Re: Setting X-offset and Y-offset graphically.

[Richard Shann]

On Tue, 2013-04-16 at 16:59 +0200, Janek Warchoł wrote:
> 2013/4/16 Richard Shann <address@hidden>:
> > On Tue, 2013-04-16 at 15:44 +0200, Janek Warchoł wrote:
> >> btw, maybe it would be possible to skip that "click on the middle
> >> line" part of you used David Nalesnik's \offset
> >> https://codereview.appspot.com/8647044/ ?
> >
> > That sounds attractive, though I don't understand enough of the
> > terminology to follow what this \offset is going to do. (I discovered
> > that the X-offset,Y-offset values were relative to the staff-center line
> > and notehead red dot by trial-and-error rather than reading the manual).
> > I think there probably has to be a second positioning click after
> > designating the trill as the object of interest, but it could be on the
> > notehead's red dot(*). So if \offset then took values relative to that
> > point (the nothead's red dot) this would be easy to do and a more
> > natural interface.
> 
> No, \offset takes value relative to default offset. 
well, that could be made to work as well, I would have to extract any
current value of \offset in order to compute the new value (assuming the
user had clicked on the red dot associated with the trill)
Richard

>  See here for a
> working exampple:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2012-06/msg00102.html
> 
> hth,
> JAnek