Kastrup, 2011/10/25
- Re: \override Beam #'consistent-slope = ##t should be default, address@hidden, 2011/10/26