Re: Slur adjusting

[Anna Choma]

Thank you very much. I've just installed version 2.6.3 and many slurs
look a little better. But still they need some predefinitions, so I
didn't remove commands \override. They work still.

Best regards,

Anna Choma

Mats Bengtsson wrote:
> The slur support has been reimplemented in version 2.6 and
> further improved in the latest development versions, 2.7.9
> or later. Before you invest too much time on tweaking the
> output of version 2.4, you may want to try a newer version.
> Note also that you cannot expect the tweaks you do for version 2.4
> to be of any specific relevance in later LilyPond versions.
> 
> 
> 
> Anna Choma wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> I write a piece of Wagner, where there is many many slurs. To make
>> them look better (without collision with staff lines, accidentals,
>> other slurs and ties, to make them stick to notes) I use such
>> predefinitions:
>>
>> \override Slur #'extra-offset...
>> \override Slur #'height-limit...
>> \override Slur #'control-points...
>>
>> My version of Lilypond is 2.4.5 and my questions are:
>>
>> 1) How to revert the influance of such definitions after using it and
>> after the changed slur? I have problem especcialy with control-points
>> -- all the next slurs are changed. I have tried to use \once before
>> the override command, but then changing next slurs with another
>> command doesn't work at all. I've tried also putting the slured notes
>> into brackets { }, it has no effect either.
> 
> 
> You should definitely use \once. The question is just where you
> should specify the settings, before the beginning of the slur or
> before the end of the slur. I don't know the answer, so you had
> better try it out yourself.
> 
>   /Mats
> 
>